ENGAGE – Belgium Oriane De Vroey 30/11/2011
Dec 20, 2014
ENGAGE – BelgiumOriane De Vroey30/11/2011
Who are we?
80 members
Why
corporate
volunteering
?
Corporate
volunteering
SR & ISO 26000:
Why ENGAGE Belgium?
• 6 companies:
• 1 neighbourhood :
Cureghem, 40% youngsters unemployed
• 1 local partner:
ENGAGE Brussels - Discover Your Talent
• 1 day employability training:
o 70 volunteers
o 80 youngsters unemployed (18-25)
6 workshops:
CV writing Infrabel (Railway)
Interviews & stress Citibank Belgium (Bank)
Testimonials APCO (Com.)
Internet & social network Microsoft (ITC)
Look & feel Freshfields (Law)
My competencies Tata Consultancy (Com.)
• Youngsters:
– Skills
– Informal meeting w/ businesses
– Individual coaching
– Self confidence
• NGO:
– Partnerships
– Image of the neighbourhood
– Unprivileged population
Benefits of the project :
• Companies & employees:
– Reputation & coherence
– Share skills (skills-based volunteering): core business, responsibilities, experience: approche stratégique
– Acquire soft skills: openness, sensibilization,..
– Personnal satisfaction, motivation
– Networking
• For the society
– Cohesion
– Contact between different groups
win4 situation
• Corporate volunteering linked to:
– Core business, strategy &/or values
– Local needs
• Collaborate: find a good partner
• Allocate time for corporate volunteering
Keys for success: