The Quality Label is a process that certifies that an organisation is able and willing to carry out high quality solidarity activities in compliance with the principles, objectives and quality standards of the European Solidarity Corps. Obtaining a Quality Label is a precondition for participation in Volunteering activities. Types There are two main types of […]
European Citizen’s Prize 2021 goes to Gran Canaria
Volunteers from the small Canarian town of Moya were the Spanish winners of this year’s European Citizens’ Prize for their reception and integration of migrants, including unaccompanied minors. The volunteers will receive the European Citizen’s Prize 2021 from the European Parliament this Friday. The Polideportivo de Villa de Moya will host next Friday 29 October […]
IAESTE Volunteering Programme
IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) offers former or current IAESTE trainees or undergraduate students from universities based in an IAESTE Local Committee opportunities to volunteer and develop new skills (organisational, managerial, financial, social) and make new friends. Who can apply To be able to apply, one of these two criteria has to be […]
SCI Short-Term Volunteering
Service Civil International (SCI) is a volunteer organisation dedicated to promoting a culture of peace by organising international voluntary projects for people of all ages and backgrounds. The organisation consists of 43 branches and an ever-growing number of partner organisations. Living and working together with people of different backgrounds helps volunteers to break down barriers […]
UN Youth Volunteers
United Nations Youth Volunteers are a separate category of UN Volunteers, recently created in response to the United Nations Secretary-General’s call for greater engagement in volunteerism of history’s largest generation of people under 30. Who are UN Youth Volunteers Motivated and talented youth between the ages of 18 and 29 (be younger than 29 throughout […]
European Solidarity Corps
The European Solidarity Corps is the new European Union initiative offering young people opportunities to volunteer or work in projects in their own country or abroad while supporting communities and people around Europe. It was announced by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, during his annual State of the European Union speech in September 2016, […]
Volunteer at European Youth Event 2021
The European Parliament has launched a call for volunteers to support the European Youth Event, the European Parliament event taking place every two years at its seat in Strasbourg, (France). EYE2021 is planned as a hybrid event, giving participants the possibility to take part in person at the European Parliament in Strasbourg or to attend […]
Join the Greenpeace volunteer programme
Do you have a passion for this planet and want to do more? 15,000 volunteers around the world help Greenpeace to do everything from painting signs and organizing local marches, to dropping banners and occupying oil-rigs. There are basically four different options of volunteering: You can create your own campaign with GreenpeaceX. You can get in […]
Interreg Volunteer Youth (IVY)
Interreg Volunteer Youth (IVY) is part of the broader European Solidarity Corps Initiative launched by the European Commission and announced by President Juncker in his State of the Union Speech in front of the European Parliament on the 14th of September 2016. IVY offers the possibility to young volunteers aged 18-30 to serve as volunteers […]