Azerbaijan Volounteers Public Union

As non-profit organization AVPU’s main activity strategy based on grants awarded by different local and international donors. Since the time of the establishment AVPU successfully co-operated with European Youth Foundation based in Strasbourg/France, Eurasia Foundation, Open Society Institute – Soros Foundation, Globalfund, UNVP, UNICEF, Ministry of Youth and Sport, Embassies of Japan, UK & Northern Ireland, USA in Azerbaijan, Royal Norwegian Embassy, World Bank etc. In November of 2005, Azerbaijan Volunteers’ Public Union jointly with Ministry of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan established Azerbaijan Youth Parliament consisted of 51 elected young people. Azerbaijan Volunteers’ Public Union is awarded with the “European Youth Award” of the Council of Europe according to the active participation in youth policy in Europe. AVPU wins an award, which confirms that it has been successful in 2013. The award is given by Ministry of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan! The aim of creating the AVPU is to develop the volunteers’ work in Azerbaijan, promote solution of society’s problems and improve the well - being of vulnerable population. The youth of AVPU, with the help of attracted volunteers, creates all the necessary conditions for rendering gratuitous benevolent assistance to the vulnerable people of all the different social levels of society; promotes the democratization process in Azerbaijan by educating human rights in various regions and settlements of the country. Moreover, the AVPU set a task to take serious measures for restoring the cleanness of environment, planting greenery in the city and drawing population’s attention to existing ecological problems. In the period of strengthening the process of Azerbaijan’s integration into the World, the broad exchange of experience promotes the development of volunteers’ work as well. One of the activity forms of the AVPU is to create working camps for providing, at least minimum needs of vulnerable population (refugees, homeless children, invalids, etc.). Organizing seminars, conferences, scientific debates and doing other kinds of activities not prohibited by legislation strengthens the AVPU’ s integration to international organizations and contributes to determining the volunteers’ role in the world. Projects of AVPU past 3 years: 1. “The improvement of networking skills of young liders” (08-09/2011) 2. Youth in Action (september-october 2012) 3. The First Volunteering Forum of Azerbaijan Youth (27-30 april 2013) 4. My profession Festival (6–9 august 2013) 5. New Media Forum (24-27 july 2013) 6. “Modern Journalism School for Youth” ( 16 – 19 november 2013 ) 7. Volunteering camp (may 2016)