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UN Secretary-General's new plan to expand UNV to open its doors to young people
Vienna, Austria: Too often, work to assist youth is “piecemeal” and lacks coordination across the UN system, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said during his visit to Vienna on 16 February.
“I am determined to bring the United Nations closer to people and make it more relevant to young people,” said Mr. Ban, acknowledging Vienna as “one of four UN headquarters worldwide.”
“This is fundamental to our entire agenda – crucial to everything we do,” said Mr. Ban. “Half the world is women – and half the world is under 25 years of age.”
“They (youth) are still marginalized and underprivileged. That is one reason we will expand the United Nations Volunteers programme,” Mr. Ban said. “Today, the average age of UN Volunteers is 37 – we will open the doors for young people and are looking for support.”
Mr Ban said he will appoint the first-ever United Nations Special Adviser on Youth.
“We need a top-to-bottom review so our programmes and policies are working with and for young people,” he said.
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Broadening civic space through voluntary action: Lessons from 2011
Voluntary citizen participation is an essential part of civil society, which in turn is a key contributor to sustainable development, human rights, good governance and social justice. 2011, the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10), saw an upsurge of such action in different forms in many countries around the world.
Looking back on 2011, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme have combined to analyze contemporary trends in voluntary action and make recommendations for policy-makers, civil society, and volunteer involving organizations, in our new publication, Broadening Civic Space through Voluntary Action.
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State of the World Volunteering Report
Volunteering occurs in every society in the world. The terms which define it and the forms of its expression may vary in different languages and cultures, but the values which drive it are common and universal: a desire to contribute to the common good, out of free will and in a spirit of solidarity, without expectation of material reward.
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