Celebrating United Nations International Volunteer Day 2019 0 Reply

CONTEXT

By United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) mandate, the International Volunteer Day (IVD)[1] is celebrated annually on 5 December with the aim of celebrating volunteers and organisations efforts, promote their values and disseminate their work. The focus of the IVD 2019 is “Volunteers for an Inclusive Future” in order to highlight the role of volunteers in raising awareness, inspiring others and achieving the SDGs.

“Achieving #SDGs depends on empowerment, inclusion & equality of all people. Volunteer action widens spaces for engagement, including for remote & marginalized populations.” (UN Volunteer Programme)

There are many types of volunteering: skills-based, in developing countries, virtual, on learning programmes and schools, on environment, in an emergency, corporate and community based. Volunteers also play a key role in the implementation of social and third sectors organisations by implementing projects, involving communities, and supporting dissemination among many other tasks. Volunteers might work at the local as the international areas.

With the aim of celebrating the International Volunteer Day, Dialogue Café Évora lead by Eugenio de Almeida Foundation and Dialogue Café members in Cidade de Praia, Novi Pazar and Lisbon will organise a session on volunteering with the aim of celebrating volunteer effort and recognising their contribution to communities and the society. With this purpose, volunteers will be invited to participate in this session and share with us their views, motivations and experiences. During the session we will also discover the existing opportunities for volunteering and how beneficial can be to volunteer as well as will be invited to discuss the following questions, but not limited to:

- Why did you decide to volunteer?

- Advantages get with volunteering?

- Share your best volunteering experience

- How can we promote volunteering among the youngest generations? What about elder generations? 

Participation is free and open!

PROGRAMME

Dialogue Café Évora – Eugenio de Almeida Foundation – Social Innovation Centre

• Inês Gonçalves, Eugénio de Almeida Foundation Volunteering Programme
• Raquel Alexandre, Volunteer
• Joana Good da Silva, Volunteer Hamilton da Cruz
• Clara Matos, Volunteer
• Maria João Tomé, Volunteer

Dialogue Café Évora – ADRAL | EvoraTech Fab Lab 

• Drº José Tavares, Refood Évora
• Nuno Rosmaninho, Humanitarian Centre of Évora – Cruz Vermelha (Red Cross)

Dialogue Café Lisbon (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)

• Maria do Rosário Nunes, Regional Direction, Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth, Lisbon Youth Centre

Dialogue Café Novi Pazar (Centar Duga)

• Haris Imamović, Dialogue Novi Pazar Team
• Amila Sarenkapic, Volunteer at Centar Duga

JOIN IN!

REGISTRATION & CONTACTS

Dialogue Café Lisbon – (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation) – Dalia Sendra (daliasendra@casadoregalo.pt)

Dialogue Café Évora – Margarida Oliveira/FEA (margarida.oliveira@fea.pt) & Ana Rita Valido/ADRAL (ana.valido@adral.pt)

Dialogue Café Novi Pazar – Fatima Durovic (fatimadurovic@gmail.com)

[1] Resolution A/RES/40/212 on 17 December 1985

Let´s celebrate the International Volunteer Day! 0 Reply

By UNGA mandate, the International Volunteer Day (IVD)[1] is celebrated annually on 5 December with the aim of celebrating volunteers and organisations efforts, promote their values and disseminate their work. The focus of the IVD 2018 is “Volunteers build Resilient Communities” in order to celebrate volunteer effort aimed at strengthening local ownership and community resilience. In the framework of the United Nations, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is mandated to support and promote IVD celebrations worldwide. Every year, over 6,500 UN Volunteers serve with UN entities in some of the most challenging environments across the world, and 12,000 UN Online Volunteers complete over 20,000 assignments online through the UNV Online Volunteering service.[2] According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 17 million of volunteers work each year across 189 countries tirelessly to ensure that the most vulnerable people in communities have access to services and support.[3] Volunteering offers vital support to people in need and the community, but benefits can be also greater for the volunteer. There are many types of volunteering: skills-based, in developing countries, virtual, on learning programmes and schools, on environment, in an emergency, corporate and community based.

With the aim of celebrating the International Volunteer Day, Dialogue Café Association and its members in Belgrade, Evora, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro will organise a session on Volunteering and Community Service with the aim of celebrating volunteer effort and recognising their contribution to communities and the society. With this purpose, projects and volunteers will be invited to participate in this session and share with us their views, motivations and experiences. During the session we will also discover the existing opportunities for volunteering and how beneficial can be also to volunteer. During the discussion some questions will be raised such as How to engage the new generations in long-term volunteering; Education for volunteering, yes or no?; Volunteering is for everyone? The role of Volunteering as an instrument for inclusion; the role of the cultural volunteer as mediator in learning.

Programme

Dialogue Café Évora (Eugênio de Almeida Foundation): 

• Maria João Tomé, Volunteer, Project REVIVE (Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa);
• Anya Pisco, Social Volunteer at Eugenio de Almeida Foundation and other projects
• Dulce Ferreira, International Volunteer Project (financ Grundtvig) in Hungary and Portugal;
• Eden Oliveira, Cultural Volunteer at Eugenio de Almeida Foundation

Dialogue Café Wroclaw (Mediateka)

• Tomasz Grabiński, Mediateka‘s coordinator for DC projects
• Martyna Gontarz, Wrocław Municipal Library’s coordinator for foreign volunteers
• Johanna Cruz, Volunteer from Equador working in Mediateka

Dialogue Café Lisboa (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation):

• Noémia Simões, Bué Fixe

Dialogue Café Rio de Janeiro (UCAM University)

• Eduardo Matos, International Relations, Escoteiros Brasil
• Angélica Nasser, Supervisor, INCAvoluntário
• Bruna Rodrigues, Communication INCAvoluntário
• Ana Luiza Alves, Volunteer, Teto Brasil  
• Aryana Carvalho, Volunteer, Teto Brasil  

For further information, contact us : info@dialoguecafe.org

[1] Resolution A/RES/40/212 on 17 December 1985

[2] UNV

[3] Global Review on Volunteering Report, IFRC, 2015