This document discusses volunteerism in the Philippines. It provides definitions of key concepts related to volunteerism such as volunteers, volunteer service organizations, and the voluntary sector. It outlines the roles of volunteerism in different sectors including private sector, academe, and corporate. It discusses the mandate of PNVSCA, the government agency tasked with coordinating volunteer efforts, and challenges it faces in promoting volunteerism due to a lack of data and statistics. Sources of information on volunteerism in the Philippines are identified. The importance of generating data on volunteerism through efforts like a satellite account on non-profit institutions is emphasized to help measure the economic contribution of volunteers.

1. DPA 309
VOLUNTARY SECTOR
MANAGEMENT
Josefina B. Bitonio, DPA
Professor
Pelagia S. Bautista
DPA Student
1st
semester SY 2017-18

2. R.A. No. 9418
Volunteer Act of 2007
-An act Institutionalizing a
Strategy for Rural Development,
Strengthening Volunteerism and for
Other Purpose

3. Declaration of Policy
Promote the participation of
various sector of the Filipino Society
and international and foreign
volunteer organization in public and
civic affairs
BAYANIHAN to foster social
justice, solidarity and sustainable
development

4. Goals and Objectives
Provide policy framework on
volunteerism
Provide a conducive and enabling
environment for volunteers
Provide an effective institutional
mechanism to strengthen the role of
Philippine National Volunteer
Service Coordinating Agency
(PNVSCA)

5. Key Concepts

6. Volunteerism- refers to an act involving a wide
range of activities, including traditional forms
of mutual aid and developmental interventions
that provides an enabling and empowering
environment both on the part of the beneficiary
receiving and the volunteer rendering the act,
undertaken for reasons arising from socio-
developmental, business or corporate
orientation, commitment or conviction for the
attainment of the public good and where
monetary and other incentives or reward are
not primary motivating factors.

7. Volunteer – refers to an individual or group
from their socio-developmental, business
and corporate orientation, commitment or
conviction, contribute time, service and
resources whether on full-time or part-time
basis to a just and essential social
development cause, mission or endeavor in
the belief that their activity is mutually
meaningful and beneficial to public interest
as well as to themselves.

8. Volunteer Service Organization – refers
to a local or foreign groups that recruits,
trains, deploys and supports volunteer
workers to programs and projects
implemented by them or by other
organizations or any group that provides
services and resources, including but not
limited to, information, capability
building, advocacy and networking for the
attainment of common good.

9. Voluntary Sector – refers to those
sectors of Philippine Society that
organizes themselves into volunteers
to take advocacy and action primarily
for local and national development

10. Roles and Modalities of Volunteerism
in the Private Sector

11. Roles and Modalities of Volunteerism
in the Private Sector
a)Volunteerism in the Academe includes, but
not limited to, provision of technical
assistance and sharing of technology
within the academic circle, target
communities and other clienteles and the
upgrading of the quality of education and
curriculum methodologies while providing
career enhancement and exposure to the
volunteers.

12. b) Volunteerism in the Corporate
Sector as an expression of corporate
social responsibility and citizenship,
refers to activities recognized by the
company, where employees give their
time, skills and resources in the
service of the company’s internal and
external communities.

13. c) Volunteerism by the Not-for-Profit
Organizations includes, but is not
limited to, provision of
complementary service delivery and
human resource development in
underserved communities as well as
advocacy and articulation of the cause
of the disadvantaged and vulnerable
groups.

14. Mandates of the PNVSCA

15. a) Review and formulate policies and
guidelines concerning the national
volunteer service program consistent
with national development
priorities;
b) Coordinate, monitor and evaluate
the national volunteer service
program in order that volunteer
assistance may fit into the total
national goals;

16. f) Undertake advocacy for the
promotion and recognition of
volunteerism as a tool for
development
g) Establish and maintain a national
network of volunteer organizations
and serve as liaison between and
among local and foreign
governmental private voluntary
organizations including the United
Nations Volunteers (UNV);

17. h) Administer all Philippine National
Volunteer Service Coordinating
Agency (PNVSCA) funds from all
sources including foreign aid in
accordance with accounting and
auditing requirements.

18. Multi-Sectoral
Advisory Body (MSAB)
To assist PNVSCA the Multi-Sectoral Advisory Body (MSAB)
created under Executive Order No.635 shall be reconstituted with
the following members:
a)National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA);
b)Department of Education (DepEd);
c)Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA);
d)Department of Justice (DOJ);
e)The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG);
f)The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD);
g)The Commission on Higher Education (CHED);
h)The Presidential Management Staff (PMS), Office of the
President;
i)The Representative/s from the corporate sector;
j)The Representative/s from the private academe sector; and
k)The Representative/s from the non-profit;

19. VOLUNTEERISM IN
THE PHILIPPINES
By:
Dr. Romulo A. Virola
Secretary General, National
Statistical Coordination Board,
2010

20. MARK ZUCKERBERG
Facebook Founder
“Advancing human potential and promoting
equality”
US “ Giving Pledge” signees will
donate the majority of their
wealth to philanthropic causes
(Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and
Larry Ellison)
$120M Education in underserved communities
$75M “Safety Net” care provider
$25M Disease Control and Prevention
$100M Fight to Ebola

21. Volunteerism
Intrinsic part of social capital
Opportunities for civic engagement
Philanthropy under the realm of
volunteer work
Provide employment training
Personal satisfaction and
fulfillment
Higher level of trust in others
Lower level of violent crimes

22. Volunteerism
 In fact, in 2001, the UN passed a
Resolution that identified
volunteering as “an important
component of any strategy aimed
at poverty reduction, sustainable
development, health, disaster
prevention and management”.

23. Volunteerism in the
Philippines
Bayanihan
Damayan
Kawanggawa
Pahinungod
Bahaginan
Tulong
Pakikipagkapwa-
tao
Pagbabahagi
Paghahandog

24. Filipinos Championing
Volunteerism
Efren
Peñaflorida
Kariton Classroom
2009 CNN Hero of the
Year

25. Filipinos Championing
Volunteerism
Antonio "Tony" Meloto
Founder of Gawad Kalinga
2006 "Filipino of the Year" by the
Philippine Daily Inquirer

26. Challenges to PNVSCA in
Promoting Volunteerism
in the Country
“It could be strategic if we knew
enough statistics about
volunteerism in the
Philippines for decision
making and policy formulation
on volunteerism”

27. Challenges to PNVSCA in Promoting Volunteerism
in the Country
“Aside from the PNVSCA, there are many other
organizations concerned with volunteer work.
But despite the presence of institutional
mechanisms to promote volunteer work and
notwithstanding the recognition by the
international community of its importance,
the fact is, currently there is a dearth of
information on volunteerism. There is no
available reliable measure of the economic
contribution of volunteer service in the
Philippines, and for that matter, in most
other countries.”

28. Sources of Information on Filipino Volunteerism
 Studies by the University of the Philippines National
College of Public Administration and Governance (UP
NCPAG) 1998
 the Pilot Time Use Survey of the National Statistics Office
(NSO)
 the NSCB JHU-Non Profit Institution Project
 Administrative Records from agencies like the PNVSCA,
Caucus of Development NGO Network, United Nations
Volunteers Philippines (UNV), University of the
Philippines – Ugnayan ng Pahinungod; Jesuit Volunteers
Philippines Foundation; Philippine Business for Social
Progress; and League of Corporate Foundations.

29. Other Sources of Information on
Volunteerism

30. In the international scene, data on
volunteerism have been generated by the
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Comparative
Non Profit Sector Project in 37 countries.
According to JHU, in these countries,
approximately 140 million people representing
approximately 12 percent of their adult
population engage in some form of volunteer
activity in a typical year.

31. In December 2003, the United Nations Statistical
Division published the “United Nations Handbook on
Non Profit Institutions in the System of National
Accounts”
The UN Handbook includes:
(a)a detailed definition of NPIs, which makes it
possible to identify them as a group,
(b)a methodology for the valuation of volunteer work,
which is significant in the activities of NPIs and
(c)a detailed classification of NPIs by function. While
the NPIs serving households constitute one of the
institutional sectors in the SNA framework,
volunteer work is not explicitly articulated within the
framework

32. In line with this, the National Statistical
Coordination Board (NSCB), as the highest policy
making body on statistical matters in the country, is
laying the groundwork for a system of generating
information on volunteerism. In 2008, the NSCB
undertook a collaborative project with Johns Hopkins
University on the measurement of the economic
contribution of non-profit institutions and volunteer
work in the Philippine economy. The objective is to
formulate a statistical framework for measuring the
contribution of volunteer work via a satellite account
on non profit institutions within the context of the
Philippine System of National Accounts (PSNA)

33. (a)Number of volunteers;
(b) Number of hours volunteers
render during a specific period; and
(c)Wages at which to value those
hours.
The NSCB has been able to make heroic
assumptions on these variables.
3 key variables on
Current approaches in
measuring volunteer
work need information

34. NSCB Paper Presentation- insights on the contribution of volunteer
work in the Philippines.
In 2000, volunteers rendered an estimated 312.3 million hours of
volunteer service.
In 2009, the total value of volunteer work reached Php 44.5 billion,
from Php 20.1 billion in 2000. On the average, the value of volunteer
work increased annually by 10.2 percent at current prices and by 6.4
percent at constant prices, during the 9-year period from 2000-2009.
Volunteer work constituted about 0.6 percent of GDP from 2000-
2009
11th
National Convention on Statistics
Oct. 5, 2010

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