INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTEER EFFORT
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Mission Statement
IAVE exists to promote, strengthen and celebrate volunteering in all of the myriad ways it happens throughout the world. With members in 70+ countries, we are the connective tissue of a global network of leaders of volunteering, NGOs, businesses and national volunteer centers that share a belief in the power of volunteers to make a significant strategic contribution to resolving the world’s most pressing problems.
About This Cause
Our Vision. IAVE’s vision is of a global culture of volunteering that is recognized as vital to creating a fair, peaceful, sustainable and compassionate world. Our Mission. IAVE’s mission is to enable leaders of volunteering worldwide to stand in solidarity with one another to promote, support and celebrate volunteering in all of the many ways it happens throughout the world. Our Value Proposition. Working with a distinctive global perspective IAVE brings together leaders of volunteering, providing a platform to promote, strengthen and celebrate volunteering throughout the world. Our Priority Stakeholders * National leadership structures for volunteering * Businesses committed to engaging their employees as volunteers or strengthening volunteering * Global volunteer involving organizations (International organizations that engage volunteers to achieve their goals) * Our members Our Core Functions. * Advocacy – We use key global, national, regional and, where appropriate, local forums, institutions and communication channels to advocate for recognition and advancement of volunteers and volunteering and on issues of critical importance. We are working in close partnership with United Nations Volunteers to assist in development of the lead-up process and planning for the United Nations Global Technical Meeting on Volunteering to be held in 2020. * Knowledge development and dissemination – we foster the development of new knowledge about volunteering through research and organized learning activities and actively share that knowledge. In 2018 we will publish the final report of our landmark research on the nature and scope of national leadership for volunteering throughout the world, covering 100+ countries. * Network development and mobilization – We create and sustain networks of like-minded stakeholders and members in order to strengthen our shared capacity to pursue our mission. Examples include our Global Corporate Volunteer Council (GCVC) and our Global Network of National Volunteer Centers. * Convening – We bring together, in person and online, leaders in volunteering to discuss, debate and deepen our shared understanding of volunteering and its potential as a global force for good. Examples include, but are not limited to, world and regional conferences, in-person meetings of our networks and webinars. Our Relationship to the Business Community. IAVE is a recognized global leader in supporting corporate volunteering. Our Global Corporate Volunteer Council (GCVC) includes some 45 global companies, providing them with the opportunity to learn from and support one another. Our Research Working Group on Disaster Related Corporate Volunteering is developing partnerships between global companies and international humanitarian agencies, including the United Nations. Our "Global Companies Volunteering Globally" landmark research was the first to examine corporate volunteering worldwide. All of our global and regional conferences include sessions and content specifically for companies. We are a Founding Stakeholder of Impact 2030, working closely with them to document how companies affiliated with us are responding to the SDGs and to give leadership to the development of new tools to document the impact of their volunteer efforts.