UN, Vietnam youth discuss plan for volunteer resource center
Source: ThanhNien News
The United Nations Volunteers and the Vietnam Youth Union discussed Thursday a plan to set up a volunteer resource center to provide information about local and international voluntary work.
A seminar held to set up the Vietnam Volunteer Information Resource Center (VVIRC): 3-year Strategic Plan and Acting Sectors, was presided by the first secretary of the Vietnam Youth Union, Vo Van Thuong, and director of the UNV in Vietnam , Setsuko Yamazaki.
Delegates drawing up the plan focused on three key areas – Information, Action; Mechanism, Policy, Law Enforcement; and Capacity Building.
VVIRC Established this June is the cooperation between the UNV and the Vietnam Youth Union, aiming at providing the youth with comprehensive information about local and international voluntary positions.
UNV is the UN program that supports global human development by promoting volunteerism and mobilizing volunteers.
It was created by the UN General Assembly in 1970 and has been administered since by UNDP. It is operating among growing recognition that volunteerism makes important contributions, economically and socially, to more cohesive societies by building trust and reciprocity among citizens.
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