Guidelines - Responsible Exchange and Volunteering 2018

Exchange Practitioner An organisation (school, civil society, government or private sector) who acts as a host or sending partner in an exchange relationship. Also referred to as a partner organisation or PO.

Exchange Participant A person who participates in an exchange.

Alumni Participants become exchange alumni on completion of the project or program they have participated in. Alumni are encouraged to register on the alumni network database on completion of an exchange in order to remain active through the alumni network. The Southern African Alumni Network has recently been initiated and this is detailed in Chapter 3. Multipliers The term refers to optimizing exchange benefit by creating an environment with appropriate support mechanisms to enable alumni to bring their exchange experience to more people. Through the multiplier effect, the exchange of one is the benefit of many. Change projects, public presentations, skills transference mechanisms and knowledge sharing are examples of how exchange participants can bring the benefit of their learning and experiences to their home countries and in turn contribute to sustainable development, youth development agendas and local economic development.

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