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ICVolunteers

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	ICVolunteers
Organization's acronym:	ICV
Address:	P.O. Box 755 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland
Phone:	41-22-800-1436
Fax:	41-22-800-1437
Email:	info@icvolunteers.org
Web site:	http://www.icvolunteers.org
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	English French Portuguese Catalan Japanese Spanish

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Agriculture Biodiversity Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Culture De-mining Development Education Environment Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Governance HIV/AIDS Habitat Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples Information Labour Least Developed Countries Media Migration Minority Rights New Global Institutions Peace and Security Population Refugees Science and Technology Social Development Statistics Sustainable Development Taxation Policy Trade and Development United Nations Reform Values Violence Volunteerism Water Women Women/gender Equality Youth Financing for Development: External debt Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development International Trade as an engine for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Information and communication technologies Millennium Development Goals Research Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and health Women and poverty Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Population: International migration Population structure Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Knowledge Systems and E-government Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Employment Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Statistics: Demographic and social surveys Development indicators Informal Sector Statistics International migration Time-use statistics Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Biotechnology Capacity-building Climate change Demographics Desertification and Drought Education Gender equality Health Human settlements International cooperation for an enabling environment Partnerships Poverty Science Technology Waste Management
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Brazil Spain Senegal Switzerland Mali France South Africa Canada
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	ICVolunteers is an international non-profit organization (federation) active in the field of communications, in particular cybervolunteerism, languages and conference support. ICVolunteers works with volunteers to implement social and educational programs in order to help populations and local communities to develop. Through volunteer effort, it cooperates with organizations in the humanitarian, social, environmental and medical fields to implement projects and conferences at local, national and international levels. In addition, ICVolunteers promotes volunteerism and its recognition, by enhancing civic commitment and involvement, and by providing leadership and links between organizations, individuals and communities.
Year established (YYYY):	1999
Year of registration (YYYY):	2005
Organizational structure:	ICVolunteers is structured as an international federation, with headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland). ICVolunteers has national offices and permanent representation in a number of countries, including Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Mali, Senegal, Spain and South Africa.
Number and type of members:	14'000 volunteers, 5 national offices, 3 associate members, 40 beneficiary members.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	CONGO, European Volunteer Centre (CEV), Forum Bénévolat Suisse
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services Fees for providing consulting or research services Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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ITU
UNESCO
UNCTAD
DPI
CONGO