Marking the

International Year of
Volunteers tenth
anniversary (IYV+10)
International Year of Volunteers 2001
UN General Assembly proclaimed 2001 as the
International Year of Volunteers in recognition of
the valuable contribution and further potential of
volunteerism for economic and social
development.

UNV designated as the focal point for the Year’s

preparation, implementation and follow-up

Large number of stakeholders involved

123 National Committees

Measures to improve volunteerism

infrastructure and policy

Follow up reports in 2002, 2005 and 2008

 IYV and IYV+10
Four Objectives

Enhance volunteerism in all its forms in terms of:

Recognition: acknowledge value of volunteerism and relation to MDGs

Facilitation: ensure volunteer opportunities for diverse people
Networking: strengthen partnerships, exchange experiences
Promotion: promote inclusive and representative volunteerism
 IYV+10 2011
 UN General Assembly designated
UNV as the focal point for IYV+10

 Enhance and expand results of IYV

 Deepen and broaden importance of
volunteerism
 Develop global and national
strategies
 Showcase diversity and
complementarity of volunteerism
 Highlight the potential of volunteerism
as powerful component of
development agendas
 In celebrating IYV+10…
We celebrate volunteering as an expression of our
common humanity and as a means of building mutual
respect, understanding, trust, solidarity and reciprocity.
We embrace volunteering as universal and inclusive, and
recognize volunteering in its diversity, as well as the
purpose that sustains it: a firm belief in the values of
equality, solidarity, civic engagement as well as individual
and collective freedoms.

From the Vision statement drafted at

the consultative stakeholders meeting in
October 2009
IYV+10 Global and national stakeholder
involvement
Globally more than 40 diverse stakeholders

Global Plan of Action

Need for National Plans of Action

National multi-stakeholder committees for coordination

Reference documents:

Global Call for Action

Vision Statement
 Global events during IYV+10

o December 2nd 2010 IYV+10 Launch with IVD as entry point

o Five major Regional IYV+10 meetings to strengthen partnership and

create national and regional ownership
o 2nd quarter 2011 Summit on volunteerism and MDGs in New York .
o Focus on volunteerism during UN Days
o September 2011: 64th UN DPI-NGO Conference, Bonn
o Around December 5th 2011 two GA plenary meetings
o December 5th 2011: Launch of the State of the World Volunteerism
Report (SWVR)
o Exhibition at UN HQ on the theme “Volunteers of the World”
 Global, regional, national and local
stakeholder events

o A number of events by stakeholders all over the

world. A calendar of events is available on
worldvolunteerweb.org
o National actors all over the world will brand campaigns
and actions in the frame of IYV+10
o European Year of Volunteering 2011 EYV2011
 We call upon all leaders in Governments,
volunteer involving organizations, civil society,
private sector, non-governmental organizations,
the United Nations system and from communities
to recognize and celebrate the achievements of
volunteers by actively engaging in the marking of
IYV+10.

Volunteer action - inspiring millions of others

From the Vision statement drafted at

the consultative stakeholders meeting in
October 2009
 For more information:

www.unv.org

www.worldvolunteerweb.org