The UK O.R. Society are the first to launch such a scheme (Pro Bono O.R.) and as such want to share their experience and good practice to encourage other Societies to set up similar schemes.
This month IFORS have promoted the scheme in their newsletter (page 18): http://ifors.org/newsletter/ifors-dec-2014.pdf and plan to publish summaries of several volunteer projects in the next few issues to show the benefit of such schemes. IFORS also have a section on their website as well as on-line resources where further information about Pro Bono O.R. can be found.
The article covers how the scheme works, benefits for the organisations and the volunteers, spreading the word and a summary of a recent project with the Dachshunds Breed Council: Developing a tool to help dog breeders predict genetic risks.
For further information please either contact me directly on felicity.mcleister@theorsociety.com or visit the webpage.
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