Annual Online Volunteering Award

Purpose

The purpose of the award is to recognize online volunteers' contributions to human development and to demonstrate how development organizations can strengthen their activities through effective online collaboration with volunteers. The award also showcases the diversity of ways in which online volunteers can provide support to development organizations.

For online volunteers and organizations, the award presents an opportunity to bring their online volunteering experiences and good practices to the attention of a global audience.

Their experiences may inspire others and thus help mobilize more individuals to volunteer their time and expertise for the cause of human development, as well as encourage more development organizations to strengthen their efforts by tapping into the rich resources that online volunteers provide.

Process

Every year, the UNV programme sends a call for nominations to online volunteers and organizations using the Online Volunteering service. A jury made up of experts in volunteerism, development cooperation and online collaboration reviews the nominations and selects the 10 winners based on the volunteers’ commitment, the organization’s approach towards online volunteer involvement, the online collaboration and its impact on the organizations’ development activities.