National/International Professional Associations Serving Managers
of Volunteers Outside North America
The following are generic associations
open to practitioners in all types of settings yet with the common
focus on volunteers. Also see: Associations
in specific settings or fields . Generic networks serving
smaller geographic regions outside of North America can be found
in theinternational DOVIA Directory .
IAVE (International Association for Volunteer Effort) also maintains a list of national volunteer centers and associations around the world (organized by continent).
UNV's World Volunteer Web also has a "national profiles" area listing volunteerism resources by country.
International/Multi-national
Asian Volunteer
Action Network (AVAN)
http://youth.unesco.or.kr/avan/
Focused on 'youth participation
in community development' and promoting international cooperation
through volunteer exchange programmes among Bangladesh, China, India,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA)
Dissolved as of March 1, 2006
.
Association of Voluntary
Service Organisations (AVSO)
www.avso.org
AVSO is an international non-governmental organisation, which forms
a European platform for national and international non-profit organisations
active in the field of longer term voluntary service.
International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE)
http://www.iave.org
International membership organization with the mission to promote, celebrate, and strengthen volunteerism worldwide.
Kathi Dennis, Executive Director
IAVE Secretariat
1400 I Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (202) 729-8250
Fax: (202) 729-8102
Email: iave@iave.org
Australasia
Australasian Association
of Volunteer Administrators (AAVA)http://www.aava.asn.au/
For volunteer program managers
in all settings within the Australasian region, including Australia
and New Zealand.
In Australia:
P.O. Box 6709, Halifax
St
Adelaide SA 5000
Phone 08 8376 3625, Fax
08 8376 6385
E-mail: aava@aava.asn.au
In New Zealand:
Box 9826
Wellington, NZ
Phone: 04 499 7554
E-mail: rogertweedy@xtra.co.nz
Ireland
VOLT: Volunteer Organisers Linking Together
http://www.volunteeringireland.ie/page.php?id=68
Jamaica
Jamaica
Association for Volunteer Effort (West Indies)
P.O. Box 649
Kingston 6 Jamaica
Phone: + 876 926 7366
Japan
Japan Volunteer
Coordinators Association (JVCA)http://www.jvca2001.org
Philippines
Volunteer Organizations Information Coordination & Exchange (VOICE), Inc.
http://voicenetwork.webs.com
VOICE Network, c/o INSA, Miriam College, Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights,
1108 Quezon City
TeleFax: 632.4359240 loc 212
E-mail: voicenational@yahoo.com
VOICE Network links volunteer organizations & volunteers service programs in
the Philippines.
Singapore
Managing & Organising Volunteer Efforts (MOVE)
http://www.move.org.sg/
Newly-formed in 2006.
United Kingdom - Scotland
Scottish Association
of Volunteers Managers (SAVM)
c/o Leonard Cheshire Scotland
160-161 Lower Granton Road
Edinburgh EH5 1EY Scotland
Website: http://www.savm.org.uk
4/28/08
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