Next Steps In order to capture these benefits, however, additional work will be needed. The ILO does not have the power to compel national statistical offices to adopt and implement the ILO Manual. Whether they do so or not will therefore depend in important part on whether they hear from constituencies interested in having these data. Given the importance of volunteering to the older population, it would seem that AARP and its members would have a particular interest in making sure the ILO Manual is adopted in the broadest range of countries so that progress in promoting an activity so important to healthy aging can be accurately gauged. We welcome the support of AARP, its members, and its global partners in making sure the ILO Manual is implemented. Thanks to the ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work, we may be at the dawn of a new era in recognizing and valuing of volunteer work. But important tasks still remain to bring this new era fully to life. We look to AARP and its partners around the world to help us take advantage of the opportunity this manual opens up to the volunteering community. For more information about the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, the ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work, and efforts to encourage the implementation of this manual around the world, please visit ccss.jhu.edu. To discuss how you can help promote implementation of the ILO Manual in your country, or your agency or network, contact us at ccss@jhu.edu.
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Lester M. Salamon Lester M. Salamon is director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies. He led the team that produced the ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work and is the author of numerous books and articles on the nonprofit sector and volunteering in the United States and around the world.
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