Eight UN Volunteers were invited to take the floor at the first UNV Partnerships Forum that took place in Bonn on September 30th and October 1st, and presented their inspirational work in the field.

Eight UN Volunteers were invited to take the floor at the first UNV Partnerships Forum that took place in Bonn on September 30th and October 1st, and presented their inspirational work in the field.

For most of the attendees, including UNV staff present, the highlight of the UNV Partnerships Forum 2014 was the session on the first day called Inspiration in Action – Blue Room Talks.  Eight UN Volunteers from across the globe took center stage to share their stories and provide inspiring insight into their assignments, and the difference they are making within communities every day.

"The UNV Partnerships Forum has lived up to its theme—Innovation for Volunteer Action," said UNV's Executive Coordinator Richard Dictus as he closed the event held in Bonn, Germany on 30 September and 1 October 2014.  Attracting more than 100 people from around the world, participants discussed the theme, within a stone's throw of UNV headquarters, in the historic Wasserwerk (meaning "waterworks") building which housed the German Parliament from 1986 to 1992..