For a National Society, a volunteering development effort is a long term effort. It begins with analyzing the current state of how it manage and support their volunteers. Taking the analysis into a process to put in place, improve or change the practice of volunteer management. It is about looking into all organizational levels of the organization as well as the current practice of the various programmes and activities run by the society.
Volunteering development should not be an isolated activity and need to link to other ongoing development efforts in the National Society. This assessment kit provides a good base for discussion about the volunteer management situation in a National Society and when completed highlights areas to look closer at.
The kit is a draft and has used the base of the “Investing in volunteers” assessment kit.