FORUM on International Volunteering

IVCO 2010 Administrative Note

Speech by Ms Euleen Goh, Chairman of SIF at the IVCO 2010 Conference Networking Dinner

International Volunteering – Personal testimony of Achieving Significant Change

By David Turyahebwa, Ugandan VSO volunteer based in Kuria, Kenya

Mainstreaming Volunteer Activities into Development Programmes

By Ms Therese Mills, Assistant Director General, Community Partnerships and Latin American Branch, Sustainable Development and Partnerships Division, AusAID, Australia

Emerging Perspectives on International Volunteerism in Asia

By Dr Caroline Brassard, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr Margaret Sherradan, University of Missouri, St Louis, USAM
Dr Benjamin Lough, Research Associate, Center for Social Development, Washington University, USA

Rising Asia and Implications for the Development Agenda

By Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Director, Director, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Lee Kuan Yew(LKY) School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore(NUS)

“Welcome Address”

By Ms Deborah Snelson, Chair, FORUM Executive Board

Rising Asia and Implications for the Development Agenda

By Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Director, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS)

FORUM Research Paper:

Emerging Perspectives on International Volunteerism in Asia

By Dr. Caroline Brassard, Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) & Ms Margaret Sherraden, Professor of Social Work, University of Missouri at St. Louis

Plenary Session A: Changing Asia through International Volunteerism – Innovations and Challenges

Peace-building in the Philippines through collaboration between local and international volunteers

By Ms Marilou Pantua-Juanito, Executive Director, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Bahaginan, Philippines

Plenary Session A: Changing Asia through International Volunteerism – Innovations and Challenges

Innovative approaches in South-South volunteering in Asia

By Ms Nita Kapoor, Director, Fredskorpset (FK Norway), & Ms Salome A. Ganibe, Executive Director , Asian women in Co-operative Forum (AWCF)

Mainstreaming Volunteer Activities into Development Programmes

By Ms Therese Mills, Assistant Director General, Community Partnerships and Latin American Branch, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Australia

Plenary Session B: Sustainable Development in Asia – the Host Perspective

Vietnam's experience in working with foreign aid and volunteers

By Mr Hoang Bang Giang, Director, North American Desk, People's Aid Coordinating Committee (PACCOM), Vietnam

Plenary Session B: Sustainable Development in Asia – the Host Perspective

Asian volunteers in Indonesia's development

By Mr Lili Soleh Wartadipradja, Director, East Java Provincial Government Cooperation Affairs Bureau, Indonesia

Plenary Session B: Sustainable Development in Asia – the Host Perspective

Receiving International Aid in the Philippines

By Mr Joselito C. De Vera, Executive Director, Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA), Philippines

Climate Change Discussion

By Mr Brian Rockliffe OBE, Director, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), U.K

Climate Change and Gender

By Ms Julie Marie George, Programme Director, Skillshare International, India & Nepal

The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia

By Mr John Pearson, Head, UK Regional Climate Change Network in Southeast Asia

Climate Change and Livelihood / Gender

By Ms Sam Mostyn, Director, Institute of Sustainable Solutions, University of Sydney, Australia

International Year of Volunteers + 10

By Ms Flavia Pansieri, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers

Peer Support for Volunteer-Sending Agencies by Nita Kapoor

By Ms Nita Kapoor

Peer Support for Volunteer-Sending Agencies by Mr. Brian Rockliffe OBE

By Mr Brian Rockliffe OBE, Director, Voluntary Service Overseas Federation (VSO), United Kingdom

Peer Support for Volunteer-Sending Agencies by Ms Dimity Fifer

By Ms Dimity Fifer, FORUM Executive Board Member and CEO of Australian Volunteers International

Peer Support for Volunteer – Sending Agencies by Peter Riecher

By Mr Peter Riecher, Director, FORUM Executive Board member Chairman of the Hungarian Volunteer Sending Foundation (HVSF)

Youth Development

By Ms Ashraf Patel, Director, PRAVAH Learning Voyages, India

Youth Development

By Ms Ashraf Patel, Co-Founder and Director, PRAVAH Learning Voyages

Plenary Session C : 1. Youth-for-youth leadership – 2. Developing youth in the host country

"Youth Programmes in Development"

By Mr Michel Chaurette, Uniterra Program Director, World University Service Canada

Plenary Session C : 1. Youth-for-youth leadership – 2. Developing youth in the host country

Youth Programmes in Development

By Mr Jirka Henning Vierhaus, Senior Policy Advisor, Development Volunteer Service, Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED). Germany

Peer Support for Volunteer-Sending Agencies

Sharing Good Practices

By Ms Deborah Snelson, Chair, International FORUM on Development Service Ms Nita Kapoor, Director, Fredskorpset (FK), Norway

International Year of Volunteers + 10

By Ms Flavia Pansieri, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme

The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia

By Mr John Pearson, Head, UK Regional Climate Change Network in Southeast Asia

Climate Change and Gender

By Ms Julie Marie George, Programme Director, Skillshare International, India & Nepal

Climate Change and the Development Agenda

By Mr Brian Rockliffe OBE, Director, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), U.K