Volunteerism and ICT for Development UN Volunteers is administered by the United Nations Development Programme Web4Dev Conference, November 2006

Invisible resource Volunteerism?

Capacity building Volunteering 4 ICT Awareness raising Software’s development Content’s development

Volunteering modalities ICT 4 Volunteering Volunteers’ recruitment and management tools Promotion and knowledge-sharing methods

The OV service connects, over the Internet, development organizations with volunteers worldwide and supports their effective online collaboration

Provide technical expertise and tools Support the management of project and resources Contribute to developing and managing knowledge Facilitate communication and networking Online Volunteers

The NGO is better known and reaches a global audience It has developed partnerships It has mobilized additional resources Example Support web site development

Informed decision making and programming Improved organizational management Enhanced project delivery Increased social capital Development outcomes

60,000 registered users 900 host organizations 2,500 assignments/y 2,000 online volunteers/y o171 nationalities o60 per cent women o40 per cent from developing countries Figures

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