（International Association for Volunteer Effort，簡稱：IAVE）。IAVE在中國港澳台等地區又稱之為“國際義工協會”或“國際志工協會”，早期民政部也稱為“國際自願者協會”。IAVE始建於1970年，由一群來自世界各地的志願者組成，他們因為共同意識到了志願服務是一種可以互通不同國家文化的方式而走到了一起。IAVE在全球擁有超過70多個國家和地區的成員，已經成為一個志願者、志願者組織、各個國家和地區代表及志願者中心的全球志願服務網路。IAVE執委會在聯合國經社理事會享有特殊的咨商身份，同時在聯合國新聞部也有相關身份。IAVE是聯合國非政府組織聯盟的成員，並以聯合國志願者組織（UNV）觀察員身份與聯合國志願者組織（UNV）建立起很強的工作關係。
The International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) was founded in 1970 by a group of volunteers from around the world who saw in volunteering a means of making connections across countries and cultures. It has grown into a global network of volunteers, volunteer organizations,national representativesandvolunteer centres, withmembersin over 70 countries, and in all world regions.The majority of IAVE members are in developing countries. IAVE is registered as a charity in the USA, in California, with By-Laws which set out the governing principles and procedures. IAVE has special consultative status with the UN ECOSOC Committee, and associate status with the UN Department of Public Information. It is a member of the UN Confederation of NGO’s, and has a strong working relationship with UN Volunteers, underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding.
The Red 'V' which has become an international symbol for volunteering was commissioned by Margaret Bell, former President of Volunteering Australia and given to Volunteering Australia and the International Association for Voluntary Effort (IAVE) to be used universally as a symbol of volunteering.
目的
IAVE旨在促進、加強和推進全球志願服務的發展。作為唯一的國際性組織，這是IAVE的首要目的。
Aims
IAVE exists to promote, strengthen and celebrate the development of volunteering worldwide. It is the only international organization for which this is the primary aim.
IAVE is governed by aninternational Board, consisting of the President elected by the Board; and Vice-President elected by the whole membership; Regional Representatives elected by and from the members in each region; and a number of members appointed to bring particular skills or expertise. For reasons of cost, the Board meets once a year for two days. It appoints an Executive Committee to deal with finance and other on-going business, which meets by telephone conference six times a year. The Board also appoints other committees and working groups as necessary, including a Nominating Committee for the conduct of elections.
IAVE is still run almost entirely by volunteers. The President is also the CEO, and there is a network of volunteer national representatives in some 50 of the countries where IAVE has members, who promote IAVE in their country and act as a contact point with members. There is no permanent secretariat. IAVE's staffed offices include a small President’s office with part-time admin support. The membership is administered through an office in the US. The information service and website are located in Taiwan, staffed by a part-time executive director and a small team of volunteers. In 2006 IAVE launched a Global Corporate Volunteer Council, and engaged a part-time consultant to administer it. We therefore currently have two part-time staff, and have contracts for part-time work with two self-employed consultants.
IAVE is best known for its biennialWorld Volunteer Conferences and affiliated Youth Volunteer Conferences. The world conferences have run in an unbroken sequence since 1970. These are major events in the world of volunteering, attracting a global audience, distinguished speakers and skilled and experienced workshop presenters. IAVE members in individual countries bid to run the conference, with the result that the conference moves around the world.
In 2001, the UN International Year of the Volunteer, the IAVE World Volunteer Conference, held in Amsterdam in January 2001, was officially recognized as the opening event of the year. The Universal Declaration on Volunteering was adopted at the Conference. IAVE members all round the world played an important part in the Year’s events in their country, and one of the closing events of the Year was an IAVE International Youth Conference held in Japan. These groundbreaking events were echoed during IYV+10 in 2011, with the IAVE World Conference in Singapore in January, and the IAVE World Youth Summit in Colombia in December.
In recent years IAVE has been responding to changes in the world of volunteering by positioning itself as a key leadership body for the development of volunteering, building a more strategic role, whilst at the same time remaining a membership organization, connected through its membership to volunteering interests at grassroots, national and global levels.
IAVE World Volunteer Conferences are unique events in the world of volunteering. They are occasions when all those involved in the sector can meet to celebrate and have a platform to share their knowledge and understanding of this great world movement.
The conferences attract distinguished international speakers, expert trainers and presenters and leaders from the worlds of volunteering, NGOs, research, government and the corporate sector. IAVE's World Volunteer Conferences provide opportunities for policy makers, professionals , advocates and grassroots volunteers to interact.
Each IAVE conference is different, each special in its own way. Yet each builds on what has gone before and forms part of a unique history. At the conference it is expected that there will be plenary sessions, forums, workshops and an exhibition space. Critically, the conference will be preceded by a very dynamic Youth Conference.
Since 1970, IAVE’s World Volunteer Conference has been the primary global convening of leaders of volunteering from throughout the world.
In general IAVE will announce a "call for bids" for the next available World Volunteer Conference in good time before the preceding World Volunteer Conference, when the next host will be announced at the closing session in a flag-changing ceremony. To process the bid documents, the IAVE board of directors will appoint a committee, who will give recommendations to the full board to make the final decision at the directors meeting held immediately before the preceding conference. The winner is traditionally kept a secret until the closing ceremony.
When processing bid applications, the committee and the full board of directors will consider, but not be limited by, factors such as the volunteering pedigree of the bidding organization(s), the bidders' organizational capacity and familiarity with the IAVE association and its members, appropriate rotation from world region to region, and so on.
In general most bids come with a recommendation from thenational volunteer centerand/or the IAVE national/regional representative. IAVE has a network of members in countries in every region of the world,national representativesin some 50 countries, and regional representatives from six world regions on theboard of directors.
IAVE World Volunteer Conferences are generally held every two years (exceptions were made during the International Year of the Volunteer in 2001 and its tenth anniversary in 2011). Here is a list of past and future IAVE conferences:
2016 – (Call for Bids may possibly be announced in 2013)
2014 – (To be announced at the 2012 World Volunteer Conference)
2012 – London, UK
2011 – Singapore – to kick-off the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers
2008 – Panama City, Panama
2006 – New Delhi, India
2004 – Barcelona, Spain
2002 – Seoul, South Korea
2001 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – to kick-off the International Year of Volunteers
