Local volunteering banks: two Portuguese experiences | workshop 23rd European Social Services...
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Local volunteering banks: two Portuguese experiences | workshop 23rd European Social Services Conference, 6-8 July 2015, Lisbon July 8 th , The Epic Sana Lisboa Hotel
Local volunteering banks: two Portuguese experiences | workshop 23rd European Social Services Conference, 6-8 July 2015, Lisbon July 8 th, The Epic Sana
Local volunteering banks: two Portuguese experiences | workshop
23rd European Social Services Conference, 6-8 July 2015, Lisbon
July 8 th, The Epic Sana Lisboa Hotel
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VOLUNTEERING IN PORTUGAL HISTORICAL BACKGROUND VOLUNTEERING IN
PORTUGAL HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Sixteenth Century
Institutionalization of volunteering in health and social care
institutions (Misericrdias); Nineteenth Century Social and economic
transformations lead to the appearence of new forms of volunteering
with ideological foundation; Twentieth Century Growth of state
social intervention, narrowing the scope of volunteer intervention;
Twenty-first Century Convergence of national volunteer policies
with European policies; Wide recognition of volunteering as a
structural phenomenon socially necessary.
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VOLUNTEERING IN PORTUGAL L EGAL F RAMEWORK VOLUNTEERING IN
PORTUGAL L EGAL F RAMEWORK DiplomasDescrio Portaria n.242/2013
(August 2 nd, 2013) Creates the Program Agora Ns, that aims to
promote and encourage volunteering as a means for skills
acquisition. Resoluo do Conselho de Ministros n.29/2013 (May 8 th,
2013) Defines the National Plan for Volunteering 2013-2015 which
establishes measures for valorization and recognition of
volunteering as essential for participation and active citizenship.
Decreto-Lei n.126/2011 (December 29 th, 2011) Creates the National
Council for the Monitorization of Solidarity, Volunteering, Family,
Rehabilitation and Social Security Policy. Lei n. 71/98 (November 3
th, 1998) Establishes the legal framework for volunteering.
Decreto-Lei n. 389/99 (September 30 th, 1999) Regulates the legal
framework of volunteering, creating the conditions for volunteering
support and promotion.
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VOLUNTEERING IN PORTUGAL L EGAL F RAMEWORK VOLUNTEERING IN
PORTUGAL L EGAL F RAMEWORK DiplomasDescrio Decreto-Lei n. 389/99
(September 30 th, 1999) Regulates the legal framework of
volunteering, creating the conditions for volunteering support and
promotion. Decreto-Lei n. 40/89 (February 12 th, 1989) Establishes
a voluntary social insurance, an optional social security
contributory scheme comprising volunteers. The voluntary social
insurance was subject of adaptation to volunteering by the
regulation of volunteering legal framework. Resoluo do Conselho de
Ministros n. 50/2000 (March 30 th, 2000) Defines the composition
and competences of the National Council for Volunteering
Promotion.
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V OLUNTEER BANKS What are the Volunteer Banks? Strategic
orientation from the National Council for Volunteering Promotion;
Municipal level structures that aim to promote volunteering
locally. Goals Receive the applications from volunteer candidates
and requests on volunteering opportunities from promoting
organizations; Forward volunteers to promoting organizations;
Monitor volunteer participation in promoting organizations; Provide
information on volunteering; Promote and develop initial training
sessions for volunteers.
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LISBOA AND CASCAIS IN NUMBERS LisboaCascais Resident population
550.000 207.000 Commuting population- 9% (47.521) + 78% (425.747)
(INE, 2011) - 26% + 13% (INE, 2001) Registered volunteers+ 30001200
Registered entities+ 27062 Activities205 Projects5430 Active
volunteers568350
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L OCAL BANK OF VOLUNNTERING, L ISBON Since 2003 | Goals Connect
the supply and demand for volunteer opportunities Volunteering
opportunities divulgation to registered volunteers Providing
technical support for promoting organizations Promoting initiatives
for reflection, sharing and dissemination of best practice in
volunteering, in collaboration with other local, national and
international bodies
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M UNICIPAL PROGRAM OF VOLUNTEERING Since 2013 Frames the
participation of volunteers in interventions within the services of
Lisbon City Hall Goals Stimulate volunteering Contribute to the
social inclusion of participants as well as to their social and
cultural training Enrichment of City Hall services and its approach
to residents and visitors of Lisbon Areas of intervention: Health,
Sports, Culture, Environment, Education, Citizenship...
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M UNICIPAL V OLUNTEERING PROGRAM Since 2015 Promotion of
volunteering for City Hall workers Goals Support organizations from
Lisbon, providing working hours of workers from the City hall The
municipal workers have a diverse range of skills and are a source
of potential candidates for the volunteer program, their
participation may constitute significant added value for the
organizations Access to enriching experiences enabling the
development of civic awareness, strengthening the spirit and the
bonds of solidarity between them and the community Contribution to
social and cultural training of municipal workers
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G OALS Promote volunteering in Lisbon Contribute to the
visibility and recognition of volunteering at local, national and
international level Support sustainable partnerships for
volunteering in Lisbon Work towards the improved and continued
implementation of the recommendations of the Policy Agenda on
Volunteering in Europe (P.A.V.E) in Lisbon Contribute to
strengthening the visibility and brand awareness of the European
Volunteering Capital Competition L ISBON, E UROPEAN V OLUNTEERING C
APITAL 2015
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L OCAL BANK OF VOLUNTEERING OF C ASCAIS Since2008 Partnership
between Cmara Municipal de Cascais and National Council for
Volunteering Promotion Goals Match promoting organizations and
volunteer candidates Promote volunteering projects towards specific
publics Contribute volunteering recognition at local, national and
international level Build an application for European Volunteering
Capital
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CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE Measure the impact of volunteer banks
on the community Verify the achievement of the goals established
Assess the suitability of the mission assigned to the volunteer
banks Social Return on Investment (cost-benefit analysis of the
social value generated) How? Define measurement indicators (goals
and measures) Identify resources Set the impact map (inputs,
outputs, outcomes) Evaluate the results
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CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE - EXAMPLES Galardo Escola voluntria
schools are invited to participate in a contest with volunteer
projects GoalsMeasuresResourcesSchools Implicated
schoolsInputsOutputsResults Schoolar community engagement Galardo
Escola Voluntria Comunication Budget Education Begining of process
Midle of process Along the process 3 years after Passaporte do
voluntrio reward system for volunteers at municipal level
GoalsMeasuresResources Partner organizations Future
volunteersInputsOutputsResults Community engagement Volunteer
passport Comunication Budget Begining of process Midle of process
Along the process 3 years after
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CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE - EXAMPLES Volunteer trainning
sessions for volunteers participating in the Municipal Program
GoalsMeasuresResourcesVolunteers Municipal
ServicesInputsOutputsResults Capacity builging (volunteers)
Trainning sessions HR DepartmentBegining of process Midle of
process Along the process Anual monitoring Guia de Gesto do
Voluntariado guide on volunteer managememt GoalsMeasuresResources
Partner organizations Users InputsOutputsResults Capacity building
(promoters) Volunteer management guide Expertise Printing Begining
of process Midle of process Along the process Anual monitoring
