Turin, Italy: Beyond the 17 days of sports and athletic glory, the Torino Winter Olympics is serving as a platform to highlight the role of volunteers in not only the Olympic Games but in other areas of society. Read

Turin: The volunteer movement forms an important part of global social capital and has to address the challenge of finding ways to strengthen the potential of local voluntary action,” said Ad de Raad, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, in a speech during the closing ceremony to mark the 100th year of the Associazione Nazionale Pubbliche Assistenze (ANPAS), the Italian National Association of Public Assistance Groups. Read

Rome, Italy/Bonn, Germany: In November 2003, Ms. Fanny Yago-Wienne of France flew to Burkina Faso to become the first UN Volunteer under UNV programme and World Food Programme initiative.  Read

Rome, Italy: Fifteen UN Volunteer Interns recruited and fielded in countries around the world have completed assignments under a new initiative promoting the skills of young Italian professionals in development. Several of these volunteers will discuss their experiences at a special debriefing session in Rome. Read