7th TNW & 6th GA was held in Hanoi, Vietnam in 13th-22nd January, 2008. This can be said as the top meeting of international voluntary service NGOs in Asia and Pacific. For more info, click here AEVTP project (Asia-Europe Youth Volunteer Team-Building Partnerships) was organized from 15 Jul. to 31 Aug. 2007 by NVDA, NICE Japan and ASEF (Asia Europe Foundatin). This is a revolutionary project to measure and collect impact of i.v.s.! * Project description * Evaluation Seminar in Japan Asian Common Action was updated. See here! 4th NVDA Special workcamp was updated. See here!

        Welcome to international voluntary service movement!



    An international networking NGO (Non-Governmental
Organization) to promote international voluntary service
(especially international workcamps) in Asia/ Pacific
* In NVDA, "Asia" means "Asia and Pacific regions".

    It was started in 1997 by 11 NGOs in 11 nations and
now consists of 21 national NGOs in 15 nations/ area and
1 international NGO that has branches in other 13 nations.
(Leaflet of NVDA)

    The main activities are (see Activities for more info.!)
1) Regular events (Training & Networking Workcamps, etc.)
2) Starting workcamps in new countries
3) Improving NGOs and their projects
4) Sending volunteers to workcamps all over the world
5) Common actions in Asia for various social issues