Volunteer Periodic Progress Reports (VPPR) FORUM European Conference May 3-4, 2007 Caspar Merkle, UN Volunteers UN Volunteers is administered by the United Nations Development Programme
Background • UNV Results Framework, in particular the Areas of Distinctive Contribution and the Business Model • Past experience with online reports & comments received from users
Purposes of the VPPR • • • •
…for the UNV Volunteer …for the UNV Country office Which results? …for the Supervisor …for UNV HQ What?
How?
What else?
Structure of the reports UNV Volunteer report
Country office report
A. Beginning my assignment
A. Programme development & management
B. Profile of my assignment
B. Profile of UNV activities in the country
C. Managing my assignment
C. CO support for UNV volunteers
D. About being a volunteer
D. Monitoring, evaluation
E. Telling my volunteer story
E. Telling the story
F. Background data Supervisor Form
Programme specialist form
When are the reports due? Duration of Initial report assignment < 5 months n/a 5 – 18 months > 18 months
During 2nd month of assignment During 2nd month of assignment
Annual report Final report n/a n/a mid-way of assignment
Country Office report 2 months before & after Aggregate end of assignment reporting by 2 months before & after PO every 6 months end of assignment 2 months before & after end of assignment
WWW screenshot
… under development: • View aggregate answers of completed reports • Filter answers by type of volunteer/ region/ thematic areas etc. • Cross-referencing of questions • Automatic generation of standard queries • E-mail alert to volunteers and supervisors
Thank you!