Volunteering is Cool! – International Volunteer Day 2011 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

It’s official: Volunteering is cool! Yes it is, but it is much more than that. Marking International Volunteer Day 2011, UNV, local CSOs and volunteers across Bosnia and Herzegovina demonstrated how volunteers and volunteering are contribute to enhancing the lives of individuals and futures of communities in BiH.

2011 Online Volunteering Awards – Changing our world, one click at a time

On Monday, December 5th, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme announced the winners of their annual “Online Volunteering” awards.

Volunteering is Cool! – International Volunteer Day 2011 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

It’s official: Volunteering is cool! Yes it is, but it is much more than that. Marking International Volunteer Day 2011, UNV, local CSOs and volunteers across Bosnia and Herzegovina demonstrated how volunteers and volunteering are contribute to enhancing the lives of individuals and futures of communities in BiH.

Promoting web activism to prevent gender based violence

Around 20 young activists gathered on November 30th in the Center for Cultural and Media Decontamination in Sarajevo on the workshop about the usage of ICT tools with purpose of ending the violence against women. The main subject was the map for documenting violence against women that has been translated and adapted to our language by the Oneworld Platform for South East Europe Foundation.

Setting the Way Forward – International Volunteer Day 2011 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the spirit of the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers and the 15th anniversary of the UNV programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the UNV Field Unit is proud to launch their new report of civil society and volunteering -‘Seeking the Way Forward: Civil Society in Bosnia and Herzegovina’.

Youth Say NO! to Violence

The drive for gender equality and empowerment of women and girls must begin with young people. Throughout the world youth are key catalysts for change when it comes to prevent gender based violence. Information and communication technologies are increasingly important in connecting and mobilizing people around the world to end violence. 

Civil Society in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Seeking the Way Forward Report

Civil Society in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Seeking the Way Forward report sketches out some of the key characteristics of and challenges facing the civil society sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This report underscores the key role that volunteers and individual citizens play in the overall functioning and effectiveness of civil society organizations and civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As importantly, it highlights how volunteers and volunteering offer a means to increase social trust and enhance social inclusion and reconciliation in the country.

You can download Civil Society in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Seeking the Way Forward report here.
 

World Environment Day Booklet

Commemorated every year on 5 June, World Environment Day is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.

This year’s theme, Forests. Nature at Your Service, underscores the variety of life-sustaining services that forests provide and calls us to take action to protect these resources and move towards a greener economy.

You can download World Environment Day booklet here.

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IYV+10

The 5 December International Volunteer Day in 2010 served as the launch date for the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers marked in 2001. International Year of Volunteers, celebrated globally in 2001, emerged from the recognition by the United Nations of the value and necessity of volunteer efforts in achieving and safeguarding a more equitable, prosperous and stable global community.

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