Sharing and Learning

Good practice

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 Partners

DED Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (FORUM member)

www.ded.de

- operation since1963
- 16 000+ experienced and committed technical advisers
- active in 46 countries
- staff: 150 + 150 on country site

HVSF Hungarian Volunteer Sending Foundation

www.hvsf.hu (FORUM member)

- operation since 2003

- 51+ experienced volunteer
- active in 6 countries
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- staff: 0 + 0 (operated by 5 volunteers)
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 Content of the common project:

• Thanks to the cooperation,

• since 2008,
• also Hungarian volunteers/technical
assistant can participate in German
development projects.
• The operative co-ordinators are working
together– planning and analysing the
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applications and the opportunities.
 In practice:

• Hungarian applicant manager was in Bonn for 1,5

Month to understand DED’s internal processes
• Some of the DED’s bulletins was translate and
printed out on Hungarian
• In Hungary there are - not regularly - announcements
for DED project
• In every 3 weeks there is a DED system presentation
for the interested people
• HVSF helps in the e-application process
• DED invites, the possible applicant based on the CV
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• DED…..
 Advantages for HVSF:

• As HVSF doesn’t have own project, with this

cooperation we can continuously offer projects to
our applicants
• We could learn internal processes by the staff
visit
• We got documents
• Practical issues (bank, visa, embassies,….)
• We will have experienced volunteers
One is working in Mozambique
Two are finishing the application presses
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 Lessions learned:

• Not only for the government but also for the

Hungarian people the international volunteering is a new
and curious activity. Actually WE HAVE TO RUN FOR
APPLICANTS!
• DED has a large experienced volunteer/consultants
pool. To offer adequate applicants it is a CHELENGE for
us! It is a terrible experience: from our 3 successful
applicants 3 were worked in Bruxelles before.
• It is not a short time between the application and the
starting date.
• It is good to know the next step a head of our
organizational development.
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 A hullámos híd, hogy el ne felejtsem:
"Henderson Waves", Singapore's highest
pedestrian bridge. This 9 km bridge
spans Henderson Road to connect Mount
Faber Park to Telok Blangah Hill Park.

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