At the occasion of the SPORTVISION2012 Conference hosted within the framework of the Danish Presidency of the European Union, the International Sport and Culture Assoction ISCA has announced the ... Read more
ISCA launches the European MOVE WEEK
European Championship in Club Innovation 2013
In support of the vision ‘100 million more EU citizens active in sport and physical activity by 2020’ the Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations (DGI) and International Sport and ... Read more
European Championship in Club Innovation 2013
EuroVolNet running fast
EuroVolNet project is developing Voluntary Services Tutorial which will be a leading resource of good examples which have been collected in the project. The tutorial will be designed to provide ... Read more
EuroVolNet running fast
EuroVolNet Closing Conference
EuroVolNet project has had a busy and an exciting year 2011. Project partners have made great contribution to the project. The work continues in 2012 with the implementation of the EVN Tutorial into action and give people the EVN` spirit: »We volunteer. We make differences!«.EuroVolNet Tutorial will be launched on the EuroVolNet Closing Conference that will be held in Copenhagen connected to SPORTVISION 2012 Conference, 19. – 20.3.2012. Find more here: http://www.sportvision2012.eu/home The “Volunteers make a difference” track will be an opportunity to discuss recent strategic challenges in volunteering and to outline recommendations for the European policy makers. This will be a timely follow-up on the 2011 European Year of Volunteering and the Aarhus Declaration on volunteering of the EU Sport Ministers from 2002.
EuroVolNet Closing Conference
Policy Agenda on Volunteering in Europe
The Policy Agenda for Volunteering in Europe has been published on the 1st of December 2011 during the final conference by the European Year of Volunteering 2011 Alliance. It was officially ... Read more
Policy Agenda on Volunteering in Europe
ISCA launches the European MOVE WEEK
At the occasion of the SPORTVISION2012 Conference hosted within the framework of the Danish Presidency of the European Union, the International Sport and Culture Assoction ISCA has announced the ... Read more
EuroVolNet is a transnational project that fosters the exchange of best practices regarding legal, organizational and funding related aspects of voluntary activity in sport. The project partners will form a network of actors involved in the management and running of sport associations.
The Volunteering in the EU Final Report and White Paper on Sport both confirm the mutually beneficial relation between sport and volunteerism. EuroVolNet will provide a necessary platform for improving the conditions of volunteerism in grass-root sport. The conditions to be elaborated include legal, fiscal, educational and political.
In accordance with the priorities of the call for proposals, EuroVolNet is a transnational project that fosters the exchange of best practices regarding legal, fiscal, educative and political aspects of voluntary activity in sport, faced notably by actors involved in the management and running of national level sport associations consisting of local sport structures.
The Kick-off meeting will officially launch EuroVolNet, where project partners together will discuss the project’s vision and objectives and agree upon a specific action plan.
The primary target group of EuroVolNet is managers, politicians and leaders of national and European level sport organisations, from project partners and beyond. As actors of change, they will reach out to other stakeholders and facilitate the improvement of conditions
Promoting volunteerism with a starting point in sport organisations.
EuroVolNet activities have been instrumental in developing and expanding sport organizations competences in volunteer recruitment, management and retention.
lNet will be evaluated against a set of specific criteria set in agreement with the partner representatives. EuroVolNet activities will also include activity specific evaluation forms for participants. This will allow for ongoing improvement of implementation for the project duration period.
The Seminar was an opportunity to discuss challenges in education for volunteers and to discuss recommendations for the European Commission and other relevant policy makers within 4 main topic: - Recognition of volunteers’ skills and competences within the context of non-formal and informal education and training systems - Recognition of nonformal and informal education and training systems - Promotion of »education culture« within sport and promotion of sport organizations as »learning communities« - National education policies/national lifelong learning strategies across Europe
The Seminar gave time and space for further discussion between EuroVolNet Partners and other relevant institutions and organizations to improve coordination in volunteering cross Europe.
The Seminar was also an opportunity to discuss strategic challenges in volunteering and to discuss recommendations for the European Commission in light of project experiences. For inspirational, motivational and collaborative purposes, 3 EU projects under the 2010 Preparatory action in sport, Special Olympic E/E, Romanian Sport for all Association and Bulgarian Young People Foundation were invited to the Seminar and to the further cooperation.
The Kick-off meeting, January 2011 Brussels, officially launched EuroVolNet, where project partners together discussed the project’s vision and objectives and agreed upon a specific action plan.
