The year 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV) in 2001. There's opportunities throughout 2011 to showcase the diversity, breadth and depth of volunteering worldwide, raise the profile of volunteering and mobilize many more volunteers. Read

The environmental movement was started by volunteers, and it has thrived on volunteer effort. It will require the ingenuity and actions of millions of volunteers to address the challenges ahead.

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme encourages people to contribute to environmental sustainability by ‘volunteering for our planet’. Read

This Guidance Note is intended for use by stakeholders involved in supporting country analysis and the preparation and implementation of United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAFs). Read

A resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly pertaining to the follow-up in 2011 to the International Year of Volunteers. Read

Today, United Nations Day and World Development Information Day, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme are pleased to launch a joint publication, Volunteering and Social Activism: Pathways for participation in human development.  The paper is based on a study undertaken by the three organisations in 2007-2008.   The background study finds that both volunteering and social activism are important strategies for fostering people’s participation in social change and human development. Read