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United Nations Volunteers (UNV) is the volunteer arm of the United Nations that support sustainable human development globally, through the promotion of volunteerism and the mobilization of volunteers. Created by the UN General Assembly in 1970, and administered by the UNDP, UNV works through UNDP country offices to send volunteers and promote the ideals of volunteerism around the world. UNV is universal, inclusive and embraces voluntary action in all its diversity. It values the freewill, commitment, engagement and solidarity, which are the foundations of volunteerism. |
United Nations Volunteers (UNV )
List of Projects
- Support to the establishment of a Volunteer Information and coordination centre (VOICE) in Sri Lanka
UNV provides technical and highly qualified professional personnel in support of international technical cooperation in the spirit of service and partnership in a wide range of development initiatives of governments, civil society organizations, private sector and international organizations in over 130 countries with over 5,200 serving UN Volunteers.
Established in 1975, the UNV Programme in Sri Lanka has contributed to sustainable human development, poverty reduction, demobilsation and reintegration, humanitarian emergency response and recovery, capacity development, information and communication technology and community mobilization programmes. The UNV Programme in Sri Lanka focuses its work on two aspects; deployment of experienced individual International and National United Nations Volunteers to work within Sri Lanka and overseas to promote volunteerism towards creating an enabling environment for people’s participation and mobilization of social capital for development.
There are different modalities to serve as a UN Volunteer in Sri Lanka . To know more about these different modalities and steps to become a UN Volunteer, visit the section - How to Become a UN Volunteer.
If you are interested in opportunities with the UNV programme, click here
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