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Media releases > Randstad partnership
New research shows lowest ever levels of TV coverage of developing countries
(5 July 2004)
International development charity VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) and specialist in human resources services, Randstad Group, will today (Mon 21 June) announce a major new partnership. As part of the agreement, Randstad will commit over 1 Million Euro to help fund VSO’s work over 3 years. More importantly they will use their influence and network across Europe and North America to help recruit more volunteers and help VSO to raise funds.
The extra income and Randstad’s promotion of VSO to their staff, flexworkers and clients will vastly increase the ability of VSO to recruit and place volunteers with local partners in developing countries during the initial three years of the relationship.
VSO and Randstad share a common core business, working to provide partner organisations with the right people, who have the right skills, in the right place and time. In particular, Randstad’s support will help VSO meet an increased demand for business and management skills in developing countries.
VSO’s Chief Executive Mark Goldring says:
The partnership is excellent news for both VSO and Randstad. Most importantly it will bring vital professional support to organisations in some of the world’s poorest countries. Business and IT professionals are already working with VSO on a diverse range of projects, from providing help to groups fighting the HIV and AIDS pandemic in Africa to setting up micro finance projects in villages in Papua New Guinea. Randstad’s support will ensure this essential work can continue and grow.
Randstad CEO Ben Noteboom says:
Randstad’s support of VSO shows that we are not only committed to being a human resources specialist but that we can also use our core competence to make a tangible difference to the world’s poor. Our final goal to help VSO to send out many hundreds of additional volunteers will improve conditions for many thousands of people. We are excited by this opportunity to build a relationship and hope that many of Randstad’s employees will be able to work on a VSO placement themselves.
The partnership is to be formally announced today at the Forum 2004 in Barcelona. The theme of the forum is sustainability and global cooperation. The launch will be attended by His Highness Bernhard jr, Prince of the Netherlands, Randstad CEO Ben Noteboom, the Mayor of Barcelona Mr Clos and VSO’s Chief Executive Mark Goldring, and is open to journalists from all over Europe. Forum 2004 is a major event in Barcelona’s cultural calendar and is staffed by Randstad’s own flexworkers.
Editors' notes- For more information about VSO please contact Adam Bowers
- For more information on Randstad, please contact Frans Cornelis on: +31 (2)0 569 5623
- VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) is the world’s largest international development charity that works through volunteers. VSO has over 1,600 volunteers working in 44 different countries. Business and Management volunteers are central to VSO’s work and almost a quarter of the charity’s planned departures for this financial year fall within the business sector. In the five years to 2003 the number of business and management professionals who volunteered with VSO more than doubled from 83 to 173. A further 30% growth in requests from overseas partners this financial year means that 223 volunteers are needed to take up positions over the next 12 months. With an average age of 38, VSO’s volunteers hold a wealth of professional knowledge and experience across a broad range of sectors.
- Randstad Holding nv specialises in solutions in the field of flexible work and human resources services with group companies in Europe and North America. The Randstad Group is one of the largest temporary employment organizations in the world and market leader in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the southeastern United States. Randstad is dedicated to matching at the right time, the demand by individuals for challenging and well-paid employment to the demand of organizations for employees of the right caliber and the right qualifications. The Group is active under the brand names Randstad, Yacht , Capac Inhouse Services, Tempo-Team, Otter-Westelaken and Profcore. Randstad Holding nv (Reuters: RAND.AS, Bloomberg: RSTD NA) is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange, where options for stocks in Randstad Holding are also traded. For more information about Randstad Holding visit the Randstad website.
- Almost a quarter of VSO departing volunteers in this financial year fall within the business sector. In the five years to 2003 the number of business and management professionals volunteering with VSO more than doubled from 83 to 173. A further 30% growth in requests from overseas partners this financial year means that 223 volunteers are needed to take up positions over the next 12 months.
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