The 3^rd GLMTV Conference is one such platform for the international voluntary organisations to deliberate on various aspects of promoting local and internal volunteerism. Improving qualities of LMTV projects, share know-how and experience, develop standards and action plans, establish common systems, tools and methodologies to promote Long/Mid Term volunteers exchange across the world and develop new partnership to promote international volunteerism are the central themes for collective discourse of the 3^rd GLMTV Conference. A total of twenty-five delegates from thirteen international voluntary organisations across Asia and European countries participated in this event.

As soon as ceremonial reception was organised by FSL India, the workshop started. The important points for workshop and deliberation for the first day are: 1) articulation of expectations and fears, 2) common tools for promoting LMTV projects, 3) group work on evaluating and improving the tools – info sheets, volunteer exchange and evaluation formats, 4) impact and statistics of LMTV projects, 5) measurement of impacted created in LMTV projects, 6) presentation and sharing of impact with other stakeholders, and 7) maximization of positive impact and minimization of negative impact created through LMTV projects.

The important event of the first day was special forum for which youth, social workers, NGO delegates, academicians and media from Bangalore were invited. Door Darshan which is the largest public broadcasting corporation made coverage on the special forum. All thirteen organisations of the GLMTV conference made presentations and shared with the audience on the long term and mind term volunteering projects and impact created in their respective countries. The following International Organisations made the presentations during the special forum are: 1) Friendship Foundation, Nepal, 2) FSL India, 3) IIWC- Indonesia, 4) IWO – South Korea, 5) NICE Japan, 6) SJ France, 7) SJ Vietnam, 8 ) FP Vietnam, 9) CI Spain, 10) Volunteers Initiative Nepal, 11) VolTra Hongkong, 12) VYA, Taiwan and 13) OWA Poland.

Mr. Rohan D’Souza the director of FSL India in his welcome address specified the importance of the GLMTV conference and how the event is going to impact the global volunteers. Mr. Rakesh S. Soans the President of FSL India addressed the media and later the participants of GLMTV conference. In his address he mentioned that it is a rare opportunity for FSL India to host such international event in the tenth year of its existence and facilitating filed services and inter cultural learning engaging local and global volunteers. He further stated that as this global event is hosted first time in India, the Indian youth will be greatly impacted and immensely benefited from the global volunteering program.

Mr. Kai the founding president of NVDA also addressed the audience and expected that the conference would impact the quality of facilitating volunteer service and improve the LMTV project across the world. Prof. Raja Shekhar also participated in the special forum and addressed the participants. He appreciated the efforts of the international organisations and the delegates of the 3^rd GLMTV Conference in contributing to education, health, environment and socio-economic development projects. He further emphasised the importance of inter-cultural dimension of volunteering program by which not only one shares and learns from other’s culture but also gets to know more about one’s own culture.