2. Measuring Volunteering in China International Symposium on Volunteering Geneva November 18-21, 2001

3. Contents Background Introduction Facts and Findings - Volunteering in China - Types of Volunteering Service - Features - Urban and Rural Variations - How volunteers become involved - Organization and Volunteering - Motivation and Barriers Conclusions

4. Background Introduction Survey and study on measuring volunteerism in China Commissioned by UNV/UNDP, CICETE Methodology - Measuring Volunteerism Toolkit - 6 Target Areas (urban and rural) - 2000 Questionnaires Collected - Target Group: age over 18

5. Facts and Findings -- Volunteering in China

7. Facts and Findings -- Types of Volunteering Service

8. Facts and Findings -- Features Age Gender Difference Education Profile Employed and Unemployed Higher Income

9. Facts and Findings -- Urban and Rural Variations

11. Facts and Findings -- How volunteers become involved asked by working units self-decision introduced by friends social organizations

12. Facts and Findings -- Organization and Volunteering Types of Voluntary Organizations Community Service Volunteer Charity and Volunteer Young Volunteer Volunteers in Red Cross Society Volunteers from NGOs Volunteers from Overseas

13. Facts and Findings -- Motivation and Barriers Motivation Sympathetic feeling to the needed people Education for children Obligation fulfillment as a citizen Others

14. Facts and Findings -- Motivation and Barriers Reasons not be organizationally asked time constraint not know how to become involved financial cost others

15. Facts and Findings -- Motivation and Barriers Barriers Lack of recognition Lack of funds Shortage of management system Lack of laws and regulations Lack of training

16. Great potential of volunteering service in China Much room for CSO to play important roles Government support, enabling policy and regulations Strengthened management and capacity building of volunteer organizations Conclusions Conclusions

17. Thank you Liu Jun Secretary General Beijing International Volunteers Association http://www.civa.org.cn