Responsible VolunteeringSDGI is a member of the Effective Practices Workgroup of the Building Bridges Coalition. Together with a broad spectra of international organizations, think-tanks, and institutions for higher learning (please click here for a list of member organizations) SDGI aims to synthesize experiences from all relevant sectors and channel them into our own work and services. The goals of the effective practices workgroup are to: Identify a group of guidelines and practices for operating effective, high quality international volunteering programs Collect the collective wisdom from the field of international volunteering including: Ideas, approaches and practices that have worked well Things to consider before making a decision or taking action for growth, program initiation or expansion, organizational changes, etc. Lessons learned from previous experience that have not worked well Pitfalls to avoid in various situations, including:
- starting an organization
- creating programs in new countries/regions
- recruiting & preparing volunteers
- selecting partner organizations Synthesize collected data into organized set of practices & guidelines Publish the resulting collection of wisdom in a manner accessible to all BBC members (with help from technology advisory workgroup) Challenge all BBC members - whether they are a brand new organization or one with decades of history – to review the resulting body of work and reflect on their own practices to seek opportunities to improve their quality and effectiveness.
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