The UN General Assembly adopted the Resolution on "Integrating volunteering into peace and development: the plan of action for the next decade and beyond", co-facilitated by Brazil and Japan and co-sponsored by 100 Member States.
UNGA Resolution 70/129: Integrating volunteering into peace and development: the plan of action for the next decade and beyond
Why volunteer abroad with the UN?
Volunteering abroad is an unbeatable opportunity to serve as a global citizen. International UN Volunteers promote peace and development in communities around the globe, while upholding the ideals and aspirations of the United Nations.
Why volunteer in your country with the UN?
Would you like to contribute to your own country and work with others like yourself who have a desire to accelerate your nation’s development and promote peace?
Strengthening the capacity of volunteerism for development in Viet Nam
UNV and UNDP partnered with the Vietnamese Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union (HCYU) in 2009 to create the Viet Nam's first national institution for the promotion, support and coordination of volunteerism for development.
In an effort to fight high levels of youth exclusion and vulnerability in Viet Nam, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partnered with the Vietnamese Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union (HCYU) in 2009 to create the Strengthening the Capacity of Volunteerism for Development in Viet Nam (VDVN) project.
Unlocking the social innovation and entrepreneurism of Uzbek youth
UNDP and UNV harness the social innovation of young people to tackle development challenges in Uzbekistan.
The joint United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme Social Innovation and Volunteerism in Uzbekistan Project is harnessing the social innovation of young people to tackle development challenges.
By providing training, advocacy, and grants to young innovators UNV is helping to unlock the talent and entrepreneurial skills of Uzbek youth, many of whom previously lacked opportunities to contribute to development.
Supporting disaster preparedness, climate change adaptation and food security in El Salvador
Through a unique south-south cooperation partnership between Brazil, El Salvador and UNV, the project "Living schools" mobilized Brazilian volunteers to help thousands of El Salvadoran youth to deal with natural disasters.
Following the devastation of tropical storm Ida in November 2009, a unique, triangular South-South partnership was initiated with the governments of Brazil and El Salvador and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme.
Supporting the creation of West Africa’s first law on volunteerism and providing education to the most needy
A groundbreaking partnership led to the development of the first national law on volunteerism in West Africa, and mobilized more than 13,000 youth volunteers to support national development in the region.
A groundbreaking partnership between the Burkina Faso Ministry of Youth and Employment, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and France Volontaires in 2007 led to the development of the first national law on volunteerism in West Africa, and mobilized more than 13,000 youth volunteers to support national development, including more than a thousand young volunteer teachers who served in classrooms that otherwise would have been closed due to a lack of staff.
Building trust between young people, their communities and governments in the Arab region
The project brought young women and men, governments, the United Nations and other partners together to share their ideas about youth volunteerism for development in safe forums, following a participatory approach.
Following the momentous political transitions that swept the Arab region in recent years, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme’s groundbreaking Arab Youth Volunteering for a Better Future regional project is building trust between young people, their communities, and governments in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen.