Forum and U.N. Volunteers Webinar

Forum is proud to partner with the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) to host an online dialogue on the “21st Century Social Contract: Building more inclusive state-society relations through volunteering” taking place on Monday 14 June 2021, 09:00-10:00 am EDT or 3:00-4:00 pm CEST.

Charting a bold new path to development where people and planet prosper requires a reset in our ways of working and collaborating. What would a new social contract between citizens and states that secures rights and dignity for all and leaves no one behind look like? How do we make sure that the state accounts for and addresses the needs of groups that are often excluded from decision making, such as refugees, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples? And what is the role of volunteerism in ensuring that structures and systems provide inclusive outcomes for all people and groups?

Join us as we discuss these questions!

Forum will be represented on the panel by Erin Bateman, Director of Volunteer Cooperation at WUSC (World University Service of Canada), member of the Forum Board and co-chair of Forum’s Diversity and Inclusion Community of Practice.

To register, please click here.