1. Louis-ferdinand Bravard – AVIS September 9 th 2009

2. My Internship in AVIS Stay : From 8 th July to 18 September The work team: Dominique, Pierre and Sylvaine Set of problems : to study the volunteer work offer amidst Auroville units

3. The study What bring the voluntary service? What are the needs of students and volunteers for the future? What is the employment capacity of Auroville Units? What are the needed skills How many units? How many volunteers?

4. Used tools Existing Excel data base AV Handbook Auroville net The field survey

5. Methodology To establish different work areas To update the different data concerning units in Auroville To do a field survey (Interviews) To find means to exploit the answers

6. The data base 12 work areas with 274 units An on-going update facility 31 interviews Target: Short term + long term volunteers

7. The questionnaire Did you have a lack of human resources? Have you worked before with volunteers in the past? How many volunteers have you received in last years? Were you satisfied by their contributions? Could you define your needs for basic tasks and specific projects? What kind of specific skills are you most needed? Who is the mentor? How many volunteers could you host at a given time? What support could you offer to volunteers?

8. Exploitation tools

9. Studied domains

10. Concerning the use of volunteers in the past

11. Estimate the hosting capacity of Auroville On average: 4 volunteers per unit/year (basic tasks + specific projects needs) Estimate: 140 units could be available to host volunteers Extrapolation: Auroville could host 550 volunteers per year

12. Needs of volunteers: type of work and time

13. Most required skills 1. Social and teamwork 2. Linguistic 3. Educational 4. Creative 5. Research 6. Managerial

14. Offered in kind compensations Tee and meal Accommodations Other:  Discount on purchase  Financial contribution  Transport

15. Main issues Strong need for accommodation facilities A large variety of practices of contributions offered to working volunteers (Discounts, services,…) AVIS facilities are unknown Community awareness on volunteer work is low

16. Some recommendations To create an accommodation infrastructure To cooperate further AVIS-Guest Service with the aim of integrating volunteers & working guests in the community To define a clear policy for students and working volunteers, Set up the details of an economic & ethic frame work (rights & services, with rules of the games ), insisting of the quality of experience offered To further the study of units needs

17. Thank you for your attention