On the Road to Rio+20 - Making our Actions Count!

Launched on 17 April 2012, the Volunteer Action Counts multi-media campaign aims to showcase the importance of people’s participation and volunteering towards the achievement of sustainable development.

Building a culture of volunteerism

Some 18 personnel from the CISO Youth Employment Centres, created as part of the MDG-F Youth Employability + Retention programme, gathered in Jahorina to learn how they can contribute to building a culture of volunteering in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

I Volunteer: Do You?

From March 14 – 16, 2012 member Local Voluntary Service centres along with representatives of the OSCE and UNV gathered in Vogošća for a meeting of the Volontiram! Network. This Network aims to promote and support the development and management of volunteerism across Bosnia and Herzegovina.

UNV STATEMENT – INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2012

8 March 2012 - Today, International Women’s Day gives us the chance to recognize the invaluable contributions women make around the world, and mark the challenges we still have to meet to achieve gender equality. We must also celebrate the gains that have been made.

Women and Girls - Making a Difference

The International Women’s Day (IWD) – March 8th is a special occasion marked around the world. Not only is IWD a celebration, it also serves as reminder of the continuing struggle for equality that so many women face everywhere. It is a day when women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, come together to look back on the struggle for women’s equality and celebrate the many successes in achieving justice, peace and development for women and girls.

UNV BiH - Reflections on 2011

You can download UNV BiH 2011 Year in Review Report here.

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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