NATIONAL UN VOLUNTEERS SCHEME TO BE LAUNCHED IN YEREVAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
29.06.2009 13:38 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "National UN Volunteers" program will be launched
in Yerevan on July 1. National United Nations Volunteers Scheme aims
to combine the skills and knowledge of local young professionals with
the UN comparative advantage to development through a cost-effective
contractual modality. This is a unique opportunity for local youth
to work under the aegis of the UN thus turning into valuable agents
of change. Two categories of UNV will be established — National UNV
Specialists (persons above 25 years old with some work experience)
and National UNV Community Exchange Workers (persons above 21 years
old with secondary education and related technical skills). Selected
Volunteers will be paid by institutions hosting them and will benefit
from an international insurance scheme.

UN Resident Coordinator Consuelo Vidal, Minister of Sport and Youth
Affairs Armen Grigoryan, representatives of Ministry of Labor and
Social Issues, UNDP, UNHCR, Armenian Red Cross, Professionals from
Civil Society and others took part in the event.