Student Community Service and Volunteering Centres

Student Community Service and Volunteering Centres

A Student Community Service and Volunteering Centre has been established at each Asian partner University.It will strive to encourage and facilitate student volunteering and non-profit work and is intended to improve students’ contact and interaction with the citizen, social and public sectors outside the University. Student activities supported by the Centres will facilitate the development of a variety of transversal employability skills as well as professional skills for the social service, social responsibility and sustainable development professional fields.

The Centres are a counterpart to the Talent Co-Creation Labs. While the Talent Co-Creation Labs focus on linking students to industry and business, the Centres focus on linking students to the world of non-profit and social work. The two structures can thus cater to the needs of different students and develop different employability skills.
The Student Volunteering Centres were created in all PC universities as part of the Talent Co-Creation Labs. They share their resources and equipment. However, they frequently fall under the mandate of other university structures more directly related to volunteering, while maintaining their links with the Talent Labs in view of linking volunteering to employability.
Each Asian partner University has developed a framework that outlines the design and planned operations of its Student Community Service and Volunteering Centre and clarifies its place within the University structure, its functioning, management and activities, as well as applicable rules and regulations.

Implementation frameworks for Student Community Service and Volunteering Centres

> Benguet State University (Philippines)
> Ifugao State University (Philippines)
> University of Ruhuna (Sri Lanka)
> Agriculture and Forestry University (Nepal)
> RK University (India)
> University of Madras (India)
> Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (India)
> University of Hyderabad (India)
> University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka)
> Pokhara University (Nepal)