What We Do/ CCIVS Initiatives
CCIVS Initiatives
CCIVS activities & programmes are underpinned by the principles of non-formal learning:
Learner-centeredness
Voluntary participation
Challenge -by- choice
Learner-centeredness
Voluntary participation
Ongoing Projects
ICON
Capacity building for the IVS movement in impact assessment, communication, and community building
Decolonise IVS
The Decolonise International Voluntary Service (IVS) project addresses historical inequalities, promoting an inclusive framework for voluntary
LIVE – EX
Exchange and Cooperation for a Living Earth. A multi-network, transcontinental collaboration aimed at supporting digital inclusion among IVS organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa
Peace Messengers
Empowers volunteers to promote peace and intercultural understanding through global action
Partnership with UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative was launched in 2008 in collaboration with the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) to mobilize and involve young people and youth organizations in World Heritage preservation and promotion.
CCIVS was responsible for the global coordination of the Initiative from 2008 – 2022. In 2021 a decision was taken by the CCIVS General Assembly to hand over coordination to the Asia Coordination, Better World who since January 2023 is responsible for the global coordination.
Former Projects since 2016
Involve INtegration of migrants as VOLunteers for the safeguard of Vulnerable Environments
2023
