The overall aim of the SNAC Volunteering is strengthening the European Solidarity Corps programme and putting solidarity at the heart of volunteerism. The project aims to become a tool to implement the recent council conclusions on the Mobility of Young Volunteers and Cross-Border Solidarity.
This will be achieved by a series of activities to strengthen the visibility of volunteering in the programme and foster the collaboration on volunteering and solidarity among stakeholders. Different activities will support the development of European volunteering and strengthen the cooperation in Europe and beyond.
Objectives
Background and Needs
With the new programme generation starting 2021, the European Solidarity Corps programme has undergone a shift towards a pure volunteering scheme for local and international volunteering.
There is a need to explore the following questions together as a network of National Agencies: What does the shift to volunteering imply for the community of practice? What are the new trends? What are the risks? How can we improve the conditions for different strands of the ESC (Individual, Teams, Solidarity Projects) and look deeper into complementarity of national and EU volunteering? What is needed to strengthen European volunteering?
Embedded in European Policy
In 2020, an Expert Group on the Mobility of Young Volunteers and Cross-Border, involving SALTO ESC, developed a Background Paper to support the European Commission in reviewing the 2008 Council Recommendation on the mobility of young volunteers, as well as a practical toolbox for actors and stakeholders in the field of youth, “Promoting the mobility of young volunteers and cross-border solidarity”. Find the all documents here.
Concrete Activities within the SNAC Volunteering
PROVIDING EVIDENCE AND ANALYSIS
The following research results will be published in 2023
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
VISIBILITY and ADVOCACY