Volunteer Networking and Capacity Development
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This paper explores renewed possibilities for volunteering in develop ment cooperation, based on the possibilities for ubiquitous networking made possible by new digital technologies. Its preparation has been prompted by two separate yet related processes. First, the revisiting of the principles and practices of technical co operation and capacity building underway at UNDP, for which the recent publication "Capacity for Development: New Solutions to Old Problems" 1 (UNDP 2002) is an outstanding display of the new thinking. Secondly, the fresh articulation by UNV of how best to operationalize volunteering in the framework of development cooperation.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003