CCIVSCoordinating Committee for

International Voluntary Service

Founded in 1948 under the aegis of UNESCOFormal relations of association with UNESCO

Initial idea:Physicallyreconstructingthe World after the World Wars while concretely learning to live together

Voluntary service...

… is an exchange between an individual, or a group of individuals and a local community. The volunteer or group of volunteers offers time, energy and effort to a project of benefit to a community, and via this project the community offers to the volunteer or group of volunteers an opportunity for experimentation, learning and personal and collective development (Cotravaux, France)

International voluntary service projects

350 members: branches of international organisationsand national organisations

About 100,000 (young) participants every year

in more than 100 countries

International and local volunteers living and working together with the local population, to learn from each other

CCIVS’ projects by members

Non-formal education

Active citizenship and participation

Intercultural dialogue

Reciprocity and exchange

Complementarity with agencies

Short term workcamps (2 – 4 weeks)

Medium and long term placements (3 to 12 months)

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Types of projectsAgricultural work

Awareness-raising campaigns

Construction and improvement of community centres and public buildings

Environment: reforestation, site cleaning, protection of natural reserves, etc.

Protection of the cultural heritage

Support to local communities and work with children

Any type of project that can benefit the population, depending on local realities…

CCIVS’ role

• Coordination of members’ activities• Regional seminars and networking• Capacity building, seminars and training of

member organisations (conflict prevention, ICT and voluntary service, cultural diversity, etc.)

• Campaigns (ESD, culture of peace, Freshwater, etc.)

• Pilot and joint projects• Link to international

and intergovernmental partners• Publications and resources materials

CCIVS presentation menu(click on the link to go to the corresponding page)

Regions• Africa• Asia• Europe• Americas

Themes• HIV/AIDS awareness raising• Conflict resolution

• Cultural diversity

• Education for sustainable development

• Culture of Peace

• CCIVS and UNESCO

CCIVS in AFRICA AlgeriaBotswanaBurundiCameroonCongoDRCEgyptGhanaKenyaLesothoMalawiMauritiusMorocco MozambiqueNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSouth Africa TogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

CCIVS gathers 38 national member organisations and 7 branches of international organisations.

They are present in 23 countries, in all regions of Africa.

NetworksIn Northern Africa the Union of Maghreb Voluntary Associations (UMAV) ensures the co-ordination between the voluntary service organizations in the Maghreb countries.

In Western Africa a co-ordination called UWAVWA was established in 1970 in Accra, Ghana. Since 2005 a number of Western African organisations have been re-defining the co-ordination mechanism in the region.

In Southern Africa the Southern African Workcamps Co-ordination (SAWC) was created in 1994 and comprises 8 organisations.

In Eastern Africa the Eastern African Workcamps Association (EAWA) was established in 1995 and has now 17 member organisations.

Fund for African Voluntary Service

• Capacity building for African national volunteer associations

• Specific development projects involving volunteers proposed by the associations

•Pan-African meetings / training events organised by the regional platforms

•Support for the running and activities of the four African regional platforms

CCIVS in ASIA BangladeshCambodiaChinaIndiaIndonesiaIsraelJapanLebanonMalaysiaNepalPakistanPalestinePhilippinesRussiaSingaporeSouth KoreaSri LankaTaiwanThailandTurkeyVietnam

CCIVS gathers 16 national member organisations and 26 branches of international organisations.

They are present in 21 countries, in all regions of Asia, including the Middle East.

N.V.D.A. The Network for Voluntary Development in Asia is an international networking NGO which promotes international voluntary service, especially workcamps, in Asia/Pacific.

Its aims and goals are to:* Improve local and global situations in nature, environment, culture, poverty and human rights,* Support local NGOs, self-reliance and development of local communities,* Promote friendship, understanding and solidarity among world youth and local people.

And its main activities are•Regular events (Training & Networking Workcamps, etc.)•Sending volunteers to workcamps all over the world•Common actions in Asia for various social issues•Starting workcamps in new countries•Improving NGOs and their projects

CCIVS in EUROPE ArmeniaAustriaBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCroatiaCzech RepublicDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandItalyLatviaLithuaniaMoldovaNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited Kingdom

CCIVS gathers 7 secretariats and 101 branches of international organisations and 36 national member organisations.

They are present in 34 countries, in all regions of Europe.

The A.E.Y.V.E.Initiated by the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service CCIVS and supported by the Asia Europe Foundation ASEF, Asia Europe Young Volunteers Exchange AEYVE was launched in 2001.

AEYVE is an exchange programme between young volunteers from Asia and Europe. Through AEYVE, volunteers and organizations in Asia and Europe are able to promote intercultural learning, mutual understanding, and cooperation while partaking in voluntary services in Asia and Europe.

The aims of AEYVE are to foster mutual understanding, cooperation and exchanges between voluntary service organizations in Asia and Europe. Particular emphasis is given to networking between organizations in order to transfer knowledge between regions and achieve common standard in quality.

CCIVS in AMERICA Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Guatemala

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Peru

Salvador

United States

Uruguay

CCIVS gathers 7 national member organisations and 32 branches of international organisations.

They are present in 17 countries, in North, Central and South America.

Euro-LA seminar A seminar was held in Peru in May 2005 with the idea to allow European-based and Latin American organisations to strengthen their partnerships and to develop new ones.

The seminar focussed on the identification of a strategy for Euro-Latin American co-operation starting by allowing the organisations to get to know each others’ activities and then focus on common needs and answers.

Documents of reference concerning the information given as well as the quality standards applied in the various organisations were distributed and are available.

HIV/AIDS awareness raising

In October 2005 a seminar and workcamp were organised in co-operation with UNESCO to adapt the French manual on awareness raising on HIV AIDS using forum theatre to anglophone Africa.

CCIVS is currently working on a new version of a kit for awareness raising on HIV AIDS in anglophone Africa using forum theatre.

CCIVS is also developing a pilot project on an itinerant

series of capacity building seminars in various African countries aiming at training a maximum number of youth leaders on efficient and culturally adapted ways to raise awareness on HIV AIDS.

Conflict resolutionConflict resolution is in fact a permanent feature of any

voluntary service project since we consider that the notion of conflict forms part of every-day life and the

ways to solve it at micro level are also relevant for macro

level.Several CCIVS member organisations are active in the field of conflict prevention, reconciliation and conflict resolution. Some focus on the role of civil society organisations in conflict area while others are obliged to function in a situation of conflict.

CCIVS is currently working on a new edition of its publication “Voluntary Service in Conflict areas”, which will soon be available on line.

Cultural Diversity•An approach based on UNESCO’s Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity.

•April 2005: seminar ‘Cultural diversity and voluntary service: international solidarity or

diversity consumption?’ in the Czech Republic.

•Creation of the CD-ROM ‘no size can fit all’ for coordinators of international youth groups.

Education for Sustainable Development•Freshwater guide (2003)a practical tool to organise activities on the issue of fresh water in international voluntary service projects

•Globalisation kit an introduction to the theme of globalisation, games and activities on the topic, to be used in international voluntary service projects

Culture of peace•10th July: "CCIVS Culture of Peace Day". Messages of Peace were created in different local projects and sent to the two flagship events of CCIVS.

•events in Hiroshima, Japan and Bethlehem, Palestine, promoting world peace through an international workcamp and a seminar on tools for peace

•40m² Peace Quilt made up of the 100 "Peace Pieces" was exposed at UNESCO Headquarters in November 2000

CCIVS and UNESCO: Why work together?

•CCIVS works with all sectors

•CCIVS is present in all regions

•CCIVS’ approach is complementary and provides a link to the local level

CCIVShttp://www.unesco.org/ccivs