The Global Volunteering Forum is a network of organisations that work through volunteers to achieve sustainable development across the world. We promote and support responsible and impactful volunteering through convening, research, and standards.
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The conference report ‘Strengthening Civil Society in Challenging Times’ captures key themes from the 2025 International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations Conference (IVCO 2025). It reflects the collaborative efforts of the IVCO 2025 Organising Team. IVCO was organised by the Global Volunteering Forum with co-hosts the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) and in partnership with Australian Volunteers International (AVI), France Volontaires and VSO Cambodia. The report was written by Dr. Sathish Rao Appalanaidu and Fazirah Naser
The Global Volunteering Standard is a framework that sets out the volunteering for development sector’s collective understanding of good practice.
The Standard acts as a starting point for volunteer-based organisations to assess their practices and make changes that will help them be more responsible and impactful in their work. The Standard considers all the actors involved in a volunteer placement, from the volunteers to their organisation, project partners, the wider community, funders and other key stakeholders.
The Global Volunteering Standard Platform is the first global online-based one-stop shop for good practice in volunteering for development. Forum designed the Platform to bring the Global Standard in Volunteering principles to life and put them into practice.
Developed by the volunteering sector, for the volunteering sector, the Platform is the ultimate resource providing those who work with volunteers with practical tools to assess, monitor and improve programmes and practice, while giving access to the most extensive global library of volunteer resources.
We are thrilled to invite you to the upcoming workshop, which aims to support volunteer-involving organisations in understanding and adopting
We are delighted to announce that IVCO 2023 ‘A New Generation of Volunteers as Changemakers’ Conference Report has just been
IVCO 2024 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Mark your calendars! IVCO 2024 is set to take place in Newcastle Upon
We are pleased to share the Kuala Lumpur Call to Action, a statement developed by the delegates at IVCO 2023.
Forum is seeking to engage a consultant or consultants to support us in reviewing and revising the Global Volunteering Standard.
We are thrilled to introduce and extend a warm welcome to Lily Bright Tetteh, the President of the Coalition of
