The flyer contains information on volunteer opportunities UN Volunteer programme offers, including requirements and benefits of becoming a UNV volunteer.  Read

This guide provides some basic information for UN agencies considering the recruitment of volunteers through UN Volunteers (UNV). Read

This ‘How-To Guide’ was prepared by a National United Nations Volunteers (NUNV) volunteer who was appointed as Coordinator of Conference Volunteers for the 29th IAVE World Volunteer Conference held in New Delhi from 9 to 14 November 2006.  Its intention is to provide guidance for future volunteer coordinators bearing in mind that suggestions made are case specific and may need to be modified in light of the requirements of a particular assignment/conference.  Visit site

Volunteerism contributes to sustainable capacities because it taps into and builds up the indigenous stock of knowledge, social entrepreneurship and solidarity that exists within a country, writes UNV Executive Coordinator Ad de Raad. Read

Professor Lester M. Salamon**, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, speaks with Robert Leigh*, Senior Policy Specialist and head of Research and Development Unit at UNV, about economics and social importance of the non-profit sector and volunteering. Read