http://hdl.handle.net/10453/126 2013-05-22T07:55:38Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19945 Volunteer sustainability in a sport context: observations from grassroots participation through to mega-events Schulenkorf, Nico; Edwards, Deborah; Darcy, Simon Volunteers are the lifeblood of sporting organizations in Australia and globally. However, research has shown that there are differences between everyday volunteers for sporting organizations and volunteers at major sport events, and there are cultural differences to volunteering. More recently within major event research, legacy has become a significant focus of event organizers and local organizing committees as a way of adding social value to the economic significance of the investment by host cities. This seminar will present three levels of volunteer engagement and discuss observations on legacy at: 1. The Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics; 2. The 2009 Sydney World Masters Games; and 3. Community development projects using sport events. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Paralympics together with the cultural Olympiad required a commitment by 20,000 volunteers in the high status mega-sporting event. Some 5000 volunteers assisted the Sydney World Masters Games to host more than 28,000 athletes across 72 venues predominantly in Western Sydney in one of the biggest multisport participant major events held in world. The research for both sport events involved pre-and post examination of volunteer motivations, expectations, experiences and legacy. Sport for Development Projects in Sri Lanka, Israel and the Pacific Islands utilize volunteers at a ‘grass roots’ level to guide and facilitate the creation of sport event activities designed to benefit people in disadvantaged communities or communities in conflict. In these contexts, international volunteers from outside of the community setting are used to facilitate the sport event. An interpretive qualitative approach to examining volunteer legacy was employed. The workshop examines volunteer legacy of these three sport events against Dickson, Benson and Blackman's (2011) framework for evaluating Olympic and Paralympic legacy. In doing so, the findings highlight volunteer management practices, motivations, experiences, challenges and volunteering legacies arising from these sport event volunteer programs. In a workshop format attendees will have an opportunity to discuss strategies for enhancing legacies for host communities and countries considering the cultural context of volunteering, sport and events. 2012-05-07T01:15:20Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19944 Education in Afghanistan; ten years ago, where we are now and planning for the future Wahidyar, Attaullah This presentation explains how the Afghan Ministry of Education is developing the education system. According to Dr Wahidyar, ten years ago, Afghanistan's education system was in tatters. There were fewer than one million children in school and there were hardly any girls. There was no unified curriculum and education in many of the more troubled areas depended on the goodwill of non-government organisations. A decade on, with support from the Government of Afghanistan and international donors, it is a different story. There are more than seven million children in school and about four in every ten are girls. Australia alone has financed the construction of 30 schools with another 36 underway in Uruzgan province, one of the country's poorest areas. Includes flyer, notes and audio recording. 2012-05-01T06:42:30Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19943 Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the Sydney Restaurant Industry Shin, Joon; Collins, Jock This report presents the findings of a research project, contracted with UTS by Sushi Bay Pty Ltd, a Sydney-based business owned by Korean immigrants, into the dynamics of Korean immigrant entrepreneurs involved in food retailing in Sydney, particularly in the restaurants industry. This research project thus investigates the growing and important economic and cultural contribution of Korean immigrant restaurant owners as a first part of a broader research project on Korean immigrant entrepreneurs in all industries and sectors of the economy. This is the research report to Sushi Bay Pty Ltd. 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19941 Everyone's Story Counts Bloch, Barbara This presentation reports on a study of approaches to the mesurement of social impact by community organisations The paper was presented at the CCS Symposium on Social Impact, 2 November 2011. 2012-03-16T04:34:06Z