International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE)
International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) fue fundada en 1970 por un grupo de voluntarios; es una red mundial de voluntarios, organizaciones de voluntarios, representantes nacionales y centros de voluntarios, con miembros en más de 70 países. Está registrada como una organización benéfica en los Estados Unidos y tiene estatuto consultivo especial en el Comité de ECOSOC de la ONU y estado asociado al Departamento de Información Pública.
En el marco de la Conferencia Mundial del Voluntariado, en 2006 IAVE lanzó el Global Corporate Volunteer Council (G-CVC), una red internacional de empleados voluntarios que lideran programas en las empresas multinacionales en las que trabajan. Su objetivo es mostrar las buenas prácticas en el voluntariado corporativo y aumentar la conciencia de su importancia e impacto, proporcionando recursos para inspirar, apoyar y fomentar las oportunidades de colaboración entre las empresas, así como las asociaciones entre empresas, los gobiernos y las ONGs.
Líneas de acción en la promoción de RSE
* Proyecto de investigación en sistemas y prácticas de programas de voluntariado de las empresas multinacionales, y el estado del voluntariado corporativo a nivel internacional.
* Proyecto de directorio mundial de los recursos para empresas que forman parte del G-CVC.
* Programa de premios al voluntariado corporativo mundial.
* Teleconferencias: G-CVC realiza teleconferencias mensuales sobre una variedad de temas de interés para los líderes que dirigen programas mundiales de compromiso de los empleados.
* Reuniones presenciales, tales como las realizadas en: Panamá (2008), Río de Janeiro, junto con International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) (2008) y San Francisco (2009).
* Realización de eventos de divulgación, como por ejemplo:
- XX Conferencia Mundial de Voluntariado de IAVE: Foro de Voluntariado Corporativo (2008).
Our role (IAVE)
IAVE has responded to these changes by developing a new, wider vision of its role and of how to achieve its aims of promoting, supporting and strengthening the development of volunteering worldwide. The challenge in the next four years will be to continue to strengthen IAVE as an international network for volunteering, underpinned by a diverse and active membership and a democratically elected Board. At the same time, IAVE must continue to enhance its leadership role, expanding its capacity as an organisation for the development of volunteering by identifying key areas of strategic interest and importance and working proactively to create new initiatives and projects. A primary task is to build a small staff team to take work forward and to provide more effective support for its members and key networks. Further development of partnership working with other networks and leaders in the field will continue to give added value to IAVE and to advance the development of volunteering worldwide.
Mission (G-CVC)
IAVE’s Global Corporate Volunteer Council is a network for leaders of international employee volunteer programs. It aims to showcase good and promising practices in corporate volunteering, and raise awareness of the impact of employee engagement in communities around the world. The G-CVC provides resources to inspire, support and encourage opportunities for collaboration between companies as well as partnerships between business, governments
and NGOs.
Our vision (IAVE)
IAVE believes that volunteering brings to life the noblest aspirations of humankind - the pursuit of freedom, opportunity, safety and justice for all people. It is a means by which human values of community caring, service and participation are sustained and strengthened; individuals exercise their rights and responsibilities as members of communities; and connections are made across differences which can push us apart.
IAVE’s commitment is to volunteering that it:
* Invites the involvement of the entire community in identifying and addressing the challenges, opportunities and problems which face it.
* Encourages and enables people of all ages and from all sectors of society to take leadership through participation in service and social action.
* Provides a voice for those who cannot speak for themselves.
* Gives anyone the opportunity to participate.
* Complements but does not substitute for responsible action by other sectors and the efforts of paid workers.
* Enables people to acquire new knowledge and skill to fully develop their personal potential, self-reliance and creativity
* Promotes family, community, national and international solidarity.
Vission (G-CVC)
A world in which community needs are better met because of international companies releasing the energy, passion and talent of their employees in the communities where they do business.
Strategic goals (IAVE)
IAVE’s strategic goals are to:
1. Strengthen IAVE’s position as a key leadership organisation for volunteering worldwide
2. Build capacity in policy and practice development through strategic partnerships and global interest based networks and activities
3. Expand membership in strategic areas of interest, and build capacity through enhanced membership services and network support
4. Maintain good governance and efficient management of the organisation.