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Volunteering Teams in High Priority Areas

Deadline: 5-Oct-21

European Commission is calling for proposals for Volunteering Teams in High Priority Areas.

Volunteering Teams in high priority areas are large scale, high impact projects supporting voluntary activities carried out by young people from at least two different countries coming together to express solidarity by implementing short-term interventions that address common European challenges in policy areas defined each year at EU level.

Objectives

  • This year’s priority is focused on COVID-19 impact and recovery, particularly through supporting the health and social care systems with activities tackling prevention, promotion and support in the field of health; addressing major health challenges (i.e. life-threatening illnesses like cancer) and promoting health, healthy lifestyle, physical activity and well-being overall. For the purpose of this call, applications for funding could:
    • contribute to the improvement of health and well-being of vulnerable people, including persons affected by chronic or life-threatening diseases (e.g. cancer);
    • contribute to building inclusive societies through protecting vulnerable groups as people with drug-alcohol dependence, elderly and children, migrants, homeless etc. from COVID-19 impact and other diseases
  • Additionally, to increase the quality and impact of the action, projects would integrate complementary activities to:
    • foster European cooperation to strengthen the capacity of the solidarity sector to tackle common European challenges, such as health crisis, protection of vulnerable groups through networking and exchanging experiences;
    • raise awareness about prevention through campaigns, promotion and information dissemination, public discussions in order to improve the general health of European populations.

Funding Information

Maximum EU grant per project: 400.000 EUR

Which Activities Can Be Supported?

The following activities are supported:

  • Volunteering Teams: Volunteering Teams are solidarity activities that allow groups of minimum 5 participants to volunteer together for a period between 2 weeks and 2 months. Composition of the team should be international (including participants from at least two different countries) with at least a quarter of team members coming from countries that are different from the country where the activity takes place. In volunteering teams, European Solidarity Corps’ volunteers carry out tasks for a project over a short period of time (usually, but not exclusively, during holidays, breaks between study periods, transition from education to work, etc.).
  • Complementary activities: Complementary activities are relevant side activities designed to add value and augment the results of the project as well as to strengthen its impact on the local, regional, and/or European level. These complementary activities aim at raising awareness of the value of volunteering for young people and for communities as well as at strengthening the recognition of the skills and competences gained by the volunteers. These activities could also enhance the capacity of the solidarity sector organisations to tackle common European challenges and their abilities to develop volunteering projects.
  • Preparatory Visit: Preparatory visits are visits to the venue of the volunteering activities before they start. They should ensure high quality of activities involving young people with fewer opportunities or when the visit is necessary for the implementation of an activity with a strong inclusion dimension. The visit can focus on facilitating and preparing administrative arrangements, building trust and understanding and setting-up a solid partnership between the organisations and the people involved. Participants with fewer opportunities that will take part in the planned activities can be involved in the visit, in order to help with their preparation and involve them in activity design so that their needs are taken into account from the start.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Eligible participating organisations: Any organisation legally established in a programme country or a partner country neighbouring the EU that holds a valid volunteering Quality Label or Erasmus+ volunteering accreditation. Participating organisations must hold a valid volunteering Quality Label or Erasmus+ volunteering accreditation at the latest at the start of the activities they are involved in and during the entire duration of the activities.
  • Eligible applicants: Any eligible participating organisation legally established in a programme country and any international organisation. The organisation applies on behalf of all participating organisations involved in the project. The applicant organisation must hold a valid volunteering Quality Label or Erasmus+ volunteering accreditation at the application deadline and during the entire duration of the project.
  • Number of participating organisations: At least three eligible organisations, from at least two different programme countries.
  • Venue of activities: Activities have to take place in the country of one of the participating organisations except in duly justified cases, related to the objectives of the call. The activities have to take place in a programme country or a partner country neighbouring the EU.
  • Number of activities: At least one volunteering team activity must be implemented
  • Number of participants: Minimum 40 participants per project.
  • Duration of project: 12, 24 or 36 months.

Additional Eligibility Criteria for volunteering teams activities

  • Duration of activity: 2 weeks to 2 months, excluding travel time
  • Eligible participants: Young people between 18 and 30 years who are legally residing in a programme country or in a partner country neighbouring the EU and have registered in the European Solidarity Corps Portal.
  • Number of participants and composition of teams: Minimum 5 participants. The team should be composed of participants coming from at least two different countries and at least a quarter of team members coming from countries that are different from the country where the activity takes place. Young people can only be involved in one activity at a time.

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