OVAC was established in 1965.
A lot has happen at OVAC up to now.Following is a very brief history.
| June, 1963 |
Volunteer groups in Osaka City came together and started to have monthly coordination meetings. |
| November, 1965 |
“Volunteer Association Osaka Bureau” was established as a non-official organization.
“Volunteer Introductory Courses” was opened as the first volunteer course in Japan. ( Since then, we have been providing various kind of training & educational course for volunteers. ) |
| July, 1966 |
Published the first volunteer magazine “Gekkan Volunteer” (monthly volunteer). |
| July, 1967 |
Published specialized book &“Volunteer Service” and 3 other books.
( Since then, we have been expanding our publication activities.) |
| June, 1969 |
The status of the organization changed to the corporate Juridical person and named “Osaka Voluntary Action Center”. |
| May, 1971 |
Applied “Volunteer Staff Participation System” to operate OVAC by member's free will . |
| May, 1973 |
Started to provide volunteer information constantly through newspapers. |
| June, 1976 |
Offered “Training Course for Volunteer Coordinators”. The first course in Japan. |
| July, 1984 |
Offered short term experience program “Summer Volunteer Project” as the first experience course in Osaka ( Kansai ) Area. |
| October, 1991 |
Established “Center for Corporate Citizenship” and started to work for partnership between companies and volunteer groups. |
| July, 1993 |
The status of OVAC changed to a social welfare corporation. |
| August, 1994 |
Developed and started operation of data base system, VIS (Volunteer Information System ). |
| January, 1995 |
Organized temporary support center “Citizen Groups for supporting victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake”. |
| November, 1996 |
Participated in establishment of “Japan NPO Center” and sent a staff there. |
| July, 1999 |
Established “Non-profit Resource Center ”. |
| November 2001 |
Established the Steering Committee for Citizen Empowerment Center. |
| April 2002 |
Opened the “Osaka NPO Plaza” |
| January 2003 |
Redesigned the volunteer magazine and renamed it “Volo: Comprehensive Informational Magazine for Civil Activities” |
| May 2003 |
Started the new volunteer information distribution website “KVNET”. |
| April 2005 |
Get started "Kansai NPO Support Center Network"(KNN) |
| May 2005 |
Get started "Kansai CSR Forum" which aims at expansion of value of the enterprise |
| November 2005 |
Celeberated the 40th Anniversary |
