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What does voluntary stand for?

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******IVAIndividual Voluntary Arrangement
******VAVoluntary Aided (UK school status)
******VPPVoluntary Protection Program (OSHA)
******VSOVoluntary Service Overseas
******FSJFreiwilliges Soziales Jahr (German: Voluntary Social Year; Germany)
******EVSEuropean Voluntary Service
*****CVACompany Voluntary Arrangement (UK company-creditor term)
*****FÖJFreiwilliges Ökologisches Jahr (German: voluntary ecological year)
*****FSAVCFree Standing Additional Voluntary Contribution (UK pension plan)
*****NAVCANational Association for Voluntary and Community Action (Sheffield, UK)
*****VCVoluntary Controlled (UK school status)
*****VSVoluntary Service
*****VEVoluntary Euthanasia
*****NVLAPNational Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (US NIST)
*****VICVoluntary Investigation and Cleanup
*****SVEService Volontaire Européen (French: European Voluntary Service)
*****VOICEVoluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies (European NGO network; Brussels, Belgium)
*****NVOADNational Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
*****VCCIVoluntary Control Council for Interference
*****VPAVoluntary Partnership Agreement
*****VANKVoluntary Agency Network of Korea
*****GEVGuardie Ecologiche Volontarie (Italian: Voluntary Ecological Guards)
*****PVOPrivate Voluntary Organization
*****SCVOScottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
*****ACEVOAssociation of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
*****VSCVoluntary State Curriculum
*****AVCAdditional Voluntary Contribution
*****DGESCODirection Générale de l'Enseignement Scolaire (French: General Directorate of School Education; French Ministry of Education, Youth and the Voluntary Sector)
*****VOADVoluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
****VPATVoluntary Product Accessibility Template
****VRSVoluntary Retirement Scheme
****NICVANorthern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
****NCVONational Council for Voluntary Organisations (UK voluntary and community sector national representative body)
****TIPTrauma Intervention Program (voluntary, non-profit organization assisting emotionally traumatized victims/survivors of events/crisis situations)
****VCRVoluntary Challenge and Registry
****ICVAInternational Council of Voluntary Agencies
****MVCMaximum Voluntary Contraction
****WCVAWales Council for Voluntary Action
****VSIVoluntary Separation Incentive
****CEMVOCouncil of Ethnic Minority Voluntary (UK)
****NCVYSNational Council for Voluntary Youth Services (UK)
****VCCEPVoluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program
****VSUVoluntary Student Unionism
****MVVMaximum Voluntary Ventilation
****NLVONorth Lanarkshire Voluntary Organisation (UK)
****AVISAssociazione Volontari Italiani del Sangue (Italian Blood Voluntaries Association)
****PVRPPhysician Voluntary Reporting Program
****VSVoluntary Severance (UK)
****VIDESVolontariato Internazionale Donna Educazione Sviluppo (Italian: International Voluntary Female Education Development; Italy)
****CEMVOCouncil of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations (UK)
****INVSTInternational & National Service Voluntary Training Program
****GHPGlobal Humanitarian Platform (International Council of Voluntary Agencies; Switzerland)
****WRVSWomen's Royal Voluntary Service (UK charity; formerly WVS)
****VADVoluntary Aid Detachment
****VHIVoluntary Health Insurance (Irish health insurance provider)
****VICSVoluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards (Association)
****VPKVoluntary Pre-Kindergarten program
****AVCAssurance of Voluntary Compliance (legal)
****VHAIVoluntary Health Association of India
****GOPRGórskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (Polish voluntary mountain aid organisation)
****VISAVoluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement
****LSVTLarge Scale Voluntary Transfer
****VSSVoluntary Separation Scheme
****VPKVapaaehtoinen Palokunta (Voluntary Fire Brigade in Finnish)
****CVLCreditors Voluntary Liquidation
****VAPVoluntary Action Program
****GVEHOGrants to Voluntary Environment and Heritage Organisations (Australia)
****VACVoluntary Action Center
****ARNOVAAssociation for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
****VMSVoluntary Milking System (Delaval)
****AVMTAmerican Voluntary Medical Team
****VVSGVoluntary Voting System Guidelines
****VIAVolontariat International en Administration (French: Voluntary International Terminal)
****CVSRDCentre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
****VRVoluntary Redundancy
****DPDDirection de la Programmation et du Développement (French: Department of Programming and Development; French Ministry of Education, Youth and the Voluntary Sector)
****MVSMennonite Voluntary Service
****VDAVoluntary Disclosure Agreement (taxes)
****VAIVoluntary Action Indicated (US FDA)
****GCVSGlasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (Scotland, UK)
****VWISVoluntary Work Information Service
****VDVoluntary Departure (US immigration law)
****IDVIndemnité de Départ Volontaire (French: Voluntary Severance Pay)
****CVSCouncils for Voluntary Services
****VSIPVoluntary Separation Incentive Program
****VLTPVoluntary Leave Transfer Program
****NVVENederlandse Vereniging voor Vrijwillige Euthanasie (Dutch: Dutch Association for Voluntary Euthanasia; now Nederlandse Vereniging voor een Vrijwillig Levenseinde)
****MVICMaximal Voluntary Isometric Contraction (muscles)
****VTOVoluntary Time Off
****VPVoluntary Principles
****NACVSNational Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (UK)
****AQVAnticoncepcion Quirurgica Voluntaria (voluntary surgical contraception)
****NVONational Voluntary Organizations
****NCVCCONational Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (London, England)
****EVSLEarly Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization
****EVEExemplary Voluntary Efforts (award)
****WAVESWomen Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (US Navy)
***VONNEVoluntary Organisations Network North East (UK)
***YUVAYouth for Unity and Voluntary Action
***VPPPAVoluntary Protection Program Participants' Association
***VANIVoluntary Action Network India
***LVSCLondon Voluntary Service Council
***RAISERegional Action And Involvement South East (voluntary and community sector network, UK)
***DENIVADevelopment Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations
***AVSOAssociation of Voluntary Service Organisations
***IPVSInstitute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service
***VWOVoluntary Welfare Organisation (Singapore)
***AVSCAssociation for Voluntary Surgical Contraception
***VASVoluntary Action Sheffield (England, UK)
***DFVCDelinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program (US Department of Labor; also seen as DFVCP)
***ACVFAAdvisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid
***NVSQNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
***VWVoluntary Withdrawal
***BVSCBirmingham Voluntary Service Council (Birmingham, UK)
***BAVOBridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations (Bridgend County Borough, South Wales, UK)
***SAVOSuffolk Association of Voluntary Organisations (UK)
***EVHEmployers in Voluntary Housing (est. 1978)
***IVACIslington Voluntary Action Council (England, UK)
***FFKFrivilliga Flygkåren (Swedish: Voluntary Air Corps)
***ECVOEdmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
***VSKNVoluntary Sector Knowledge Network (British Columbia, Canada)
***VCRVoluntary Compliance Resolution (US IRS)
***OCVSOffice for the Community and Voluntary Sector (New Zealand)
***VAMAVoluntary Affirmative Marketing Agreement (Home Builders Association of Northern California)
***GVOCGateshead Voluntary Organisations Council (UK)
***VPAVoluntary Placement Agreement
***VDISVoluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
***CCVOCalgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (Canada)
***WVSWomen's Voluntary Services (British)
***CEVCChurch of England Voluntary Controlled (UK schools)
***VSOVoluntary Service Organisation
***HRVSDeveloping Human Resources in the Voluntary Sector (Canadian study)
***SAVOSouthwark Action for Voluntary Organisations (UK)
***VALVoluntary Agency Liaison
***VEEPVoluntary Ethnic Enrollment Program
***DFVCPDelinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program (US Department of Labor; also seen as DFVC)
***SCVSSwansea Council for Voluntary Service (Swansea, Wales, UK)
***OVCIOffshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative (Internal Revenue Service)
***CEVAChurch of England Voluntary Aided (primary school; various institutions)
***LVSTCLondon Voluntary Sector Training Consortium
***CVSFCommunity and Voluntary Sector Forum (UK)
***WAVEWomen Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (US Navy; properly written as WAVES)
***RCVOResource Centre for Voluntary Organizations
***SCVOScottish Council of Voluntary Organisations
***BVSNWBlack Voluntary Sector Network Wales (UK)
***CGGCCyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru (Welsh: Wales Council for Voluntary Action; UK)
***CVCCounty Voluntary Council (Wales, UK)
***VPSCVoluntary Public School Choice
***VSNTOVoluntary Sector National Training Organisation (UK)
***VSPVoluntary Separation Plan
***GMCVOGreater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (UK)
***EVOCEdinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
***PAVSPembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services (Wales, UK)
***AVARDAssociation of Voluntary Agencies for Rural Development
***HAVSHillingdon Association of Voluntary Services (Yiewsley, England, UK)
***NSNVONational Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations (Canada)
***VCISVoluntary Cooperative Information System (American Public Human Services Association)
***NVHRINational Voluntary Hospital Reporting Initiative (public health)
***AVOWAssociation of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham (UK)
***VACVoluntary Action Camden (England, UK)
***NZFVWONew Zealand Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations
***PKAVSPerth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service Ltd
***VERIPVoluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program
***VSTDVoluntary Short-Term Disability
***JVAJoint Voluntary Agency
***CVSCConwy Voluntary Services Council (North Wales)
***VSNWVoluntary Sector North West (volunteer network; UK)
***VCVSVale Centre for Voluntary Services (est. 1967; UK)
***VFAVoluntary Flexible Agreement (US Department of Education)
***RNVRéserve Naturelle Volontaire (French: Voluntary Nature Reserve; now Regional Nature Reserve Protection System; France)
***ACVOAberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations (UK)
***SCVOSandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations (est. 1997; Smethwick, West Midlands, UK)
***VACVoluntary Action Cumbria (England, UK)
***NAVLAPNational Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation
***EVDExtended Voluntary Departure (US immigration)
***VAMVoluntary Action Manchester
***NIVTNorthern Ireland Voluntary Trust (UK)
***VALVoluntary Action Leicester (England, UK)
***CTVCorpo Truppe Volontarie (Italian: Voluntary Troops Corps; Spanish Civil War)
***VISITVoluntary Initiatives for Sustainability in Tourism (est. 2004; EU)
***ICBInitiative Canadienne sur le Benevolat (French: Canadian Initiative on voluntary help)
***DVADundee Voluntary Action (Scotland, UK)
***VTFVoluntary Trust Fund
***VRIFVoluntary Reduction in Force
***VAIPVoluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership
***VFIVoluntary Feed Intake
***HCVSHackney Council for Voluntary Service (UK)
***VGDSVoluntary Genomic Data Submissions
***VCTCVoluntary Counseling and Testing Centre (India)
***VODAVoluntary Organisations Development Agency (UK)
***CVYSCouncil for Voluntary Youth Services
***DVSCDenbighshire Voluntary Services Council (UK)
***ANVSIAlberta Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Initiative (Alberta, Canada)
***VPSHRVoluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (multinational organization)
***NVCONational Council for Voluntary Organisations (UK)
***VERPVoluntary Early Retirement Program
***PVRPremature Voluntary Release
***BVSCBarnet Voluntary Service Council (UK)
***UNVFVTUnited Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
***VSERPVoluntary Sector Evaluation Research Project (Canada)
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