References

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Here is the final paper.


The following online and in-print articles and publications are cited in the earliest drafts of the paper associated with this overall ICT4EMPL project and wiki. All online sources were accessed or downloaded (retrieved) between April 1 and August 31, 2013. However, not all of these resources may have made it into the final version of the paper.

Adonis, A. (2003, July 1). Youth unemployment: it's not age that matters but lack of skills. The Guardian. Retrieved from http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/01/youth-unemployment-not-age-lack-of-skills

Brewis, G., Hill M. and Stevens, D. (2010, September). Valuing Volunteer Management Skills Skills Third Sector and Institute. Retrieved from http://www.valuenetwork.org.uk/Documents%20for%20Website/Employability/IVR%20Valuing%20vol_managmt_skills.pdf

Cherie Blair Foundation for Women (2012). Application and selection process. Retrieved from http://www.cherieblairfoundation.org/mentoring-programme-application-process/

COCEMFE BADAJOZ (2013). Manual de Formación del Voluntariado. Federación de Asociaciones de Personas con Discapacidad Física y Orgánica de la Provincia de Badajoz. Retrieved from http://www.cocemfebadajoz.org/voluntariado/capitulo_32.html

Cox, M. (2013). Volunteering Helped Me Find a Job. British Red Cross blog. Retrieved from http://blogs.redcross.org.uk/emergencies/2013/01/volunteering-helped-me-find-a-job/

Cravens J. (2000). The Virtual Volunteering Project. Retrieved from http://www.coyotecommunications.com/vv/

Cravens, J. (2003, Oct. 9). OV info in Spanish. Message posted to http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/f/26/p/5873/5873.aspx#5873

Cravens J. and Ellis SJ (2013). The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook. Manuscript submitted for publication by Energize, Inc. Accessed May 10, 2013.

E-VOLUNTAS (2003). Guía del Voluntariado Virtual de Susan Ellis y Jayne Cravens (traducida por los miembros de E-Voluntas). Retrieved 15 May 2013 from archive of the original web site, http://www.sumadevoluntades.org/summa/evoluntas/index.jsp, at http://web.archive.org/web/20031108041716/http:www.sumadevoluntades.org/summa/evoluntas/index.jsp

Ellis (2004). Interns: The “Acceptable” Volunteers? Energize, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.energizeinc.com/hot/2004/04nov.html

Ellis SJ and Cravens J. (2000). Virtual Volunteering Guidebook: How to Apply the Principles of Real-World Volunteer Management to Online Service. Energize, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.energizeinc.com/art/elecbooks.html

European Commission (2004). Joint report on social inclusion. Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/social_inclusion/docs/final_joint_inclusion_report_2003_en.pdf

European Commission (2013). Youth Policy. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth-policies/social-inclusion_en.htm

Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (2012). Volunteering - A force for change. Retrieved from
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European Framework (2006). Key competences for lifelong learning. Retrieved from http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/education_training_youth/lifelong_learning/c11090_en.htm

European Volunteer Centre (2013). Policy/ Advocacy. Retrieved from http://www.cev.be/policy-advocacy/

European Volunteer Centre (2012). Volunteering Infrastructure in Europe. Retrieved from http://www.alliance-network.eu/uploads/Alliance%20documents/Other%20documents%20Volunteering%20and%20Youth/CEV_Volunteering%20infrastructure.pdf

Gay, P. (1998) Getting into work: The role of volunteering in improved employability. Institute for Volunteering Research. Retrieved from http://www.ivr.org.uk/images/stories/Institute-of-Volunteering-Research/Migrated-Resources/Documents/G/GETTING-INTO-WORK.pdf

Geoghegan, T. (2005, December 7). Is volunteering just for the privileged few? BBC News Magazine. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4504684.stm

Ghosh, R.A., Glott R., Krieger, B., Robles, G., Free/Libre and Open Source Software: Survey and Study FLOSS, Deliverable D18: FINAL REPORT Part IV: Survey of Developers (2002 June). International Institute of Infonomics, University of Maastricht and Berlecon Research GmbH, The Netherlands. Retrieved from http://www.flossproject.org/report/Final4.htm

Glott, R., Schmidt, P., Ghosh R. (2010 March). Wikipedia Survey – Overview of Results. UNU-MERIT. Retrieved from http://www.wikipediastudy.org

Hacesfalta.org (2001). Archived from the original web site, http://www.hacesfalta.org/index2.htm, at http://web.archive.org/web/20011020055152/http:www.hacesfalta.org/index2.htm

Internet World Stats (2004). Top 20 Countries With the Highest Internet Penetration Rate (Percentage of the population using the Internet). Archived from the original web site, http://www.internetworldstats.com/top25.htm at
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International Labour Organization (2011). Manual on the measurement of volunteer work. Retrieved from http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---stat/documents/publication/wcms_162119.pdf

McCloughan P., Batt W. H., Costine M., Scully D. (2011). Second European Quality of Life Survey, Participation in volunteering and unpaid work. EUFOUND (EUropean Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working COnditions). Retrieved from http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/02/en/1/EF1102EN.pdf

Murray V. and Harrison Y. (2002). Virtual Volunteering: Current Status and Future Prospects. University of Victoria. Retrieved from https://www.onlinevolunteering.org/resources/documents/murray_sr2_english_web.pdf

National Volunteering Strategy Consultation Report (2010). Retrieved from http://www.dpmc.gov.au/publications/national_volunteering/docs/consultation_report-national_volunteering_strategy.pdf

NetAid (2000). Archived from the original web site, http://app.netaid.org/OV, at http://web.archive.org/web/20000408173631/http:app.netaid.org/OV

Newton B., Oakley J., Pollard E. (2011). Volunteering: Supporting transitions. vinspired. Retrieved from http://vplatform-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/admin_assets/datas/1879/original/Volunteering-%20Supporting%20Transitions%20FINAL.pdf

Nov, O. (2007). What Motivates Wikipedians. Communications of the ACM. Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved from http://faculty.poly.edu/~onov/Nov_Wikipedia_motivations

Observatorio Navarro de Empleo (2012). 10 competencias críticas para la empleabilidad de los jóvenes, con instituciones educativas y empresas navarras. Servicio Navarro de Empleo at the Confederación de Empresarios de Navarra. Retrieved from http://ifuturo.org/es/publicaciones/habilidades%20criticas%20para%20empleabilidad%20de%20jovenes%20navarros.pdf

OneWorld (2003). Archived from the original web site, http://www.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/266/4408, at http://web.archive.org/web/20031205132730/http:www.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/266/4408 (Retreived 13.May.2013)

Paylor, J. (2012 June). Micro-volunteering: doing some good through smartphones?
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Peña-López, I. (2002). Voluntarios virtuales. ABC Nuevo Trabajo, 01 december 2002, 30. Retrieved from http://ictlogy.net/articles/20021201b_www.ictlogy.net_virtual_volunteers_esp.pdf

Salas, E.L. (2009). Claves para la Gestión del Voluntariado en las Entidades no Lucrativas. Fundación Luis Vives. Retrieved from
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STEMNET - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Network (2010). Top 10 Employability Skills. University of Exeter. Retrieved from http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/dl/93e86358c0c032a84ba9f51a225a24507d2286f8/3058-Employability_skills_guide.pdf

Skills – Third Sector (2008). Volunteer Managers, National Occupational Standards. Retrieved from http://www.skills-thirdsector.org.uk/documents/NOS_Volunteer_Managers_Full_Version_NEW.pdf

Spera C., Ghertner R., Nerino A., DiTommaso A., (2013). Volunteering as a Pathway to Employment: Does Volunteering Increase Odds of Finding a Job for the Out of Work? Corporation for National and Community Service. Retrieved from http://www.nationalservice.gov/sites/default/files/upload/employment_research_report.pdf

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UKVPMs (2013). Retrieved from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UKVPMs/

United Nations Information Technology Service (2004). Archived from the original web site, http://www.unites.org/html/news/u191103.htm, at http://web.archive.org/web/20040614230952/http:www.unites.org/html/news/u191103.htm

United Nations Information Technology Service (2005). Results so far. Retrieved from http://unites.org/results.htm

United Nations Volunteers Online Volunteering Service (2004). Archived from the original web site, http://www.onlinevolunteering.org, at
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United Nations Volunteers Online Volunteering Service (2013). Are You Ready To Volunteer Online? Retrieved from https://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/vol/resources/are_you_ready.html

United Nations Volunteers Online Volunteering Service (2012). Online Volunteering Award, 2002 - 2006. Retrieved from https://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/vol/stories/index.html

United Nations Volunteers Online Volunteering Service (2004) Who is Using the OV Service? Archived from the original web site, http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/news/news_article.php?art_id=1298, at http://web.archive.org/web/20041205083644/http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/news/news_article.php?art_id=1298

United Nations Volunteers World Volunteer web (2005). World Cup attracts 25,000 volunteer hopefuls. Retrieved from http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/news-views/news/doc/world-cup-attracts-25000.html

VERSO-Volunteers for European Employment (2012). VERSO in short. Retrieved from http://verso.au.dk/news/verso-in-short/

Volunteering England (2013). What is Volunteering. National Council for Voluntary Organisations. Retrieved from http://www.volunteering.org.uk/iwanttovolunteer/what-is-volunteering

Wikipedia History (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved May 15, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia#History

Woodhouse, P. (1998). People As Informants. Finding Out Fast, Investigative Skills for Policy and Development. Sage Publications in association with The Open University, London.

YouthNet UK (2013). Volunteering at YouthNet. Retrieved from http://www.youthnet.org/work-for-youthnet/

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