Lebanon

International Year of Volunteers +10

Recognizing that volunteerism is an important key of any development project, and following the successes implemented on the momentum created by the IYV, the UN General Assembly called for the marking of IYV + 10 in 2011 by reaffirming its recognition of the work of the United Nations Volunteers program, who is the focal point for the follow-up to the International Year of Volunteers, and requests it to continue to raise awareness of the contribution of volunteerism to peace and development, to act as a convener on the subject for the various interested stakeholders, to make available networking and reference resources and to provide technical cooperation to developing countries, upon their request.

IYV + 10 is a chance to:

• To share a common vision
• To raise volunteerism on the development agenda
• To build more sustainable partnerships
• To bring different volunteer involving organizations and volunteer managing entities together on a neutral ground
• To define national volunteer agendas

The local planned activities within the IYV + 10:

• Children of Lebanon taking part in the illustrated "Children's Book on Volunteerism" (read more)
• University Peace Clubs projects (read more)
• Launching of the "We Can Make a Difference" campaign on Facebook -December 2011
• International Volunteer Day Celebration, December 2011

The global planned activities within the IYV + 10:

• IVD December 5 as entry point
• Five major Regional IYV+10 meetings to strengthen partnership and create national and regional ownership (read more)
• Summit on volunteerism and MDGs. Kenya, June 2011
•  Focus on volunteerism during UN Days
• September 2011: 64th UN DPI-NGO Conference, Bonn (read more)
• Around December 5th 2011 two GA plenary meetings
• December 5th 2011: Launch of the State of the World Volunteerism Report (SWVR)
• Exhibition at UN HQ on the theme “Volunteers of the World”, December 2011

1. A Global Call for Action:
   In October 2009, UNV hosted a Consultative Stakeholders Meeting on IYV+10 at its Bonn headquarters to discuss ways to mark this 10th anniversary and determine a practical Global Action Plan to guide stakeholders.
   Download: English - French
   
   
2. Opportunities for Action:
   The objective of IYV+10 is to consolidate the successes attained and build on the momentum created by the International Year of Volunteers. UNV was designated as the focal point for the 10th anniversary, which will be l aunched on 5 December 2010.
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3. Vision Statement:
   As the focal point on marking the IYV + 10, UNV is working on recognizing and celebrating the achievements of volunteers by involving actively all government leaders, volunteer involving organizations, civil society, private sector, non-governmental organizations, the United Nations System and communities.
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4. Logo:
   UNV is providing IYV+10 branding tools such as templates, logos PowerPoint presentation and guidance notes for stakeholders at different levels.
   Download:
   Iyv+10 logos: English - French - Arabic
   Logos Terms of use: English
   
   
5. Resolutions leading to IYV + 10:
   The following resolutions were created in the process of calling IYV + 10:
   A/RES/52/17
   A/RES/55/57
   A/RES/56/38
   A/RES/57/106
   A/RES/60/128
   A/RES/63/153

• Visit World Volunteer Web, the www.worldvolunteerweb.org  is the space where you can find news updates from all over the world
• Offer support online, visit www.onlinevolunteering.org  for opportunities to support IYV+10 activities. Go to the 'Opportunity Search' and type 'IYV+10' in the keyword field.
• Find support online, register your organization on www.onlinevolunteering.org  and post IYV+10 related opportunities for volunteers to support you over the Internet
• Contact other organizations in your country to exchange event ideas and collaborate on IYV+10.