Indonesian experts share their skills with communities in other developing countries
01/09/2010 11:11:00
VSO Indonesia in cooperation with Dirjen Binapenta, are looking to recruit Indonesian professionals who will be placed in VSO partner organisations in several developing countries around the world.
VSO Indonesia currently has international volunteer professionals working with partners in local government institutions and NGOs in Nusa Tenggara Timur and South Sulawesi, on livelihoods and disability projects.
In 2009, VSO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Dirjen Binapenta. According to the MOU, VSO will manage a pilot project sending Indonesian volunteers overseas. The project will be evaluated at the end of the Indonesian volunteer’s two-year term.
We believe that Indonesian professionals are able to take up this important role of making changes for a better world, through sharing their knowledge, talents, experience and skills with local organisations and communities in other developing countries.
The recruitment criteria, terms and conditions and mechanism will be the same as those used in other VSO recrutiment bases. The volunteer benefits package is designed so that the volunteer will not lose money or make a profit from volunteering. VSO Indonesia and VSO Bahaginan in the Philippines, (the closest VSO recruitment centre in Asia) will manage this pilot project.
The project started in August 2010 and the recruitment process will consist of application and selection between September and October 2010. The deadline for submitting application forms is 3 September 2010.
The five Indonesian volunteers are expected to start their overseas postings between November 2010 and March 2011, depending on them being matched with available placements in VSO partner organisations in other developing countries.
Next to the valuable contributions volunteers make during their placements, they return to their own country equipped with invaluable professional experience, a wealth of memories, and a whole new perspective on life. It will be a great contribution to the development of Indonesia and its skilled workforce, if Indonesians volunteered their time and skills as VSO volunteers.
VSO is distributing information about this pilot project through mailing lists, Internet job sites, as well as a video advertisement at the Kota train station in Jakarta. This video advertisement has been made possible through our collaboration with QSi Holding Limited and their representative in Indonesia, PT Delphi Utama.
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For further information, please contact Susita Handayani/Lucy Gunawan at:
Indonesia.volunteering@vsoint.org or call + 62 (0)852 3700 2588 (Tuesday to Friday between 10.00-12.00 WITA or 15.00-17.00 WITA).
VSO is an international organisation that fights poverty and disadvantage through skilled professionals, who volunteer their time to share their expertise with local organisations and communities in developing countries. VSO is active in more than 40 countries around the world, including Indonesia.
For 50 years, VSO has been recruiting volunteers aged between 25 and 75 to live and work in the heart of local communities. Currently, VSO has recruitment centres in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, Kenya and the Philippines.
