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Measuring Volunteer Contribution to Climate Change Adaptation

Insights on assessing volunteerism impact on community adaptation to climate change, including key questions and proposed scales for evaluation.

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Measuring Volunteer Contribution to Climate Change Adaptation

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  1. United Nations VolunteersMeasuring the contribution of volunteerism to community-based adaptation to climate change Ana Cristina Guimaraes Matos Evaluation Specialist, UNV Evaluation Unit, Bonn June 2009

  2. What do we want to measure?

  3. Why do we want to measure?

  4. Windows of opportunity to assess the contribution of volunteerism to CBA

  5. Methodological options to assess the contribution of volunteerism to CBA • Within the project cycle:

  6. Example: a question on volunteerism for the VRA APF Plus Step: Assessing the contribution of volunteering to adaptation a.       Indicator: added value of volunteer work to community adaptation b.      Sample key questions: Without the support of volunteers, would the community be able to cope with the challenges of (e.g. drought)? What are the most important contributions of volunteers to community adaptation to (e.g. drought)? Why are the volunteers important? Do different people (men, women, youth, elderly) benefit in different ways from the contribution of volunteers? How? c.       Proposed scale: Added value of volunteer work to community adaptation: 1 – very high to 5 – very low

  7. Methodological options to assess the contribution of volunteerism to CBA • Within the country programme cycle:

  8. Methodological options to assess the contribution of volunteerism to CBA • At global level:

  9. Thank you!

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