志愿服务和青年发展的十年伙伴关系

2017年，两名来自中国的联合国青年志愿者杨格和吴雅霖开始了他们在亚太地区的任期。他们的外派任职也是共青团北京市委员会、北京市志愿服务联合会、UNV以及UNDP在中国为期十年伙伴关系的重要产出，其旨在推动志愿服务促进青年发展，在“南南合作”框架下促进民心相通。

“志愿服务是中国青年到海外工作，了解各个国家的主要方式之一。我想将我的经历分享给更多中国青年和志愿服务机构以支持他们与国际发展生态系统接轨”，杨格说道。在UNV亚太区域办公室任职期间，杨格曾经参与包括“南南合作知识交流：青年志愿服务与SDG”在内的活动，并为青年人提供了绝佳的学习机会。

吴雅霖主要负责UNV和UNDP在缅甸的传播沟通工作。通过参与“青年志愿者减灾项目”，她成功唤起了当地社区内部重视防灾减灾事务的意识。她说道：“我相信通过宣传青年人的贡献和成就，能够帮助人们更好的了解缅甸当地的文化与环境。”

Two Chinese UN Youth Volunteers, Yang Ge and Wu Yalinstarted their assignment in 2017 in Asia and the Pacific. Their assignments arethe first to stem from the decade-long partnership between Beijing YouthLeague, Beijing Volunteer Service Federation (BVF), UNV, and UNDP in China,which aims to promote volunteerism for youth development, as well as tostrengthen people to people bond as a component of South-South Cooperation.

“Volunteeringis one of the first steps for Chinese youth to work abroad and learn about differentcountries. I want to share my experience with more Chinese youth as well asvolunteer involving organizations to support them to engage with theinternational development ecosystem,” explained Ge. Thailand Regional youthevents Ge supported through her assignment, such as the ‘South-South KnowledgeExchange on Youth Volunteering for the SDGs’, offered great learningexperiences.

Yalin supportedcommunications for UNV and UNDP in Myanmar and through the Disaster RiskReduction Youth Volunteer Project, she raises awareness about the importance ofDRR in local communities. “I believe disseminating youth efforts andachievements in Myanmar serves as a window for people to understand Myanmar’slocal culture and context,” explained Yalin.