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Unit 9: Staffing

According to information from Volunteer Match, a service that provides Employee Volunteering Notes
Program solutions, the key drivers for companies that produce and manage EVPs is that it
builds brand awareness and affinity, strengthens trust and loyalty among consumers, enhances
corporate image and reputation, improves employee retention, increases employee productivity
and loyalty and provides an effective vehicle to reach strategic goals.
Community Voluntary Work: Community volunteering refers to volunteers who work to
improve community enhancement efforts in the area in which they live. Neighborhood, church,
and community groups play a key role in building strong cities from the neighborhoods up.
Supporting these understaffed groups can enable them to succeed in a variety of areas, which
connect social, environmental, and economic boundaries. Volunteers can conduct a wide range
of activities. Some choose to support a variety of groups as a "volunteer broker."

International Workcamps: An international workcamp is an international voluntary project in
which participants from different countries can meet, live, work, learn and exchange with local
people concerning issues about environmental conservation, cultural heritage, social justice,
rural and human development, etc. CCIVS and Group Work Foundation are few providing
International Workcamps. It can be divided into short term voluntary projects (STV) and long/
middle term voluntary projects .

9.7.2 Political View

In almost all modern societies, the most basic of all values is people helping people and, in the
process, helping themselves. However, a tension can arise between volunteering and the state-
provided services, so most countries develop policies and enact legislation to clarify the roles
and relationships among stakeholders and identify and allocate the necessary legal, social,
administrative, and financial support. This is particularly necessary when some voluntary
activities are seen as a challenge to the authority of the state.

9.7.3 Difficulties in Cross-national Aid

Difficulties in volunteering can arise when is applied across national borders. A state sending
volunteers to another state can be viewed as a breach of sovereignty and a lack of respect
towards the national government of the proposed recipients. Thus, when states negotiate the
offer and acceptance of aid, motivations become important, particularly if donors may postpone
assistance or stop it altogether. Three types of conditionality have evolved:

Financial accountability: Transparency in the management of funding to ensure that
what is done by the volunteers is properly targeted.
Policy reform: Requesting governments of developing countries adopt certain social,
economic, or environmental policies, the most controversial relating to the privatization
of services traditionally offered by the state.
Development objectives: Asking developing countries to adjust specific time-bound
economic objectives.
Volunteer involvement is essential to producing a cost-efficient fundraising event. Over the
past many years, Events has developed a successful approach to recruiting, training, and retaining
event volunteers.
Some international volunteer organizations define their primary mission altruistically as fighting
poverty and improving the living standards of people in the developing world.

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