Overview slides for the ISCRAM 2016 workshop on informal volunteering

1. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for
research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n° 607798
Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for
European Resilience
Why informal volunteering?
ISCRAM workshop on informal volunteering,
Mai 22-nd 2016, Rio de Jainairo

2. 2
Once upon the
time, the life was
simple:
• CM professionals
had to save
people,
• institutional
volunteers
helped them;
and
• the population
was there to be
helped
GOOD OLD TIMES…
Illustration: command structure in emergency
management, from EU-project ACRIMAS D4.1

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Engagement in
formal
volunteering is
dropping,
BUT informal
volunteering is on
the rise:
• spontaneous
volunters,
• self-organised
groups,
• pre-registered
volunteers…
Less
ressources
More
issues
AND THE REALITY WE LIVE IN

4. 4
(R)EVOLUTION OF VOLUNTEERING?
Only institutional volunteers are good
volunteers! (old-school)
Acknowledge self-organised
volunteers, use their information
(crowdsourcing, VGI)
Embracing virtual CM
teams, resilient
communities,
crowdtasking

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FEARS AND UNCERTAINITIES
Is encouraging the population to help
wise? What if they mess up?
Can we trust these people
to do the RightThing™?
What if they joke around?
(How) can we even
communicate with such a
large number of would-be
volunteers?

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 Types of (informal) volunteering: where and why do
volunteers play an important role? (How) does this
change across the globe and over time?
 Management methodology: which
management/organisation concepts and methodology
are known to (not) work?
 Opportunities and limitations: what are appropriate
tasks for informal volunteers? (How) does this change
with methodology?
 Motivation: what motivates the informal volunteers?
How can we increase their motivation?
SOME QUESTIONS TO ADDRESS TODAY

7. Welcome to the workshop!
Denis Havlik, AIT
<denis.Havlik@ait.ac.at>
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for
research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n° 607798

8. Time has come to drive
innovatio
n
in
Crisis Management
for
European Resilience
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Coordinator: Fernando
Kraus
fernando.kraus@atos.net
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9. Thank you for your attention