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Objectives of the Conference: ▪ Bring together those who have expertise in volunteering and those who want to develop volunteer initiatives in their own countries ▪ Provide orientation to the scope of the Initiative and of volunteerism, in general ▪ Share ideas, experiences, and expertise that can help achieve the objectives of the Initiative ▪ Provide basic training on volunteerism ▪ Introduce available funding opportunities ▪ Orient participants to the various facilities available to stay connected over the course of the Initiative Opening Session: September 15, 2010, Unesco Palace, Beirut Conference Program: September 16-18, 2010, University of Balamand, North Lebanon Post Conference Program: September 19, including a full day with researchers from the region Invitees: ▪ Volunteer centers, unions, NGOs, websites, and other institutions which promote volunteering in the Arab World ▪ Government agencies interested in promoting volunteering for and from their agencies ▪ National Volunteer Committees/Councils in the Arab World ▪ Companies engaged in corporate volunteering (or considering it) ▪ IAVE members ▪ Individuals in NGOs or government agencies in any Arab country who are likely to have the ability, commitment, and position to develop programs or institutions to promote volunteering their own country or across the Arab region. Language: Arabic – with simultaneous translation into English and possibly French Presentations by Participants: People from throughout the Arab World are invited to propose presentations and then evaluate them to allow the best to be presented. The conference will encourage different formats, both conventional and unconventional. Publication displays: Display of different resources on volunteering/community service/service learning (mainly from the Films: Ongoing showing of relevant films. Exhibition: Posters on volunteering from around the world. Display area: A space for participants to display or distribute their pamphlets, posters, etc. Fieldtrips: At IAVE International Conferences they have fieldtrips to volunteer programs throughout the country – one bus (small or large) to each area – with NGOs or volunteer centers hosting them. We would need to see who might host such fieldtrips in Cultural Trip: There could be a special sightseeing and cultural trip as well, maybe as an option before or after the conference. Topics for Possible Workshops at the 2010 Conference Plenary Sessions ▪ Overview of volunteerism – its many facets ▪ Studies of Volunteering in the Arab World; past, ongoing, and future research ▪ Developing National Committees on Volunteering/IYV+10 – what they are doing, what can they do ▪ Preparing for International Year of Volunteers + 10 (2011) ▪ National Volunteer Policies ▪ Available resources ▪ Opportunities for networking within the region/internationally Strands of the 2010 Conference: 1) General Volunteering – Scope of Volunteerism ▪ Family volunteering ▪ Volunteering of the retired and elderly ▪ Volunteering of those with disabilities ▪ Corporate volunteering ▪ Virtual volunteering ▪ Government agencies – volunteering for and from these agencies ▪ Volunteer planning for national emergencies/emergency preparedness ▪ Major events volunteering ▪ Volunteering of Diaspora residents visiting their home country ▪ Voluntourism ▪ Juvenile Justice/Alternative Sentencing/Their relationship to volunteering 2) Basic Training (TOT) in Volunteer Recruitment/Volunteer Management ▪ How/why to develop a volunteer program (for NGOs, service institutions) ▪ What is volunteering? Why volunteer? ▪ Rights and responsibilities of a volunteer/organization ▪ How to recruit/manage/retain volunteers ▪ Volunteer Resource Management ▪ Record keeping/evaluation ▪ Donor and volunteer recognition programs ▪ Volunteer/staff relations ▪ Seasons of service – volunteering through the different stages of life ▪ Episodic vs long term volunteering ▪ Working with volunteers from school service programs ▪ Working with volunteers from corporate volunteer programs ▪ Developing a local/national volunteer center 3) Education ▪ Education, Volunteering, and Community Service ▪ Why/how should youth volunteer? ▪ Global Youth Service Days ▪ How to plan and implement a project ▪ Service-Learning ▪ Developing a university center for civic engagement/volunteering/philanthropy 4) Corporate Volunteering ▪ Corporate volunteering ▪ Training in how to develop a corporate volunteer program/council (full training program) 5) Strand For Youth ▪ Sharing experiences ▪ Who volunteers? why? how? rights and responsibilities ▪ Global Youth Service Days/Arab Youth Service Days? ▪ Discussion of problems of youth volunteering in the Arab World ▪ How to plan and implement a project ▪ Actual participation in volunteer project(s) ▪ Development of regional youth volunteer initiatives ▪ Recommendations to the main conference 6) Sessions repeated throughout the conference ▪ IT/ Social Networking/ Open Source and Free Software to Promote Volunteering For pdf file of Conference Framework (English), click here. For pdf file of Conference Framework (Arabic), click here. INITIATOR AND COORDINATOR OF THE INITIATIVE Patricia Nabti, Ph.D. Director, Association for Volunteer Services Representative of the Arab Nations (2009-2012) for the International Association for Volunteer Effort/IAVE 961-1-449470 961-3-757098 pnabti@avs.org.lb INITIATIVE MANAGER Dalal Farah 961-1-449536 961-70-571924 initiative@avs.org.lb
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