Promoting the concept and practice of volunteering in Romania

Promoting the concept and practice of volunteering in Romania has been and is one of the core roles of the Pro Vobis National Volunteer Center and the constant objective of our activities and programs. The activities of promoting volunteering are a fundamental component of all the programs/projects initiated by Pro Vobis. However, our organisation has also developed a special line of programs intended to promote the concept and practice of volunteering in Romania, aimed at supporting all those who are interested in volunteering by making available the knowledge and resources gathered and accessed by Pro Vobis in its nearly 10 years of activity in the field of volunteering.

Apart from our regular, ongoing programs, described in this section, within the larger frame of promoting the concept and practice of volunteering in Romania, Pro Vobis is also undertaking the following activities:

• Informing the public about volunteering in Romania (organisations that involve volunteers in their activities, types of activities in which volunteers can get involved, volunteering-programs ideas);
• Informing the public about volunteering-related events taking place in Romania and around the world;
• Presentations on volunteering (at conferences, seminars, events or, as per request, for those interested in the topic);
• Promoting volunteering opportunities - national or international (as per request);
• Promoting policies that favour volunteering by initiating or supporting initiatives, papers, campaigns;
• Drafting volunteerism related publications.

A future direction that Pro Vobis is considering in the development and promotion of the concept and practice of volunteering in Romania is to set up a research department, in order to study the different aspects of the Romanian volunteering movement. Its aim would be generating data which could support the added-value of volunteering for the organisations/institutions that involve volunteers in their activities, in order to be able to offer a documentary basis for the development of volunteering and for gathering as much support as possible for the volunteer movement in Romania.