“ASEM 11 Volunteers”, which is mainly consisted of Mongolian
youth (university students), support the organization of the ASEM meetings. The
volunteer management, including recruitment, training and deployment, is led by
the ASEM 11 Volunteer Working Group under the ASEM Office in Mongolia. About 50
volunteers already supported the Parliamentary Partnership Meeting in April and
Senior Officials’ Meeting in May.
The United Nations (UN) in Mongolia also support the “ASEM
11 Volunteers”, by deploying 3 (three) national UN Volunteers. FAO (Food and
Agriculture Organization of UN), UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) and UNDP (UN
Development Programme) contributed to recruiting the UN Volunteers. The 3
national UN Volunteers bring their knowledge and experience in the volunteer
management, media and communications coordination, documentation and reporting,
as well as youth engagement and development.
Recruitment and conducting a series of volunteer trainings is
in progress. It is expected that in total around 1,500 local youth volunteers will
be recruited in cooperation with universities in Ulaanbaatar. The youth
volunteers will receive general induction training about the ASEM and
volunteerism; functional skills enhancement training; volunteer soft skills and
representation training.
The Mongolian youth volunteers play an important part
throughout the ASEM period. In particular, the assistance and hospitality from
the volunteers, for instance welcoming delegations at the airport, escorting
participants during meetings and forums, providing documentation and translation
assistances, distributing info sheets will be crucial for the smooth logistical
flow.
