02/02/2012

5th YOUTH Contest

www.youthreporter.eu is organizing this year their 5th Youth Contest ‘’Europeans involved’’ with the theme ‘’ European Voluntary Service – killed time or filled time?!’’ . For those interested in participating there are two contest categories: a video contest..

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23/12/2011

Italy: an European country where being a volunteer is not cool

At the end of 2009 European Commission made a research to establish the profile of the European Volunteer , with the goal to identify the similarities, differences, opportunities and trends of European volunteers. The results are quite interesting,..

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30/11/2011

Now open the first volunteering online school

Il The European Year of Volunteering brings up interesting and original ideas and projects. One of these ideas is the Online European Volunteering School , whose goal is to promote international cooperation and share the experiences and knowledge of volunteers..

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15/11/2011

Keep track of your volunteering hours

Since it is the International Year of Volunteering, the European Year of Volunteering 2011 Alliance created an online platform where volunteers can register the hours dedicated to a non profit activity. The platform is aimed to evaluate the impact volunteering..

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07/11/2011

EVS Facts

We already agreed upon the fact that doing an EVS comes with a number of benefits. An old survey among EVS volunteers revealed that: - 94% of previous EVS participants said they felt better able to communicate in a foreign language; - 72% felt their j..

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