ISCRAM 2016 volunteering workshop: introduction
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n° 607798
Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience
Why informal volunteering?ISCRAM workshop on informal
volunteering, Mai 22-nd 2016, Rio de Jainairo
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Once upon the time, the life was simple:
• CM professionals had to save people,
• institutional volunteers helped them; and
• the population was there to be helped
GOOD OLD TIMES…
Illustration: command structure in emergency management, from EU-project ACRIMAS D4.1
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Engagement in formal volunteering is dropping,
BUT informal volunteering is on the rise:
• spontaneous volunters,
• self-organised groups,
• pre-registered volunteers…
Less ressources
More issues
Family ties dying out
Dependency on infrastructure
Population concentrated in
cities
Formal volunteers
Gogernemental spending
AND THE REALITY WE LIVE IN
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(R)EVOLUTION OF VOLUNTEERING?
Only institutional volunteers are good volunteers! (old-school)
Acknowledge self-organised volunteers, use their information (crowdsourcing, VGI)
Embracing virtual CM teams, resilient communities, crowdtasking
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FEARS AND UNCERTAINITIES
Is encouraging the population to help wise? What if they mess up?
Can we trust these people to do the RightThing™?
What if they joke around?
(How) can we even communicate with such a large number of would-be
volunteers?
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Types of (informal) volunteering: where and why do volunteers play an important role? (How) does this change across the globe and over time?
Management methodology: which management/organisation concepts and methodology are known to (not) work?
Opportunities and limitations: what are appropriate tasks for informal volunteers? (How) does this change with methodology?
Motivation: what motivates the informal volunteers? How can we increase their motivation?
SOME QUESTIONS TO ADDRESS TODAY
Welcome to the workshop!
Denis Havlik, AIT<[email protected]>
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n° 607798
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innovation
in Crisis
Management for
European Resilience
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