For more detailed information on the accreditation procedure, please consult the following two guides: "Stepping into EVS" and "EVS Accreditation Guidelines"
To get to know more about Evropean voluntary service and Youth in action programme please consult "Youth in Action Programme guide".
Below the procedure is explained shortly:
WHY |
Any organisation wishing to send or host EVS volunteers or coordinate an EVS project must be accredited. Through their accreditation EVS organisations agree to adhere to the "EVS Charter". Accreditation serves to gain access to EVS and to ensure a common quality standard in EVS. |
WHO |
Any organisation in a Programme Country or in South East Europe. EI forms are submitted by the organisation and refer to a local placement. The same organisation may request one or more types of accreditation (as sending, as host, as co-ordinating organisation). |
WHEN |
Organisations send their at any time. Expression of Interest (EI) form for 2013 can be found HERE. |
BY WHOM |
Accreditation is carried out by the SALTO South East Europe Resource Centre and experts that are in the accreditors' pool. Organisations from South East Europe send their Expression of Interest (EI) to the SALTO SEE Resource Centre.The form must be completed in English language. List of accreditors |
DON'T FORGET |
The applicant must include the following documents: - the present Expression of Interest form completed and signed in original by the legal representative of the applicant (by post), - a copy of the Expression of Interest form in electronic format (CD or email), - a copy of the registered statute of the applicant (by post or CD or email). |
WHERE TO |
Please fill in and sign the form, and send it to SALTO SEE by post and email, to the following address
MOVIT NA MLADINA
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HOW IT GOES |
Two accreditors who have been ordered by SALTO SEE to carry out the accreditation (either external consultants or staff of SALTO SEE or YOUTH National Agencies) will assess your Expression of Interest and get in contact with you, probably also visit your organisation, to discuss with you the framework conditions for concrete projects and the social infrastructure for hosting volunteers. Afterwards you will receive information about the result, and, if the EI is accredited, later also a certificate as accredited organisation. |
WHAT NEXT |
In case of approval the accreditation will have a validity of three years. Your project description will after accreditation be made available in a database of European Voluntary Service projects. To search for approved EIs in the database of Organisations of the European Commission please CLICK HERE |
!!!The accreditation does not represent a financial support, but is a prerequisite for a later application for a concrete project.

The following downloads are available:
Overview of the process of accreditation of EVS promoters in SEE from an accreditor's perspective, by Dragan Atanasov
by Mateja Trpin
Learning for life - experiences of an EVS volunteer from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Spain, by Ena Simic