On July 15, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Dirk Boberg presented in Yerevan Culture of Volunteerisms publication aimed at serving civil society activists, authorities, students and volunteers in Armenia.
Informal, unmanaged volunteering is the dominant form of volunteering in Armenia. The study explores three areas – the regulatory environment, motivations behind volunteerism and volunteer management practices – to explain the under-utilization of volunteers and to suggest opportunities for the promotion of volunteerism in the country. The book is written by local expert Mane Tadevosyan in the frame of CIVICUS Civil Society Index in Armenia, a project within Counterpart International.
“The study is of great importance to explore patterns of civic participation in Armenia and to identify opportunities that can be created by policy and decision makers as well as civil society organizations to promote volunteer contributions’’ said Mr. Boberg.
The book is in Armenian and English.
