(UN Agency)
(1) Overview of activities
The UNV programme, administered by UNDP, supports sustainable human development globally through the promotion of volunteerism, including the mobilization of volunteers. Since the beginning of its operations in 1971, UNV has mobilized more than 30,000 UN Volunteers to serve the causes of peace and development. Every year, more than 5,000 UN Volunteers representing some 150 nationalities serve in more than 140 countries.
UNV also has a strong corporate volunteers programme dedicated to meeting the development needs in various countries through the approach of Corporate Social Responsibility. Since 2001, UNV has facilitated more than 100 missions of Corporate Volunteers in 40 countries; two of the most recent missions being in Indonesia and Sri Lanka in the area of post Tsunami recovery.
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(2) Role in emergency relief and reconstruction
In addition to mobilizing volunteer resources for development, UNV’s work includes the promotion and mobilization of volunteer resources for different aspects of disaster management (preparation, relief, recovery, reconstruction, rehabilitation and prevention), and in the areas of humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping and electoral processes. All of UNV’s emergency response activities are channeled through UNV’s Special Operations section, to make our response more flexible, rapid and effective.
(3) Major opportunities for business support
The following resources would be helpful to support UNV emergency response activities:
> In-kind technical expertise, especially in the areas of transportation, coordination, technology, logistics, equipment, engineering, infrastructure reconstruction and project management. This in-kind expertise could also be provided online on the long-term basis, for supporting reconstruction programme?
> Contributions in the form of goods and services produced or owned by the company for use in UNV projects.
> Sponsorship of events.
(4) Contribution/Contact information
Contact:
Ms. Bernadette Pham
Email: Bernadette.pham@unvolunteers.org
Tel: +49-2288152124
Or +49-2288152000
For donations and contact information visit
www.unvolunteers.org .
(5) Examples of engagement with the private sector
> Since 2001, UNV has facilitated more than 100 missions of Corporate Volunteers in 40 countries. In 2005, in the immediate aftermath of Indian Ocean Tsunami, UNV facilitated two missions of corporate volunteers in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
> UNV has an ongoing partnership with an airline company facilitating donation of Miles for flying UN Volunteers to assist relief efforts in the countries affected by the Tsunami
> UNV has an ongoing and direct partnership with four multinational companies that mobilize their employees on short-term advisory volunteer assignments in order to strengthen various entities in developing countries, in the areas of food production, waste management, water, engineering, energy (the latter is helping in the re-electrification of the regions affected by the Tsunami).
> UNV also has ongoing collaboration with associations of industries on themes of Corporate Social Responsibility.
> Through associations of volunteers, UNV is reaching out to several other companies that provide in-kind expertise, which covers a wide range of sectors, such as financial management, investments, industrial design, manufacturing processes, information technology.
> A very well known big-scale company supported UNV to lead campaigns to promote volunteerism
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