The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), both members of the "Forum for Volunteering in Development" (Forum), will jointly host the 2016 International Volunteering Cooperation …
Africa needs a people-led development pathway that puts the role of youth at the core of the continental development agenda concludes joint UNV and Africa Union Commission side event to TICAD VI held in Nairobi in August 2016. Africa needs a people-led …
Toily Kurbanov, Executive Coordinator of United Nations Volunteers (UNV) presented the 2023 Annual Report of the Administrator at the Executive Board in New York on 6 June 2024. The Executive Board consists of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP …
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates the number of forcibly displaced people at 79.5 million worldwide. Of these, 20.4 million refugees are under the agency’s mandate. The scene in the Arab States region is complex, with multiple emergency situations in …
Analyzing the gender dimensions of the impact of COVID-19 has become a priority in Senegal. Serving with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), Lea Desgranges delivers results as a UN Volunteer Governance Programme Analyst. The Governance Unit of UNDP works …
National specialists volunteering with UN Women in Turkey have been active in designing and implementing campaigns, programmes and projects at the country and regional levels since 2019. The role of UN Volunteers in supporting women’s rights has become …
The COVID-19 pandemic poses immense challenges across the world, impacting on societies, economies and political systems. In the Arab States, as in other parts of the world, women and girls are disproportionately affected, as they are more exposed to …
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, an estimated 9,500 migrants and refugees are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN Development Assistance Framework 2015-2020. At the time of the COVID-19 outbreak, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) focused on the …
Nine Online Volunteers contributed to STEPping up Nature Reserves Capacity — STEP4Nature project for environmental preservation in Lebanon. From sustainable design to Artificial Intelligence (AI), these Online Volunteers came up with innovative ways for …
At the launch of the fourth State of the World’s Volunteerism Report (SWVR), policymakers were called upon to support volunteerism through concrete measures and enabling decisions. This launch brought together stakeholders in Europe and the CIS and Asia …
The 2022 Thematic Review on Local Peacebuilding, commissioned by the UN Peacebuilding Support Office, in partnership with PeaceNexus Foundation and UN Volunteers programme, is informed by youth-led primary research in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, …
UN Volunteers support the work of UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Morocco in ensuring the safety of refugees. A team of six UN Volunteers has been serving with UNHCR Morocco for the past two years, delivering results in community protection and refugee …
Over the past 10 years, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has mobilized around 3,000 women UN Volunteers in over 30 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. These were assigned to 33 different entities and bodies of the United Nations …
