The Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Forum was formed as a result of a recommendation from the National Volunteer Summit, held in Canberra in October 2001, as part of the International Year of Volunteers.
The purpose of the Forum is to provide:
A national forum representative of the volunteer emergency management sector, to facilitate better communication between the organizations within it, and to provide advocacy for the sector.
The objectives of the Forum are:
• To foster communication between one another and with Government.
• To share information.
• To provide advocacy, particularly on behalf of the non-government organisations.
• To focus on the issues of Recognition, Training, Legal Protection and Funding.