UN Volunteer brings expertise in statistics to Tunisia
Beatriz Gonzalez is an international UN Volunteer from Spain. She's 57 and has lived in Tunisia for many years. Her familiarity with the cultural context plus her background in statistics put her at a vantage point to serve as a Statistics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist with UNDP in Tunisia.
Beatriz was looking to resume her career path. She had been out of a job for some years due to family reasons. It was early 2021 when she found a breakthrough in the form of a UN Volunteer assignment in data analysis and GIS.
I was researching information on the involvement of the United Nations in development and environmental protection when I came across this volunteering opportunity," says Beatriz.
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Forum and UNV sign Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on volunteering in development
Forum and UNV share a common purpose, and both organizations recognise the importance of responsible, impactful volunteering in delivering the SDGs. This MoU sets out a new phase in our collaboration with UNV in which we will launch new research and new conversations on volunteering, and promote the voices of volunteers. We look forward to working closely with our colleagues in UNV in this exciting new phase," says Heather Shapter, Chair of the Forum Board.