What we talked about:
- Achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 requires human manpower and resources, therefore there is a great need for volunteers.
- Volunteerism needs to be regulated in Armenia, but being careful of overregulation.
- There are around 30,000 volunteers in Armenia - formal and informal. Formal volunteers - institutional based arrangements; informal volunteers - those who are not engaged in any institutional setup.
- Volunteerism in Armenia has a long history. It was never regulated but it always existed.
- The understanding of community and volunteering. There is a lack of community understanding in Armenia.
- Importance of supporting volunteerism institutionally and training people within communities.
- Volunteering needs promotion in Armenia.
