BONN: On the eve of the new millennium, committees at city, state and national levels began with preparations for the International Year of Volunteers (IYV 2001). In 1999, the first committees were established. Shortly after the global launch of IYV 2001 on 5 December 2000, more than 100 committees were in place. Read

BONN: The Local Development Fund pilot project aims at supporting the decentralisation efforts of the Senegalese Government within the national policy of combatting poverty. 120 000 people live in the rural project area that stretches along the borders of Mali and Guinea in the south-east of Senegal. The task of the UN Volunteers who serve the project is to inform the population about the new roles and responsibilities of the local authorities and to help put that national policy into practice. Read