2007 - September (Budapest, Hungary) - Equal opportunities for all - volunteering and diversity

Equal opportunities for all - volunteering and diversity

27 - 29 September 2007, Budapest, Hungary

This General Assembly conference aimed to give examples of good practice where volunteering has been proved to be an instrument to help ensure equal opportunities; and to discuss the challenges of bringing diversity into volunteering - involving and empowering disadvantaged groups to be the agents of change in their own communities through volunteering. The presentations, workshops and discussions focusd on the following fields:

Volunteering by different (often disadvantaged) target groups such as disabled people, (long-term) unemployed people, people experiencing poverty / homelessness, ethnic groups / minorities, people living with HIV/AIDS, etc. – the challenges of trying to achieve diversity in volunteering;
Volunteers’ role in promoting and ensuring equal opportunities and fighting prejudices though advocacy, awareness rising, social service provision etc;
Social inclusion, empowerment and active participation of disadvantaged groups through volunteering;
Collaboration between different stakeholders such as volunteer centres, specialised organisations of/ for disadvantaged groups in society, employment agencies/ public or private social services/ educational institutions etc.

Participants pack

Final Report