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Infrastructure
Technology, building, training or funds - basic physical and organizational structures and facilities like these are required for ensuring smooth volunteer work as much as for operation of any enterprise. Here we focus on issues related to provision and lack of infrastructure encouraging or hindering volunteerism in different parts of the world. If you have any news, press releases, events, documents, links or other information resources related to this volunteering issue, send them to us at info@worldvolunteerweb.org and we will post them here. Related articles 20 December 2012 UN Resolution 67/138: Integrating volunteering in the next decade New York, USA: The UN General Assembly adopted the Resolution on "Integrating Volunteering in the Next Decade", which was co-facilitated by Brazil and Japan.
20 February 2012 Read articleIYV+10 - the General Assembly Resolution New York, USA: On 5 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/66/67 on marking the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers.
22 July 2011 Read articleSustainable Societies, Responsive Citizens  Commit. Encourage. Volunteer.
That’s the tagline for the world’s biggest annual conference for the NGO community, which in 2011 fits right in with the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers. Read articleNews Update: Global gatherings deliver big results  Bonn, Germany: With the final International Year of Volunteers +10 (IYV+10) regional conference ending in Dakar, Senegal, on 7 June, the series of five consultation meetings came to a very successful conclusion.
29 May 2011Click to read on and download the newsletter. Read articleVolunteering for Africa: Final round of continental-level discussions  Dakar, Senegal: Aiming to broker common ideas and joint positions, organizations from across Africa are heading for Senegal.
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