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CALL FOR ONLINE VOLUNTEERS – UNDP Youth4Climate

CALL FOR ONLINE VOLUNTEERS – UNDP Youth4Climate

About The United Nations Volunteers (UNV)

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. We work with partners to integrate qualified, highly motivated and well supported UN Volunteers into development programming and promote the value and global recognition of volunteerism. UNV is administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and reports to the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board. Read more about the added value of UNV, UN Volunteers and volunteerism.

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UNV headquarters are in Bonn, Germany. UNV has around 150 staff members at headquarters, and over 10,921 UN Volunteers deployed in the field in 2021.

Mr Toily Kurbanov (Russian Federation) is the Executive Coordinator of UNV, and took up his appointment on 4 January 2021. 

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UNV’s Office in New York (ONY) promotes volunteers and volunteerism through partnership development with Permanent Missions to the UN, UN partners headquartered in New York, civil society organizations and other NY-based partners. It monitors policy and strategy developments at the UN in New York and contributes to UN Volunteer mobilization by developing and promoting volunteer solutions within UN partner operations, projects and programmes, coordinating closely with UNV headquarters, regional offices and field units.

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UNV has six Regional Offices in Amman (covering the Arab States), Bangkok (covering Asia and the Pacific), Dakar (covering West and Central Africa), Istanbul (covering Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States), Nairobi (covering East and Southern Africa) and Panama City (covering Latin America and the Caribbean). The regional offices are the first entry point for partners wishing to engage with UNV. They offer UNV services and solutions to government partners, UN entities, civil society and the private sector, and takes the lead in scoping and delivering UNV advisory services on volunteer infrastructure. They also provide oversight and strategic guidance to UNV’s field units in the regions.

At the country level, UNV Field Units interact with UN entities to strategically and meaningfully integrate volunteerism into the implementation and delivery of their mandates. As part of this process, UNV works with UN entities to identify opportunities where volunteers add specific and unique value to development programmes and peacekeeping missions. The UN Partner Toolkit is the first point of entry for partners seeking information about mobilizing and managing UN Volunteers.

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CALL FOR ONLINE VOLUNTEERS – UNDP Youth4Climate

UNDP’s Youth4Climate Secretariat is looking for four Online Volunteers engaged through UNV Online Volunteering Programme to support young climate leaders in pitching their projects.

Host Entity:  UNDP – Youth4Climate 
Number of online volunteers:  4 
How many hours per week will the volunteer be needed?  6 – 10 
Duration:  1 month (September – October 2023) 
Application deadline: 20 July 2023. 

Assignment context: CALL FOR ONLINE VOLUNTEERS – UNDP Youth4Climate

UNDP in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) leads Youth4Climate, a global project in support of young people leading climate action. The Youth4Climate call for solutions funds youth-led projects in four areas: Food and Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, Climate Education, and Energy. 

Shortlisted projects will be invited to attend the Youth4Climate: Sparking Solutions event taking place in Rome, Italy in October 2023. They will pitch their projects, with awardees ultimately receiving up to USD 20,000 in funding and an accompanying mentorship and learning offer. 

Task description 

Climate Change Communications Intern – UNDP

We are looking for 4 online Volunteers engaged through UNV Online Volunteering Programme to support shortlisted projects in communicating about and pitching their objectives. Specifically, the online volunteers will: 

➡ Assist shortlisted projects in refining their communication strategies to effectively convey their ideas, initiatives, and solutions;  

➡ Help candidates develop persuasive pitching techniques for presenting their proposals to a wide range of stakeholders;

➡ Offer guidance on creating compelling presentations, visuals, speeches, and written materials to support candidates’ pitching efforts; 

➡ Provide constructive feedback and suggestions for improvement to candidates to enhance the quality and impact of their slide decks;

➡ Provide feedback on mock pitches; 

Each online volunteer will be responsible for up to 25 candidates and dedicate around 2 hours to each of them (including revision of slide decks and individual sessions).  

Do you have communication, pitching, business development, and design expertise? If you are interested in applying visit

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