Ulaanbaatar
UN Mongolia provides training support for ASEM11 Volunteers
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Resident Representative's Office of the United Nations in Mongolia has sent three national volunteers for support, reports the ASEM11 Volunteers Working Group on Tuesday.
Three qualified Mongolian UN volunteers from FAO, UNICEF, and UNDP have been placed at the ASEM11 Volunteer Station on June 9, and has since been providing volunteer management, training, media, and documentation services to the ASEM11 Volunteers' Station.
ASEM11 Volunteers, which mainly consists of Mongolian university students, get involved in ASEM organization, ranging from welcoming delegations at the airport and escorting participants during meetings and forums, to providing translation services and distributing handouts. The recruitment and training of over 1,500 volunteers have been managed by the ASEM 11 Volunteer Working Group under the ASEM Office of Mongolia, and about 50 volunteers have already been deployed to support the organization of Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP9) in April and Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in May this year.
"We provide three modules of training: teambuilding, volunteerism orientation, and task-oriented competencies, each lasting three hours," said Ch. Purevjav, ASEM Volunteerism and Communication Officer and the UN National Volunteer from FAO, "Due to the large number, we're training them in a group of fifty at a time. Our first module has been delivered to almost everyone, and we have already trained five groups with the second module."
"Even after ASEM11, the volunteers' experience and resources will serve as a strong base for further endeavors to work for various public events in the country. It will also help promote youth participation and volunteerism in Mongolia," says Ch. Purevjav.
