Other News
PEDSS Appointment
ABV-SECC Project
Thursday, 18 March, 2010
The Provision of Experts for Development of the Securities Sector (PEDSS) project involves ABV volunteers providing advice to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia with respect to reviewing and drafting securities regulations. This work is in preparation for the launch of Cambodia’s first stock ...
New Chair Elected
Mr. David Bailey Elected Chair of ABV Board
Monday, 15 March, 2010
David Bailey was elected Chair of the ABV Board on 1 March 2010 after the untimely passing of the previous Chair - David Moore OAM - in late February. He is the first volunteer to be elected to this position. Joining AESOP as a volunteer in 1992, David was appointed to a casual vacancy on the Board in early 2008, ...
ABV Chairman Passes
Monday, 1 March, 2010
It is with regret that I must inform you that ABV Chairman, David Moore OAM, passed away on Saturday 27 February 2010. David has been a valuable and long-standing member of ABV. Joining the Board as an association member representing the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council on 13 November 2006, David served ...
The Future of Aid
Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
How Globalisation & Climate Change will Reshape Humanitarian Crises & Aid To listen to listen to this podcast, please click here. Peter Walker, Tufts University 09 Feb 2010, ANU College of the Asia Pacific (27.02 MB 01:18:40) ...
Building Leaders
Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
To help prepare promising leaders for the future, top companies are forcing their employees to take on new (global) risks. By Geoff Colvin, Fortune Magazine For John Tolva, IBM's Chicago-based director of citizenship and technology, the value of his four-week assignment to Ghana last year really hit him during a ...
New Website Launched
Friday, 29 January, 2010
Today we launched the new ABV website, which features a design that is aimed at giving users the best experience and makes information easy to find and simple to read. As can be seen in the top left corner of the homepage, the drop down site menu functions much like the contents page in a book. Users will be able ...
ABV celebrates in the old House
ABV Celebrates Volunteerism in Style
Tuesday, 24 November, 2009
In anticipation of International Volunteer Day on 5th December, Australian Business Volunteers celebrated volunteerism in style at Old Parliament House, Canberra on the 10th November 2009. Around 110 people from around Australia attended ABV’s Celebration of Volunteerism Gala Event, to recognise the ...
Altruism Recognised
Gossip
Wednesday, 11 November, 2009
Mr. David Moore OAM and ABV CEO Mr. Michael Lynch proudly presented volunteers Suzanna Edwards & Peter Stanbury with the 2009 ABV Altruism Award. The Altruism Award recognises the efforts of the Volunteer who has best embodied the core value of altruism during the past 12 months. Suzanna & Peter ...
ABV Client Awarded A$190,000 ECF Grant
Monday, 31 August, 2009
The Enterprise Challenge Fund (ECF) is an AusAID-led Australian Government initiative, which seeks to further development in the private sector to reduce poverty in South East Asia and Pacific regions. This initiative is competitive opportunity for businesses to obtain grants to assist in commercialising business ...
Theme for National Volunteer Week 2010 Announced
Sunday, 30 August, 2009
The theme for National Volunteer Week 2010 (10-16 May), is 'Volunteering: Now, more than ever'. This theme brings volunteering to the forefront and provides a focused agenda for the volunteer sector. It will raise the profile of volunteering and highlight that volunteering, now, more than ever, is important to ...