Calling for nationals from 🇦🇩 🇧🇳 🇭🇷 🇪🇪 🇱🇮 🇲🇹 🇲🇭 🇲🇨 🇵🇼 🇸🇲 🇸🇨 🇸🇮 🇸🇷 🇹🇻 to join #TeamUNVolunteers. 6⃣ international volunteering opportunities are still open. Which ones and where? See for yourself 🔽 www.unv.org/news/teamunv...

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go further, go together.

Purpose is what brings people to the UN. UN Volunteers like Maria are driven not by career ambition, but by compassion and a commitment to support the UN’s mission and the people it serves.

“Volunteering is a great pathway to grow professionally and personally.” 👏 #OnceAUNVolunteer now @undp.org Resident Representative in Indonesia 🇮🇩, Sara Ferrer Olivella began her career as a UN Volunteer in Timor-Leste and Cambodia, helping restore basic services and protect human rights.

In 2025, France funded 57 French UN Volunteers and contributed to the Special Voluntary Fund. From crisis response and risk reduction to gender equality and beyond, this is how French 🇫🇷 UNVs bring valuable skills to the global UN priorities. #PartnerUp

At the #HLPF side event on impactful volunteering, UNV highlighted a key #SWVR2026 finding: 2.1 billion people volunteer worldwide every month. #IVY2026 is an opportunity to put volunteering at the heart of #SDG delivery through better recognition, measurement, and investment.

The world’s talent, under one team: #TeamUNVolunteers 💙 Last year, UNV brought together volunteers from 182 nationalities. This year, we’re looking to add 1⃣4⃣ more: 🇦🇩 🇧🇳 🇭🇷 🇪🇪 🇱🇮 🇲🇭 🇲🇹 🇲🇨 🇵🇼 🇸🇲 🇸🇨 🇸🇮 🇸🇷 🇹🇻 See if you’re eligible to apply🔗 unv.org/news/teamunv...

"Volunteers must be treated as partners in delivery, not as an afterthought." At 2026 #HLPF, UNV’s Naoual Driouich called for greater investment in volunteerism to help young people lead climate action & advance the #SDGs. #IVY2026: Invest in volunteers, invest in our future.

This #WorldCup, we’re not collecting football ⚽️ stickers. UNV is collecting talent. We’re already 182 nationalities strong, but a few nationalities remain underrepresented. Follow along as we reveal new countries & continue building a stronger, more diverse #TeamUNVolunteers.

We thank @mfa.gouv.lu for: 🔸the long-standing collaboration 🔸funding 12 assignments to support UN's peace & development efforts 🔸contributing to UNV’s Special Voluntary Fund for the first time in 2026 Thank you 🇱🇺 for investing in volunteerism & its value!

“In such a world, sympathy must be organized, sustained, and given direction.” Ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay, UNV Executive Coordinator Toily Kurbanov reflects on why #solidarity depends on more than goodwill, and how volunteerism actually makes it last. Full article: www.unv.org/blog/if-soli...

“UN Volunteer supports fleet management.” In theory, it’s logistics. In practice, it’s keeping lifesaving aid moving for refugees in Dadaab, one of the world’s largest refugee camps.

Until everyone is safe, we show up. That’s our promise. #WorldRefugeeDay

Is volunteering really a luxury of the Global North? In 2025, nearly 16,000 UN Volunteers from the Global South proved otherwise. Representing 93% of all UN Volunteers, they advanced peace and development through 59 UN entities.

The triple planetary crisis demands better solutions. Former @unep.org UN Volunteer Hyrence believes it starts with better data, collected by communities to help tackle climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. #NowForClimate #WorldEnvironmentDay

Join UNV, @nuglobaldev.bsky.social and partners for the final #SWVR2026 Global Webinar Series, featuring a roundtable on how volunteer measurement data can inform policy-making and planning. 📅 18 June 2026, 1 pm CET 🔗 Register here: undp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

During this special year for volunteers, the participants of the Spring Congress of the @volunteeringcev.bsky.social jointly shaped Europe’s response to IVY 2026 and its goals. With 14 EU Member States already actively observing #IVY2026, support for volunteerism continues to grow across Europe.

Europe is taking action during the #VolunteerYear 🇪🇺. In Maia 🇵🇹, the 2026 European Volunteering Capital, Europe’s volunteering sector came together to discuss why volunteering matters for democracy, inclusion and stronger communities.

June is #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈 A reminder that everyone deserves the chance to participate, belong and be themselves. Volunteer and #StandUp4HumanRights!

What do UN Volunteers with UN Peacekeeping do? They strengthen peace efforts. They help communities recover and rebuild after conflict. They #InvestInPeace everywhere, for everyone. #PKday

What can you find on the #IVY2026 Knowledge Portal? 🔸Countries taking part in #VolunteerYear 🔸Communications guide & materials 🔸Member States’ plans & activities Explore all resources today👉 knowledge.unv.org/internationa...

Want to make #IVY2026 count? Get the #IVY2026 Communications Guide, your go-to toolkit for everything related to: 🔹 Key messages & branding 🔹 Promotion tips 🔹 Campaign & event ideas 🔹 Community engagement guidance 🔗 knowledge.unv.org/ivy/resource...

Looking for reliable data and insights on volunteering? UNV's Knowledge Portal brings together global laws, policies, trends, and practical tools including resources linked to the #VolunteerYear 2026. Explore it here:🔗https://knowledge.unv.org

Panama is one of few carbon negative countries, but still faces rising seas and droughts. Fully funded by @sidasweden.bsky.social 🇸🇪, Esther volunteers with @undp.org Panama🇵🇦 to restore forests and promote climate action. 🔗 unvolunteers.exposure.co/from-climate...

How can measurement keep pace with the complex crises volunteers navigate every day? Join #SWVR2026 UNV & Northumbria University roundtable discussion on the challenges & opportunities of measuring volunteer contributions in crises. 🗓️19 May, 1 pm CET Register: undp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Not all UN Volunteer assignments require the same experience, knowladge or skills. Here’s what sets them apart.

Over 1,200 participants have already joined the first two #SWVR2026 webinars. Join us tomorrow for the 3rd to explore how GIVE measures the value of volunteering for people, communities & economies. Tomorrow, 6 May ⏰ 13:00 CET 🔗 Register: undp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This is multilateralism in action. Thank you to our partners for making it possible 5/5🧵 #DiplomacyDay

When partnering with Member States, this is what it looks like in practice: In 2025, the Special Voluntary Fund and the Fully Funded Programme deployed UN Volunteers across 130+ countries, working with 40+ @UN partners. 4/5🧵

Partnerships are at the core of how UNV operates. Working with @UN entities, Member States or other partners, they enable UN Volunteers to contribute to key @UN priorities. 3/5 🧵