Ivco 2006 Unv Private Sector Engagement

Partnership for Development

Annual Meeting of International Volunteer Co-Operation Organisations (IVCO) 2006 4th to 6th October 2006

UN Volunteers is administered by the United Nations Development Programme

Partnering with the Private Sector • Engage Private Sector in development • Corporate Social Responsibility Mandate • Exchange of skills for development

Partnering with the Private Sector

Corporate/Private Sector (CPS) programme provides short-term advisory services to clients as : • small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs); • trade and industry groups; • NGOs; • government policy makers and institutions.

Partnering with the Private Sector

Kraft Foods' missions for the partnership in Guyana, Guinea, Jamaica, Lesotho, South Africa, Uzbekistan etc. Objectives : • to create jobs; • to raise production efficiency; • to support socio-economic growth; • to promote environmental protection; • to introduce Information and Communication Technology for Development; • to aid market expansion in developing countries.

Partnering with the Private Sector

• co-branding opportunities • advocacy and awareness • brand building .... win/win

Partnerships UNV/UN/Private Sector

• CSR increasingly about relationship building • Working together to provide opportunities for skill exchange • Promote volunteerism in development planning

Partnerships UNV/UN/Private Sector

DPAG and UNV matching employees of DPAG with volunteer assignments to support UNICEF in Kenya

Online Volunteering Service & Private Sector Opportunities The Online Volunteering service connects development organizations and corporate volunteers over the Internet supporting effective online collaboration

Online Volunteering Service provides • free service for development organizations and individuals worldwide; • access to a broader pool of expertise, skills, ideas; • contacts to enhance capacities; • strengthen activities to help achieve the MDGs; • gives individuals worldwide the opportunity to actively contribute as volunteers to sustainable human development.

“As world leaders reiterated at the World Summit in September, achievement of the Millennium Development Goals requires a collective effort. If we are to make poverty history, we must have the active participation of States, civil society and the private sector, as well as individual volunteers.” Secretary General Kofi Annan International Volunteer Day, 5 December 2005

THANK YOU!!!