1. ENGAGE – Belgium
Oriane De Vroey
30/11/2011

2. Who are we?

3. 80 members

4. Why SR & ISO 26000:
corporate
volunteering
?
Corporate
volunteering

5. Why ENGAGE Belgium?

6. ENGAGE Brussels - Discover Your Talent
• 6 companies:
• 1 neighbourhood :
Cureghem, 40% youngsters unemployed
• 1 local partner:

7. • 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.)

8. Benefits of the project :
• Youngsters:
– Skills
– Informal meeting w/ businesses
– Individual coaching
– Self confidence
• NGO:
– Partnerships
– Image of the neighbourhood
– Unprivileged population

9. • 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

10.  win4 situation

11. Keys for success:
• Corporate volunteering linked to:
– Core business, strategy &/or values
– Local needs
• Collaborate: find a good partner
• Allocate time for corporate volunteering

13. More information on employee
volunteering
businessandsociety.be
oriane.devroey@businessandsociety.be