1. 1 Community Health Volunteering Content of the presentation Introduction VSO VSO National Volunteering in Mongolia National Volunteering Managing Process Sustainability

2. Community Health Volunteering VSO Int. Aims and Program areas VSO National Volunteering VSO Mongolia – Education – Health – Secure livelihood – National volunteering – Mainstreaming disability / HIV Aids

3. Community Health Volunteering Objectives National Volunteering Objective 1: Government officials at three Ministries, local communities and local government in three provinces and two UB districts are aware of and actively support volunteering and its value to the development of Mongolia Objective 2: Two national partners in each region and five partners in UB practice good volunteer management leading to improved recruitment and retention of volunteers and improved experience of volunteering.

4. Community Health Volunteering VSO support in Mongolia – Darkhan from 2006 – Chingeltei from 2006 – Nalaikh from 2007 – Dornod from 2008 – National Volunteering Network – Other organizations

5. Community Health Volunteering Further development Continuing support to make the implementation sustainable in health in the mentioned areas Further development and implementation in the areas Education and Secure livelihood

6. 6 Community Health Volunteering Steps to implement Needs assessment organization Role National Volunteers Training of the managers Developing implementation plan Implementation Evaluation Sustainability

7. 7 Community Health Volunteering Needs assessment Size and characteristics target group Goal and expected outcome Means and manpower Skills/knowledge and training Commitment/Co-operation Time for preparation and execution Spin-off/sustainability

8. 8 Community Health Volunteering Needs assessment ▪ Investigate what others do ▪ Express ideas to local government ▪ Find out what other local organizations do ▪ Look whether you can cooperate ▪ Make a priority list

9. 9 Community Health Volunteering Indicators for priorities can be ▪ The number of beneficiaries ▪ The necessary knowledge/skills ▪ The amount of people to implement ▪ The necessary time and costs ▪ The expected results and sustainability ▪ The fact that others do the same

10. 10 Community Health Volunteering Role National Volunteers a)What can National Health Volunteers do? b)Who will benefit? c)What can be the result? d)What profile do we need? e)How will we award? f)How can we organize it?

11. 11 Community Health Volunteering Training of the managers Management National volunteers Selection volunteers Project management Sustainability

12. 12 Community Health Volunteering Developing implementation plan Developing concept plan Discussion with relevant people Finalizing plan Preparing implementation – Placement/profile – Training plan

13. 13 Community Health Volunteering Implementation Recruitment and selection Training for the work Organization of the work Communication Management

14. Community Health Volunteering Recruitment and selection Ways for recruitment Selection on: – Basic qualifications in the profile – Attitude to volunteering – Character

15. 15 Community Health Volunteering Training of volunteers – What activities can be done and how? – What training is needed? – When and by whom? – What skills are needed? – When and by whom?

16. 16 Community Health Volunteering Organization and communication Appointments about Organization of the National Volunteer’s work per Family Group Practice Registration and reports (style and content) Structure and content of communication with national volunteers

17. 17 Community Health Volunteering Management of National Volunteers Who is organizational manager Who is quality manager Who is coordinator Who is monitoring Who is responsible for registration Who is responsible for evaluation

18. 18 Community Health Volunteering Information to record Knowing what you aim at to improve Thinking how to measure improvement Knowing the situation at the start Registration of the start situation Registration of improvements Who is doing what and how?

19. 19 Community Health Volunteering Indicators to measure results For some indicators you can just calculate – Numbers (percentages) of people in your target group – Numbers of people that improved their live because of your activities For others you measure in another way – Visits to observe real situation and report – Interviews about new situation (structured) – Satisfaction with your activities

20. 20 Community Health Volunteering Evaluation Collect the information Analyze the information Compare results with the goals Make a report for discussion with manager Present the results

21. 21 Community Health Volunteering Evaluation How much improvement was achieved? Which activities gave good results? Which activities not and why? What knowledge/skills will stay available?

22. 22 Community Health Volunteering Sustainability Which improvement will be sustainable? Which improvement needs further investment? What is the opinion of the staff and volunteers? What is the opinion of citizens?

23. 23 Community Health Volunteering Sustainability Marking the end of the project Integrate good activities in daily work Stop activities without results Inform your staff and volunteers Improvement of activities or new activities means: you start a new project

24. Community Health Volunteering Managing volunteers leads to More and better results More satisfaction of all parties Please contact VSO for more detailed information or support. Thank you for your attention