UN Volunteers 55d ago

The third session of SWVR Global Webinar Series introduced the Global Index of Volunteer Engagement (GIVE), a new way of understanding what volunteering contributes to people, communities and economies. GIVE is built around four dimensions: individual value, societal value, economic value and an environment that promotes volunteerism. Drawing on Chapter 7 of the 2026 State of the World's Volunteerism Report, panellists in this webinar discussed how the GIVE offers an innovative approach to the measurement of volunteering. GIVE is not just a framework; it is a call to action – and this session is an opportunity to be part of that conversation. This third webinar in the 2026 SWVR Global Webinar Series brought together statisticians, researchers and National Statistical Offices to unpack how the GIVE is designed to work across different contexts and how its flexibility intends to reflect local realities while maintaining global comparability.