COMESA Council adopts Youth Internship and Volunteer Programme developed in collaboration with UNV

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According to World Bank data, half of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population is under 25 years of age and each year until 2035, there will be half a million more 15-year-olds than the year before.

While Africa’s youth bulge could present an opportunity for innovation and economic growth for the continent, many countries still struggle to provide sufficient perspectives for their youth. Youth unemployment continues to be a challenge for Sub-Sahara Africa with rates being as high as 60 per cent in some countries.

Volunteerism as an essential way to achieve Sustainable Development  

UNV partnering with UN Regional Commissions
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As the secretariat for the plan of action to integrate volunteering into sustainable peace and development under the 2030 Agenda, designated by the General Assembly, UNV is strengthening its convening and facilitating role for multi-stakeholder partnerships for volunteerism and the Global Goals. One way to do so is through enhanced partnerships with the UN Regional Commissions to feed into the existing review and monitoring processes for the 2030 Agenda, involving UN Member States, UN entities, civil society, volunteer-involving organizations, academia and the private sector.

Volunteerism as an essential way to achieve Sustainable Development  

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As the secretariat for the plan of action to integrate volunteering into sustainable peace and development under the 2030 Agenda, designated by the General Assembly, UNV is strengthening its convening and facilitating role for multi-stakeholder partnerships for volunteerism and the Global Goals. One way to do so is through enhanced partnerships with the UN Regional Commissions to feed into the existing review and monitoring processes for the 2030 Agenda, involving UN Member States, UN entities, civil society, volunteer-involving organizations, academia and the private sector.

Driving development and peace through innovative volunteerism, particularly among youth

Interview with Dr Richard Munang, UNEP
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Dr Richard Munang is the Africa Regional Climate Change Programme Coordinator with UN Environment (UNEP), based in Nairobi. The Cameroonian by birth talked to us about his new book “Making Africa work through the Power of Innovative Volunteerism”. In it, he explains that Africa’s true resource is human capital and details how collectivism, not individualism, can advance Africa’s agro-industrial economies, by connecting motivated youth in inclusive market-driven partnerships to create inclusive wealth and drive the implementation of climate action.

What inspired you to write this book?

UN Volunteers programme supports Malawi in developing Legal and Regulatory Volunteer Framework

Lilongwe, Malawi
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The Growth and Development Strategy III (2017-2022) recognizes the value of volunteerism in increasing the productivity of youth and unemployed Malawians. It envisages the establishment of a national volunteer service programme.

The Ministries of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development and Finance, Economic Planning and Development will work closely with the National Youth Council of Malawi to develop a legal and regulatory framework on volunteerism, as well as an effective national coordination and implementation framework.  

UN Volunteers programme supports Malawi in developing Legal and Regulatory Volunteer Framework

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The Growth and Development Strategy III (2017-2022) recognizes the value of volunteerism in increasing the productivity of youth and unemployed Malawians. It envisages the establishment of a national volunteer service programme.

The Ministries of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development and Finance, Economic Planning and Development will work closely with the National Youth Council of Malawi to develop a legal and regulatory framework on volunteerism, as well as an effective national coordination and implementation framework.  

Volunteerism framework law passed in Burundi with advisory support of UN Volunteers programme

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Volunteerism framework law passed in Burundi with advisory support of UN Volunteers programme

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Building a better future for displaced people and communities in Armenia

Elsie Aroyan
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Today, Armenia hosts around 14,000 displaced persons from Syria. Their access to asylum procedures and services require close monitoring. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), with the support of UN Volunteers, is trying to ensure protection and facilitate the local integration of these asylum-seekers.

Elsie Aroyan is serving with UNHCR as a UN Volunteer Community Services Assistant to protect the rights and build a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people in Armenia. As a displaced person herself, Elsie can relate better than anyone to the pain, fears and challenges which these displaced persons and refugees suffer from.

UNV empowers 15 young people at their pre-assignment training as UN Youth Volunteers

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