Spotlight Series continues – Meet IVCO 2022 Speakers

With IVCO 2022 coming closer, we continue the Spotlight Series to introduce you to our international speakers. Today, we are happy to introduce the following four speakers you will be able to listen to live in Saly, Senegal:

• Julie Gravis – the Ministry of International Relations and Francophony of Quebec
• Babacar Samb – Crossroads International
• Raji Sultan – Unité
• Kaynan Rabino – Ted Arison Family Foundation / Good Deeds Day

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Julie Gravis – the Ministry of International Relations and Francophony of Quebec

“IVCO 2022 will be an opportunity to finally meet in person with the main actors of voluntary cooperation. This is a unique event that enables enriching exchanges for the constant improvement of our practices.”

Julie Gervais works at the Direction de la Francophonie et de la Solidarité Internationale at the Ministry of International Relations and Francophony of Quebec. In 2021, the Quebec government launched an innovative international solidarity program, New Quebec Without Borders, which contributes to the international effort to fight poverty and social exclusion from sustainable development and human rights perspectives. In implementing this program, Québec favours partnerships with civil society organizations. It recognizes the important contribution of these organizations to education for global citizenship, social and economic development and the construction of more just and mutually supportive relationships between communities. The actions supported are the result of a partnership between a Quebec-based international cooperation organization and a local partner.

Mrs Gervais has been working for over 10 years in the international development sector. She has participated in several international projects in the field of agricultural insurance and financing. She also carried out a volunteer cooperation mandate in Peru to support the development of an innovative and inclusive mechanism to facilitate access to higher education for vulnerable students.

Julie Gervais will speak at ‘Re-thinking financial structures’ session
Wednesday, 19 October, 9:30-10:30 am

 

Babacar Samb – Crossroads International

“IVCO provides a unique opportunity for anyone interested in voluntary cooperation to co-construct, innovate, mingle, share, exchange, mutualize and network.”

Babacar Samb holds an engineering degree in agronomy from the National School of Agriculture of Meknes (ENA), in Morocco, and a master’s degree in international administration from the National School of Public Administration (ENAP), in Quebec City, He has had extensive professional experience in international cooperation. Between 2012 and 2015, he worked as a coordinator of volunteer cooperation activities and as an agricultural and business development advisor at the Centre d’étude et de coopération internationale (CECI) and the Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux (CNCR) in Senegal. Since January 2017, he has been working at Crossroads International. First, on the improvement of the management information system at the organization’s office in Toronto (Canada) for 5 months, as a country representative in Senegal for 3 years and then, as a Regional Representative in West Africa at the Dakar office since June 2020. He is responsible for the implementation of the Volunteer Cooperation Program (PCVC) and the development of Crossroads International programming in four countries: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire. Babacar has studied, visited, lived and worked in different intercultural contexts.

Babacar Samb will speak at ‘Beyond new volunteer modalities’ session
Tuesday, 18 October, 9:30 – 10:30am

Raji Sultan – Unité

Raji Sultan is Secretary General of Unité, the umbrella association of Swiss NGOs active in international volunteering for development. Raji Sultan holds a master’s degree in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He worked for the Swiss Embassy in Lebanon and for the Brocher Foundation before joining Unité in 2013.

Raji Sultan will speak at ‘Re-thinking financial structures’ session
Wednesday, 19 October, 9:30 – 10:30am

Kaynan Rabino – Ted Arison Family Foundation / Good Deeds Day

“It’s an especially exciting time, after not meeting face to face, to be able to connect in person and enjoy good conversation and time together. Emerging from COVID-19 period, it will be valuable to see how we cope as a society and what are the new ideas and solutions that came out of this era.”

Kaynan Rabino is the VP of Vision Ventures at the Ted Arison Family Foundation & the CEO of Good Deeds Day.

The Vision Ventures includes the following:

• Good Deeds Day, a global day of doing good held in 100+ countries with millions of people. The day is a celebration of doing good year-round and brings new people into the circles of doing good and volunteering.
• Ruach Tova (meaning “Good Spirit” in Hebrew), the volunteer centre of Israel that connects people who want to volunteer and opportunities, assists individuals, groups, and corporates.
• The essence of Life, is aimed at raising awareness and providing tools for inner peace.
• Goodnet.org, Gateway to Doing Good, a media platform that helps you activate your goodness by inspiring positive impact.His passion drove him to complete a B.A. degree in Social Work and an M.A. degree in Public Policy Administration at Tel Aviv University. After completing his B.A., he worked as a social worker in the Sharon Prison for juvenile delinquents. Later he helped found a hostel for girls in distress under the Youth Probation Authority of the government.
  

  Kaynan Rabino will speak at ‘Inequalities in voluntary cooperation’
  Tuesday, 18 October, 11:00am – 12:30pm

 

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