Partner with VSO
Partnership is a key feature of the way that we work with other organisations. We work with local partners, placing volunteers with them to help them increase their impact and effectiveness. And we work with corporate partners around the world to provide them with ways to contribute to our development goals in a way that benefits both parties.
Local partners
Our local partners range from small grass roots organisations to government departments or international NGOs working in any of VSO's countries of focus. Each partner will have identified a need within their organisation for some additional resource and support in carrying out their activities. VSO's Country Programme staff work with local partners to assess how VSO can help achieve their organisational objectives using the volunteer tools at our disposal.
Local partners are locally based organisations with whom VSO works to achieve common objectives. The relationship is based on a common set of values, a shared vision of success and a formal mutual commitment to improve the quality of the working relationship over time. This can include both national NGOs; INGOs where the relationship is managed within the country; government agencies, and the private sector.
Corporate partnerships
We develop long-term, strategic partnerships with companies that bring together our key competences in the areas of business and volunteering. As one of our partners your company would join a prestigious group of carefully selected global organisations working with one of the world's largest and best-known international development charities in pursuit of a world without poverty.