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FORUM Discussion Paper 2 – The state of youth volunteering in Africa – A focus on North-South, South-North and South-South volunteering

FORUM — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:10:16 +0000

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FORUM Discussion Paper 3 – Changing patterns of state funding for international volunteering

FORUM — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:21:23 +0000

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FORUM Discussion Paper 2010 - Climate Change, Philip Mulligan (Brian Rockliffe and Christina Jenkins have edited the paper for FORUM)

FORUM — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:17:28 +0000

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A Mapping Exercise into International Volunteer Co-operative Agencies 2009

FORUM — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:11:38 +0000

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FORUM Discussion Paper 2009 - Volunteers: Catalysts for Social Engagement – Tina Wallace

FORUM — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:28:59 +0000

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FORUM Discussion Paper 2008 - How do current trends in development and volunteering intersect with gender? – Jane Russell-Smith

FORUM — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:37:05 +0000

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Future Trends 2007: Opportunities and challenges for international volunteer co-operation

FORUM — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:31:36 +0000

Foreword: For a number of years FORUM has undertaken a survey of its members to understand and share what is happening in international volunteering throughout the world. We then found ourselves in a position to take a longer view and commissioned Development Initiatives to produce a review over a five year period. In this paper we look forward and explore how International Volunteer and Co-operation Organisations (IVCOs) are responding to our changing environment. The views expressed in this paper are not necessarily those of FORUM or its members or of the organisations for whom the author works. The responsibility for these views rests with the author alone. ...more

FORUM Discussion Paper 2007 - Public Engagement

FORUM — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:35:34 +0000

I begin this short paper with two caveats. Firstly, I must make it very clear that this is not the result of rigorous research. It is not even a comprehensive overview of what International Volunteer Co-operation Organisations (IVCOs) are doing in the areas of ‘development education’, public engagement and public policy advocacy1 – though in preparing the paper, it struck me that a more thorough inventory might be a useful contribution by FORUM – to document and share what is being done in these areas. Researched and written in three weeks, this is simply one person’s observations, based on conversations with fifteen IVCO leaders, augmented by a few days of internet research and reading2, and 30 plus years of experience that has brought me back to these issues of “global citizenship” at regular intervals, in both my community and working life (which began as a CUSO volunteer in Papua New Guinea in 1970). ...more

FORUM Discussion Paper 2007 - New Developments in Programme Models

FORUM — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:33:31 +0000

This is the first in a series of discussion papers produced by FORUM, which follows on from our research work on trends in International volunteering and co-operation in recent years. One of the key trends identified in this time has been the increased variation and diversification in the programmatic models that International Volunteer and Co-operation Organisations (IVCOs) use. ...more

FORUM Discussion Paper 2007 - Climate Change

FORUM — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:30:38 +0000

Introduction This discussion paper provides an overview of the implications of climate change on development organisations, in particular organisations concerned with international volunteering (International Volunteer Co-operation Organisations [IVCOs]). Australian Volunteers International has authored this paper with assistance from FORUM members. ...more

IVCO Survey, 2006

FORUM — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:45:18 +0000

The following report presents results from the IVCO survey conducted by Development Initiatives. The questions include those asked in previous years, so that there is a continuous monitoring of main trends, but also some further questions. ...more

Trends in International Co-operation and Volunteering, 2001 – 2006

FORUM — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:42:14 +0000

Foreword For a number of years FORUM has undertaken a survey of its members to understand and share what is happening in international volunteering throughout the world. We then found ourselves in a position to take a longer view and commissioned Development Initiatives to produce a review over a five year period. Development Initiatives had also undertaken an annual review in 2005 and have brought their considerable knowledge of development issues in understanding trends in international volunteering. As a result of this process we realised the real enormity of this task of trying to reflect back all of the trends on developing international volunteering in essentially a short paper. We thank Development Initiatives for contributing their valuable insights which we encourage you to read and reflect on. The views expressed in this paper are not necessarily those of FORUM or its members or of the organisations for whom the author works. The responsibility for these views rests with the author alone. ...more

Trends, Added Value and Social Capital, 2004

FORUM — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 02:28:27 +0000

1 Introduction
The purpose of this discussion paper is, is to review current trends, innovation and best practices amongst international volunteer cooperation agencies regarding the added value of international volunteering. To analyse the current debate on social capital and to identify how the added value of international volunteering can be understood in this context. ...more