21st International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) YouthVolunteer Conference on 21-23rd Jan 2011
July 8th, 2010
Dear GAHA members,
GAHA will be co-organising the 21st International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) Youth Volunteer Conference with the Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Young Mens’ Christian Association (YMCA) on 21-23 January 2011 at SMU.
Hosted by the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC), the event will run in conjunction with the 10th Anniversary of the UN International Year of Volunteers(IYV+10) and IAVE’s 40th Anniversary.
The theme of this Youth Volunteer Conference is ‘Volunteering to Change the World’. Through this conference, it is hoped that the volunteering community is recognised by governments, by businesses and by the not-for-profit sector itself for what it has to offer as an equal partner in building communities in a sustainable manner. The event includes conference sessions, forums and workshops.
We would like to invite GAHA members who are interested to be the organising committee for this 21st IAVE Youth Volunteer Conference 2011. For more information, please visit the website at http://www.iave2011.org/home/index.php.
Skills required:
Programming & workshops - Arrange speakers throughout the Youth conference, Invite VIP guest for Youth conference, Plan the format of the learning workshops
Events - Plan the welcome dinner and Farwell dinner, In charge of all meals during the Youth conference, route and location for eat-out, Prepare the Youth declaration video to be shown in the Main Conference
Secretary/treasurer - Handles and controls the budget and expenses of the Youth conference, Produce financial statement for NVPC, Record and send out every meeting minutes in a timely schedules to every member, In charge of attendance for every meeting
If you are interested and able to commit, please send a short write-up on yourself, including any previous experience in programmes/events and NYAA/GAHA activities to Gary Shen by email: gary@nyaagaha.org, by 14th July 2010.
We look forward to hearing from you.
GAHA EXCO
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