Welcome!

Who is in the room?A unique gathering of players from 22 countries Southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, DRC,

Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

African countries beyond the region: Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal

And from abroad: Canada, Germany, Norway, UK, USA

Where did this start? Budapest 2009: Flavia Pansieri, head of UNV, asks

regions to mark the 10th anniversary of the UN’s International Year of Volunteers in 2001

November 2010: UNV, VOSESA and 20 partners from across southern Africa hold a strategy session to plan the conference

2010/11: 13 funders pledge support; 10 background papers researched; 50 speakers & moderators are secured; 7 site visits planned; 180 registrations

16 Oct 2011: A youth session marks the start of the conference proceedings.

Our strategy

Combat HIV/AIDS

Youth social and economic participation

Regional integration and developing a regional identity

Youth volunteering Community-based

volunteering International volunteering Corporate support for

voluntary action Higher education

community engagement

Focus on 3 SADC regional priorities Showcase 5 volunteering pillars

Our objectives Showcase the contribution of volunteering

and civic service to achieving sustainable development and peace

Identify opportunities and strategies to strengthen the role of voluntary service in national and regional development

Increase research on the nature, scope and impact of voluntary service

Explore options for increasing a variety of regional voluntary service programmes in southern Africa

Outcomes envisaged Stronger understanding about how

volunteering and civic service contribute towards achieving the MDGs and sustainable development

Support from representatives of SADC member states for a UNV resolution on volunteering that will be presented to the UN General Assembly on 5 December 2011

Steps towards the establishment of a variety of SADC regional voluntary service programmes

SponsorsCanada World Youth European

Commission

Youth in Action

Programme FirstRand

Volunteers

Programme FK Norway IDRC New loveLife Trust NYDA OSISA SARUA Talloires Network UNV

Our thanks go to … United Nations Volunteers Programme Naheed Haque, Tapiwa Kamuruko, Simona Costanza, UNV Programme Officers

Our sponsors Our steering committee The VOSESA team Karena Cronin, Benter Okello, Learnmore Muchemwa, Jacob Mati, Eddy Mavungu Mazembo, Lauren Graham, Philanie Jooste

Our event organisers

Brenda Kennedy, Karen Hague

Our volunteers