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Mission and objectives
Beijing Volunteer Service Federation (BVF), established in December 5th 1993, is a nonprofit social organization which joints and unites volunteer service organizations in the city, established by self-motivated government departments, corporations, institutions, civil organizations and other public welfare enthusiastic persons from different areas and fields which provide voluntary service to the society. It is the first provincial level volunteer-involving organization registered in the provincial civic affairs department. Since establishment, BVF makes strong commitment to promote social development through volunteerism. BVF adheres to the volunteer service spirit "Contribution, Friendliness, Mutual Assistance, Improvement", disseminates the volunteer culture on Contribution, Friendliness, Goodness, Integrity, Equality, Justice, Openness and Inclusiveness, Happiness, Enrichment, Cohesion, Growth, promoting volunteer work as part of citizen's lifestyle. In 2008, Beijing government successfully organized the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, during which Beijing Volunteer Service Federation has played key role in supporting the management of 1.7 million Games volunteers. Currently, over 3.89 million volunteers and 50,000 volunteer organizations have registered at the BVF's online platform. BVF actively promotes the development of volunteering projects across the city with particular focus on elderly, children of migrant workers, disable as well as vulnerable groups on regular basis, paying attention to supporting much needed projects, including environmental protection, education, poverty reduction and etc. Currently over 10,000 volunteering projects have been in actual operation. Volunteers from Beijing participate proactively in voluntary work on emergency response, engaging in the rescue work during a numbers of severe natural earthquakes in the areas of Wenchuan, Ya'an and the country of Nepal. BVF attaches importance to the academic research
Context
As a significant partner of UNV China, the Beijing Volunteer Service Federation (BVF) has just launched the Project of Promoting Sustainable Urban Development through Volunteer Service for the Beijing Winter Olympics, in 2021 with UNDP, UNV, and CICETE. BVF has selected outstanding young volunteer cases from universities to work in various UN agencies. In order to widely promote the contribution of volunteers and cases, while helping volunteers to better work in UN agencies to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, BVF is looking for online volunteers with professional layout design experience to help edit the volunteer stories and brochures before printing.
Task description
As a significant partner of UNV China, the Beijing Volunteer Service Federation (BVF) has just launched the Project of Promoting Sustainable Urban Development through Volunteer Service for the Beijing Winter Olympics, in 2021 with UNDP, UNV, and CICETE. BVF is seeking the support of online volunteers skilled in layout design and typesetting. The selected volunteers will be expected to design the layout for editorial content for volunteer stories, cases, and brochures. The tasks involve: 1)Design and lay-out editorial content for print publications, including volunteer stories and brochures, based on the project requirements. The total amount is about 200 pages; 2)Ensure high quality and consistency in layout elements such as fonts, color matching, formatting, and visual identity across all publications; 3)Improving the format before submission. The final overall design should ensure aesthetic appeal and readability.