Introduction

In the Philippines, volunteerism evolved from a Filipino cultural tradition called Bayanihan into a community-based development strategy. Volunteerism is now taking an assertive role as a strategy in almost all development fields, both by the government and the private sectors. The Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) is the government agency mandated to promote and coordinate volunteer programs and services in the Philippines. The PNVSCA was created as a committee in 1964 to concretize the Philippine Government's commitment to the agreement made during the International Middle Level Manpower Conference held in Puerto Rico in 1962, adopting volunteerism as a tool for socio-economic development. It became an office in 1973, and an Agency on 12 December 1980 through Executive Order No. 635. PNVSCA is under the administrative supervision of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). The PNVSCA implements the Local Volunteer Program and the International Volunteer Program. The latter is one of the major components of the National Volunteer Service Program being implemented. Through this program, technical assistance is provided by foreign volunteers to national government agencies, local government units (LGUs), academic institutions and non-government organizations (NGOs) in the spirit of technical cooperation and cultural sharing. Under the International Volunteer Program, there are nine (9) foreign volunteer organizations currently maintaining technical cooperation with PNVSCA, either on a Bilateral Agreement or Memorandum of Agreement. These are the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Australian Volunteers International (AVI) Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) German Development Service (DED) Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (OISCA) Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) Korea Overseas Volunteers (KOV) United States Peace Corps (USPC) United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO)

The PNVSCA closely works with other government agencies, non-government organizations, the academe, the corporate group, the media and other partners in converging and linking the different volunteering efforts and resources so that they are aligned with national priorities. Moreover assist ance is given to marginalized sectors and communities. PNVSCA takes the lead in advocating and recognizing the contributions of volunteers to nation-building and international cooperation.

I n v en tory of Foreign Volun teers in Region 1

Prepared by: National Economic and Development Authority Regional Office No. 1

Foreign Volunteers in Region I

Like other regions in the country, Region I is a beneficiary of the International Volunteer Program. Through this program, technical assistance is provided by foreign volunteers to various line agencies, local government units, academic institutions and NGOs in the spirit of technical cooperation. This has a duration of two years at the minimum. There are 14 foreign volunteers currently deployed in the region. The volunteers coming from different volunteer organizations are sharing their knowledge/skills/expertise along the fields of human resource development, information and communications technology, Geographic Information System, special education, psychology, english education, sustainable agriculture, horticulture, and food processing.

List of Volunteers-In-Service, Region I

Volunteer name Start 11/16/12 11/15/13 Provincial Government of La Union 7/16/14 Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-La Union Institute of Agriculture Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-La Union Institute of Agriculture End Diana Maree ODonnell AVID Program Placement Period LPO Specialization Sustainable Agriculture Horticulture Project Location City of San Fernando, Balaoan & othe municipalities DMMMSU, Nagtagaan, Rosario, La Union Food Processing DMMMSU-MLUC, San Fernando City, La Union Gabriela Silang Gen. Hospital, Vigan City, I.Sur Provincial Government of Ilocos Crop Raising Norte 7/18/13 Urdaneta I SPED Center 12/10/14 Urdaneta I SPED Center 12/11/12 9/16/11 USPC USPC USPC USPC 9/16/11 9/16/11 9/16/11 9/16/11 12/10/14 Rosario Integrated School 9/15/13 9/15/13 9/15/13 9/15/13 9/15/13 City Government of Vigan Pangasinan National High School Don Eufemio F. Eriguel Memorial National High School San Nicolas National High School Lussoc National High School Special Education Tae Kwon Do Pre-school Education USPC Psychology English Education Language Teaching English English Education Batac, Ilocos Norte Urdaneta City, Pangasinan 12/11/12 Urdaneta City, Pangasinan Rosario, La Union Vigan City, Ilocos Sur Lingayen, Pangasinan Agoo, La Union San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur

Minkyung Kim KOV 7/17/12

Inyoung Rhee KOV 9/5/11 9/4/13

Ji Sook Han KOV 11/29/10

11/29/13 Provincial Government of Ilocos Information and Sur Communications Technology 9/4/13

Tae-Seog Jeon KOV KOV KOV KOV 7/19/10 9/5/11 You A Han Jayong Koo Da Kyung Lee Samantha Adhikari Katlin Vee McGrane Julie Elizabeth Gibson Jennifer Elizabeth Kunches Erika Lynn Marchant

List of Volunteer Request Approved Region I July to December 2012

Local Partner Organization Rosarion Integrated School Project Assisted Expanded Early Childhood Care and Education at RIS Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-La Union Institute of Agriculture Provincial Government of La Union Agricultural Production and Extension Project La Union Organic Agricultural Technology Program Project Location Rosario, LA Union Volunteer Orgn KOV Specialization Special Education Date Approved 10/3/2012 Assessed by T. Bahom Status In process

DMMMSU, Nagtagaan, Rosario, La Union City of San Fernando, Balaoan & other municipalities

KOV

Horticulture

7/4/2012

T. Bahom

Volunteer deployed on 7/17/2012 AVID Sustainable Agriculture 10/10/2012 T. Bahom Volunteer deployed on 11/16/2012