The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that contributes to peace and
development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in
tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development.
Volunteerism benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer by strengthening trust,
solidarity and reciprocity among citizens, and by purposefully creating opportunities for participation.
UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating for recognition of volunteers, working with
partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing an increasing
number and diversity of volunteers, including experienced UN Volunteers, throughout the world. UNV
embraces volunteerism as universal and inclusive, and recognizes volunteerism in its diversity as well as
the values that sustain it: free will, commitment, engagement and solidarity. Based in Bonn, Germany,
UNV is active in around 130 countries every year. UNV, with Field Units in 86 countries, is represented
worldwide through the offices of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and reports to
the UNDP Executive Board.
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