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Volunteerism Resources For Europe

A list of online and published resources related to volunteer engagement in Europe - studies, statistics, regional volunteer centres, national volunteer centers, volunteer matching services, etc.

For this purposes of this study, the term volunteer refers to any person who is donating labour to non-governmental organizations (NGOs), charities, community organisations, etc. The term does includes anyone undertaking such unpaid work regardless of their motivation for doing so.

This data was used to evaluate how much mainstream/traditional volunteerism organizations reference any form of Internet-mediated volunteering.

Studies about volunteerism in the EU overall or any European country since 2003:

Volunteering in the European Union - Study (2010) - The report provides research and insights of the current situation of volunteering in the European Union: http://ec.europa.eu/citizenship/pdf/doc1018_en.pdf [EN]

NCVO UK Civil Society Almanac - maps the the size and scope of the voluntary sector in the United Kingdom.

International organizations:
International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE)
European Volunteer Center (CEV)
Volonteurope (based in Germany, but European-focused)
EU / European Youth Portal / European Volunteering Exchanges (extensive list)
Betobe: network of online volunteering in English, French and Spanish.
Association of Voluntary Service Organizations

SALTO-YOUTH.net - a network of 8 Resource Centres working on European priority areas within the youth field. It provides youth work and training resources and organises training and contact-making activities to support organisations and National Agencies within the frame of the European Commission's Youth in Action programme and beyond.

UN Volunteers' Online Volunteering Service

Global Service Leaders - promotes the work of community service / volunteer service leaders worldwide, shares ideas, experiences and resources. Web site includes toolkits, country profiles, program profiles and research

Raising Effectiveness of Volunteering in Europe through Adult Learning (REVEAL) - "In spite of the increasingly recognised role of volunteering as a catalyst for social and economic development, many inefficiencies affect its impact and undermine its potential... REVEAL is designed to timely respond to the fact that volunteers carry out many managerial and organisational activities for which require specific training." The web site includes a tool that assesses the user’s knowledge and skills across a number of relevant areas (Project Management, Financial Management, Communication & Public Relations and Public Speaking, and HR Management and Volunteer Management). The site also provides free online training packages aimed to build the knowledge and skills of volunteers and volunteer managers throughout Europe regarding these subjects. Information is available in English, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Croatian and Swedish.

Resources by country:

About Internet-mediated volunteering
The information we are seeking / How to submit information
Outreach for this project
Challenges to this research (obstacles we're facing in gathering information)
Case studies (Europe focus)
Resources and research related to Internet-mediated volunteering
Resources related to telecommuting, virtual teams and remote management
Legal status and regulations regarding volunteers
Resources related to volunteer engagement and volunteerism in EU countries statistics, studies, volunteer centres, volunteer matching sites, sites for volunteers, sites for those that want to involve volunteers, etc.
Online work sites for pay (rather than virtual volunteering sites, for no pay) - examples and studies
Información en español
Informations en français
Informationen in Deutsch