Conferences in France

 These conferences are meant to inform on volunteering issues or linked to the voluntary experience.

2008
Auvergne Initiatives (Ecole supérieure de Commerce), Regional conference , "Economic volunteering : myth or reality ? ", Clermont Ferrand (France), 20th of November 2008

2007
Université de Nancy II , Conférence sur le bénévolat en faveur des personnes handicapées en Institution, Nancy, 23rd of May 2007,
Centre social Boris Vian , Conférence sur bénévolat et handicap, Saint - Etienne, 31th of March 2007,

2006
Conseil général du Pas-de-Calais "50th birthday of the multimedia library", Lillers, 5th of December 2006
Indre Initiative, Departmental process to promote associative life, Châteauroux, 10th of November 2006
AVF, XVIth Congres, Tours, 11th of May 2006

2005
Mairie de la Roche sur Yon "En quoi le bénévolat associatif permet de favoriser l'expression du cotoyen", La Roche sur Yon, 21th of October 2005.

General Council of the Val de Marne "Problems of the associations in sport - State of the art and perspectives", Créteil (region Ile de France), 9th of April 2005.
City Hall XIXth district of Paris, "Europe and the associations", Paris, 15th of February 2005.

2004
CICOS "New volunteers, new organisations ?", Paris, 30th of November 2004
ACYAQ "Voluntary commitment in local associations", La Roche sur Yon (region Pays de Loire), 26th of November 2004.
Conference for the Council for olympics and sport in Yvelines "Volunteers and paid staff in sports a ssociations", Vélizy-Villacoublay (region Ile de France), 10th of November 2004.
Summer university for training "Assessing experiences", Villeneuve d'Asq (region Ile de France), 29th of June 2004.

2003
CICOS "Assessing voluntary experiences (AVE) in a professional perspective", Regional Council in Ile de France, Paris, 18th of November 2003
ACEIP "professional and voluntary experiences- AVE", Ecole militaire, Paris, 13 th of November 2003
Rue des assos " Being volunteer today ", Espace Encan, La Rochelle (Region Poitou-Charente), 11th of October 2003
AfeV "Decentralization and politicy for the City ", INJEP, Marly le Roi (Ile de France), 28th of August 2003
ARIA "Assessing a voluntary experience ", Ecole militaire, Paris, 30th of January 2003

2002
Espace Quinière , "Volunteer ... Actor of the social change ?", Blois (Center), 28th of November 2002
Uniformation , R30th birthday, regional conference on volunteering, Dijon (Côte d'or), 9th of October 2002

2001
AFEV , 1991-2001, 10th Birthday, UNnversity of Paris Sorbonne, Paris, 10th of November 2001.
Volunteer Center, International Year of volunteering, Brest (Brittany), 6th of October 2001
Departemental Direction for Youth and Sports Centenary of the 1901 Law, Rennes (Ille et Vilaine, Brittany), 2nd of July 2001
Departemental Direction for Youth and Sports Centenary of the 1901 Law, Rodez (Aveyron, Midi Pyrénées), 30th of May 2001
Departemental Direction for Youth and Sports, Centenary of the 1901 Law, Saintes (Charente maritime, Poitou Charentes) 10th of April 2001
2000
Regional Direction for Youth and Sports, Regional meetng on sport issues, Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées), 19th of October 2000
City Hall of Albertville , Forum for the associations , Albertville (Savoie), 23rd of September 2000
Animation loisirs à l'hôpital , Volunteering today, Versailles (Yvelines), 8th of June 2000.

1999
City Hall of Saint-Marcellin , Forum for the associations, Saint Marcellin (Isère), 11th of September 1999
City Hall of Tullins-Fures , Day of volunteering, , Tullins Fures (Isère), 27th of March 1999

1998
La guilde étudiante ,16th Forum of Solidarity North South , Agen (Lot et Garonne), 22nd-24th of October 1998
City Hall of the 15th District ,Forum of the Associations , Paris, 3rd of October 1998
Institut du développement social , Thinking differently solidarity , Rouen (Seine Maritime), 17th and 18th of September 1998
Social Institutions Union of the 6th District , Volunteers and volunteering , Paris, 25th of March 1998
 
© IRIV , Paris, 1997-2010, www.iriv.net
 
2008
 
Auvergne Initiatives (Ecole supérieure de Commerce), Regional conference , "Economic volunteering : myth or reality ? ", Clermont Ferrand (France), 20th of November 2008
Ce colloque est organisé par les plateformes fédérées au sein d'Auvergne Initiative à l'occasion de la Semaine du bénévolat économique.
The president of Iriv has presentes the work done by Iriv since 1997 to enhance and encourage voluntary work through national and European projects and its publications. She will insist on the Leonardo da Vinci project she has initiated and directed between 2003 and 2006, AVE for a professional project, which gathered 14 partners in 7 countries, awarded in Helsinki in 2006 for excellent practice in addressing the priorities of the Copenhagen process. She will introduce the new LdV project she is coordinating with the Institut national du développement local, which is a transfer of innovation of the AVE project among local councilors.
For further information on the conference: leaflet. For further information on its main goal: : press release
back to the top
 
 
2007
University of Nancy 2, "Volunteering for handicaped people in institutions", Nancy, 23th of May 2007
The House for the XXIth Century and the association Turbulences have organised a conference on volunteering for handicaped people in an institutional context
The president of Iriv has insisted on the role and importance of volunteering in France and in Europe for associations. She pointed out that volunteering and handicap haven't been studied together so far ; it would be a very interesting new area .
back to the top 

Centre social Boris Vian, "Volunteers for handicap", Saint Etienne, 31 th of March 2007
A social center based in Saint Etienne (Center South of France, région Rhônes Alpes) has organised a conference on volunteering for handicap
The president of Iriv delivered a speech on the specificity of volunteering in general and the specificity of volunteering in handicap and the results of a European projet : AVE in a professional perspective
For further information www.eEuropeassociations.net
back to the top

 
Aria, Assemblée générale, Paris, 15th of March 2007
The association for soldiers' family held its general assembly in Paris
The president of Iriv delivered the results of the project developed among Aria since 2003 : AVE in a professional perspective and the positive impact on 6 volunteers who renewed with a job or training together with the close partnership with another association in 2006 , AVF
For further information www.aria-paris.org
back to the top
 
2006
Conseil général du Pas de Calais, "50th birthday of the multimedia library", Lillers, 5th of December 2006
The Direction of the Public Library meant to promote access to books for the general public has organised a day for the volunteers involved in public library on the International Day for Volunteering
The president of Iriv delivered a speech on the specificity of theis kind of volunteering ad the perspevtives for the future
For further information www.cg62.fr
back to the top

Indre Initiative, Rencontres associatives de l'Indre, Châteauroux, 24th of November 2006
The Dispositif Local d'Accompagnement de l'Indre (DLA 36) is dedicated to volunteers, associations and public authorities in the department of Indre.
The president of Iriv delivered a speech on the ways and means to volunteer and to value and assess a voluntary work.
For further informationwww.indre-initiative.com
back to the top

 Congrès Accueil des Villes françaises, Tours, 11th of May 2006
National Union for Welcome in French Cities, XVIth Congres in Tours (France)
The first roundtable was animated by Bénédicte Halba, president of Iriv, on the topic "Volunteer, a stenght"
For further information on the conference Congres AVF
For further information http://www.avf.asso.fr
back to the top
2005
 

City hall of la Roche sur Yon, "Volunteering and citizenship", La Roche sur Yon, 21st of October 2005
City hall of la Roche sur Yon , 7th forum of the associations.
Presentation of the different aspects of involvement : in politics, trade-unions, religion, and associations . How far can volunteering contribute to citizenship ? .
For further information on the city hall www.ville-larochesuryon.fr
For further information on the
conférence
back to the top

General Council of the Val de Marne, "Problems of the associations in sport - State of the art and perspectives", Créteil (region Ile de France), 9th of April 2005
The General Council of the Val de Marne has regularly organised conferences for associations in psort since 1990. This Year, the subject was volunteering and the way associations manage their voluntary staff.
Presentation by the president of IRIV of key data in sport, volunteers, volunteering in sport ; discussion on how to recruit, train and value a voluntary experience (see AVE in a professional perspective)
For further information, see www.cg94.fr
back to the top
City Hall, XIXth district of Paris "Europe and the associations", Paris, 15th of February 2005
The City hall of the XIXth district of Paris regularly gathers its associations on specific subjects. This time, it was the relations between the associations and Europe and the way they could get some European funds.
Participants of the conference : Edith Archambault, professor at the Paris University of Pantheon Sorbonne, Daniel Foundoulis, national secretary at the National Council for laic families, Jeanne Ouchelh, member of the bureau of Alliances sans frontières. Presentation by the president of IRIV of the transnational cooperation and European added value in European projects ; reference to the Leonardo da Vinci project(see AVE in a professional perspective)
For further information, see City hall of the XIXth district
back to the top
 
2004
CICOS, "New volunteers, new organisations ?", Paris, 30th of November 2004
Associations address new profiles of volunteers : well informed and more demanding. How must they adapt ?
Presentation by the president of IRIV of the volunteering in France and the way to value it (training and assessing)
For further information, see http://www.cicos.asso.fr
back to the top

Conference for ACYAQ, "Voluntary commitment in local associations", La Roche sur Yon, 26th of November 2004.
Why being a volunteer in local associations ?
Presentation by the president of IRIV of the volunteering in France, the role of volunteers in local associations.
For further information, please contact www.acyaq.fr
back to the top

Conference for the council for olympics and sport in Yvelines, "Volunteers and paid staff in sports a ssociations", Vélizy-Villacoublay, 10th of November 2004.
Working together in sports association : relations between volunteers and paid staff.
Presentation by the president of IRIV of the volunteering in France, the role of sport volunteering, the dispatching of work between volunteers and paid-staff for a common purpose : defending the association.
For further information see http://yvelines.franceolympique.com
back to the top

Summer university for training, " Assessing experiences ", Villeneuve d'Asq, 29th of June 2004.
Working groups for trainers and trainees on the way to assess experiences in a professional perspective.
Presentation by the president of IRIV of the Leonardo project "Assessing voluntary experiences in a professional perspective" and its implications on the regional, national and European levels
For further information see www.c2rp.fr
back to the top

Mentoring Europe, " European Council for volunteers mentoring children and Youth ", Cergy-Pontoise, 17th of June 2004.
Finding, training and guding volunteer mentors.
Presentation by the president of IRIV of the situation of volunteering in the different countries participating to this conference (France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuanie , Spain and the United Kingdom) and presentation of the action of recruitment and training of volunteers for school mentoring in the XIXth district of Paris
For further information see www.mentoring-europe.org
back to the top

 
2003
CICOS , "Assessing voluntary experiences (AVE) in a professional perspective", Regional Council in Ile de France, Paris, 18th of November 2003
Presentation of the European project on Assessing voluntary experiences (cf AVE ) together with the pilot action among ARIA (cf AVE in ARIA).
back to the top
 
ACEIP , "Assessing voluntary experiences (AVE) in a professional perspective", General Assembly, Paris, 13th of November 2003
Presentation of the European project on Assessing voluntary experiences (cf AVE ) together with the pilot action among ARIA (cf AVE in ARIA).
back to the top

Rue des assos , " Being volunteer today ", Poitou Charentes meeting for the associations, 11th of October 2003 For futher information
Presentation of the different forms of volunteering, youth volunteering, seniors volunteering...(cf Volunteering in France and abroad).
back to the top

AFEV , " Decentralization and politics for the City ", Summer University, 28th of August 2003

In the context of decentralization and with the goals of policy for the City : will associations play a new role towards unequalities ?
back to the top

ARIA , "Assessing a voluntary experience", General assembly of ARIA, 30th of January, 2003

Assessing a voluntary experience, in the context of ARIA, an association for military families, may be a goal for volunteers.
back to the top
 
2002
 
Espace Quinière , "Volunteer ... Actor of the social change ?", Blois, Thursday 28th of November 2002
An analysis of the reasons and motivations for being involved for youngsters in France and Europe (see also Volunteering: an opportunity for youngsters in Europe).
back to the top
2001
Volunteer Center in Brest , "Youth volunteering in 2001", Brest, Saturday 6th of October 2001
An overview on youth volunteering in France and Europe (see also Volunteering: an opportunity for youngsters in Europe).
back to the top

Departemental Direction for Youth and Sports in Ille et Vilaine , "Youth volunteering in 2001", Rennes, 2nd of July 2001
An overview on youth volunteering in France and Europe (see also Volunteering: an opportunity for youngsters in Europe).
back to the top

 
Departemental Direction for Youth and Sports in Aveyron , "Youth volunteering " and "Volunteering now and tomorrow", Rodez, 30th of May 2001 
An overview on youth volunteering in France and Europe with youngsters (see also Volunteering: an opportunity for youngsters in Europe) and a statement of volunteering with executive managers from associations.
back to the top
 
Departemental Direction for Youth and Sports in Charente Maritime, "From 1901 to the 3rd Millenium : issues and expected evolutions for the association ?", Saintes, 10th of April 2001 
An overview on volunteering with executive managers from associations, with a special focus on volunteering in sport.
back to the top
 
2000

Regional Direction for Youth and Sports in Midi-Pyrénées - "Volunteering in sport", Regional meeting, Cahors, 19th of October 2000 
An overview on volunteering in sport and among youngsters with executive managers from associations
back to the top

Town hall of Albertville (Savoie) "Volunteering and associative life", 4th Forum for associations, Albertville, 22-23th of September 2000 
An overview on volunteering issues with a special focus on youth volunteering. (see also
Volunteering: an opportunity for youngsters in Europe).
back to the top

 
1999
 
City hall of Saint-Marcellin - Forum for associations -Saint Marcellin, 11th of September 1999 
An overview on volunteering with a special focus on the status for volunteers ( see also Which status for the volunteers ?).
  back to the top

City Hall of Tullins-Fures - Day of volunteering, , Tullins-Fures, 27th of March 1999.
An overview on volunteering with a special focus on the status for volunteers ( see also
Which status for the volunteers ?) and the economic impact of volunteering (see also Volunteering and employment : competition or complementarity ?)

back to the top
 
1988
City Hall of the 15th District of Paris, Forum for Associations - Paris, 3rd of October 1998
An overview on volunteers and volunteering (see also
Volunteering : economic, social and political issues)
back to the top
 
 Social institutions Union of the 6th District of Paris- Conference for associations, 25th of March 1998.
An overview on volunteers and volunteering (see also
Volunteering : economic, social and political issues )
back to the top
 
© iriv , 1997-2008, www.iriv.net