Volunteer statistics (ILO)*
Source: ILOSTATS. The data is collected by ILO from national statistical offices. As national statistics on volunteer work are produced using a variety of approaches and tools, direct and cross-country comparisons are not recommended. For more information, visit https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/volunteer-work/
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Measurement work
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Laws, Policies, Schemes on Volunteering
Does the country have a piece of legislation on volunteering?
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Does the country have a national policy, scheme, plan or strategy specific to volunteering?
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Does the country have a sectoral and cross-sectoral policy, scheme, plan or strategy that mentions volunteering?
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VNR Reporting
Jamaica Voluntary National Review Report
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Reporting positive contribution of volunteering to the SDGs
Paragraph 1, page 34
Building citizenship through involvement in community services and volunteering
Paragraph 2, page 75
In relation to Disaster response: The training of 117 volunteers in, inter alia, disaster risk management, initial damage assessment and shelter management, and the development of a National Disaster Risk Management Volunteers Database. The database has been developed to streamline the deployment of volunteers post-disaster, and currently has 1 165 registered volunteers.
Paragraph 3, page 76
A National Emergency Response Geographic Information Systems Team (NERGIST) has also been trained in the use of the USAID IDA/DANA methodology for performing initial damage assessment. The team of volunteers has been deployed post local and regional disaster events.
Paragraph 4, page 76
e boosting of Jamaica’s emergency communication capacity through a $1.6 billion grant from the Government of Japan to implement the Improvement of Emergency Communication System Project. The project will see the development of a platform for communications among Government MDAs involved in the DRM process, major stakeholders, auxiliary services and community volunteers. The grant will also facilitate the procurement of radio equipment, transmission and reception devices to response entities and for critical locations.