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BVF News: July 2017

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Beijing Volunteer Service Expert Delegation Completes Successful Mission to Thailand and Myanmar

by BVF

A Volunteer service expert delegation from Beijing recently

went on mission to the South-South Knowledge Exchange on

Youth Volunteering for SDGs from 20th to 27th June 2017,

hosted by the UNV and Thailand International Cooperation

Agency (TICA). Delegates were from the Phase III Volunteer

Service Cooperation Project of United Nations Volunteers (UNV)

and Beijing Volunteer Service Federation, invited by the UNV

Asia Pacific Office, the Foreign Affairs Office of Beijing

Municipality, Beijing Youth Federation, Beijing Volunteer Service

Federation (BVF), who jointly organized relevant experts and

international project managers to meet in Thailand.

The conference, South-South Knowledge Exchange on Youth

Volunteering for SDGs, was hosted in Bangkok, Thailand from

20th to 23thJune 2017. More than 200 delegates from ASEAN

countries, China, South Korea and Japan were invited, including

government officials, UN agencies, representatives of VIOs,

enterprises, scholars and outstanding youth volunteers. The

conference provided a platform for knowledge sharing,

focusing on youth volunteer service’s positive effects for the

SDGs and recognizing the potential opportunities and

challenges of sponsoring south-south cooperation.

At the conference, Ms. LIU Nian, the chief of the Beijing

delegation, gave a speech on “Promoting SDGs through

Volunteerism - Beijing Experience and Future Step”. She

emphasized the importance of highlighting developing

countries’ experience and demands for guiding development,

and introduced the development of a volunteer service in

Beijing. During her speech, Ms. LIU underlined Beijing’s

support for expanding international volunteer service

cooperation, and plans for establishing innovative cooperation

mechanisms, pilot programs and joint academic research

initiatives. She also put forward the formulation of “the

International Volunteering Alliance for the Belt and Road

Initiative”, and welcomed participants to attend the

International Volunteer Service Exchange Conference that will

be held by the UNV and BVF at the end of this year.

During the conference, the delegation exchanged ideas and

put forward questions on volunteer mobilization and risk

management to the guest speakers. They also communicated

extensively with more than 30 VIOs. Through mutual sharing

and learning, the Beijing delegation reached a consensus on

promoting volunteer service cooperation regionally and

internationally. The Beijing delegation also went to Myanmar to

attend a UNV partnership meeting, where they visited the UNV

Myanmar officers, engaged in discussion with local VIOs,

engaged with China’s overseas enterprises, and carried out

project medium-term evaluations on the United Nations Youth

Volunteer assignment.

The delegation to Myanmar held several panel discussions with

Canadian University Services Overseas (CUSO), the UK Voluntary

Service Overseas (VSO), Mingalarpar Youth Charity Organization

Youth Charity. Topics discussed included experiences from local

project management of the international and regional volunteer

service organization, and setting a good foundation of “going

out” for Beijing Volunteer Service in the future. UNV Chief

Project Coordinator Alexandra and Asia Pacific Regional

Manager Manon held bilateral meetings with Beijing

representatives, and made a mid-term assessment of China’s

youth volunteer program of the United Nations. Both sides

agreed that the Chinese volunteers played an important role in

the work of the United Nations, and hope to deepen

cooperation with the Beijing UNV project.

According to the actual investigation and analysis, the

participants had a deep understanding of all volunteer service

conditions of ASEAN countries. It was agreed that the

international conference is an important way for China’s

voluntary service to make its voice heard around the world.

International voluntary service cooperation should establish

long-term mechanisms, build risk awareness, and improve risk

managements. At the same time, we should normalize the

training of international volunteer service talents and enhance

the sustainable development of international volunteer service.

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Yalin Wu's biggest challenge for her first month in Myanmar

is to adapt herself to the new position and local vibe as fast as

possible - "Life in Myanmar is much challenging particularly in

terms of getting clean water, constant supply power, food &

sanitation, stable internet and public transportation; and my

new assignment in UN is quite different from my former work

experience. Making friends with locals regardless of their colors,

races, genders and religions, help me quickly equip myself with

massive experience and important tips for daily life and

voluntary service."

“This UNV program is my first work experience within the UN

system. And I have to say they have a pretty effective and quick

response communication system, members from different

countries, departments and levels are active to express

themselves and push the progress.”

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In above photo taken from Assignment Preparation Training in

Bangkok, Manon Bernier, UNV Reginal Manager-Asia and the

Pacific, issued the certificate of Completion to Ge Yang, who

was be deployed to UNV Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

in Thainland. She is responsible for social media management

for South-South Knowledge Exchange on Youth Volunteering

for SDGs including creating and following up hop topics on

Facebook and Twitter; Further, to support the youth, peace &

security consultation, producing video #SayUrPeace, and live

stream on Facebook.

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