Work Programme
As well as providing advice to the Minister and Associate Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, the OCVS has five inter-related parts to its work programme:
- supporting work to build the capacity of the sector, such as funding the Community Sector Taskforce to undertake community-driven initiatives
- building knowledge about the community sector and volunteering, for example, work on the Study of the New Zealand Non-profit Sector that helped provide a clearer picture of the nature and extent of non-profit sector activity within New Zealand
- providing other government agencies with advice on overcoming policy barriers and addressing issues of concern to the community and voluntary sector
- actively supporting the development and promotion of good practice by government agencies when engaging with or funding the sector, for example through the ‘good practice in action’ seminar series.
- promoting generosity - the giving of time and money - such as working with Volunteering New Zealand to help promote International Volunteer Day and Volunteer Awareness Week, and with Inland Revenue to inform people about payroll giving.
Read more about this topic: New Zealand Office For The Community & Voluntary Sector
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