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Time to concentrate on our business, don’t you think?
You are an EVS volunteer now! Some people call it EPS (European Party Service), others call it ETS (European Travelling Service) and I am sure if you use your imagination you can come up with an equally creative abbreviation. Still, EVS does include partying, promotes travelling but more than anything derives from the ideal of volunteering, the idealism of volunteers, hence EVS! And volunteering in a Greek social organisation, offering your time and enthusiasm to local social activities implies a higher level of commitment, involvement and seriousness than partying and travelling. This is the part you will get all this important information that you may have skipped or never looked at for a second time but is so but so important! The roles of the involved parties, Volunteer’s Insurance and the EURO-26 card, the Budget, Youth pass and Non Formal Learning. Issues that if you have as your basis of this experience will help you to get the most out of it. The European Voluntary Service has been here with us for around 10 years if we take into account its pilot period (since 1996). Since then, thousands of young people had the chance you are having now and the percentages of the people benefiting from it in various ways are amazing. Learning a new language, getting professional experience, becoming more open to new cultures, making friends, self-development and much more (Volunteers’ Perceptions of the Impact of the European Voluntary Service in their lives, Brussels, 1999). The European Voluntary Service is a programme initially developed by the Directorate General XXII of the European Commission. The programme is now open to all young people between the ages of 15 to 30 and are residents or national in any of the Programme Countries or Partner Countries as mentioned earlier. EVS supports transnational voluntary service by young people and its aims are to: develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, primarily so as to sustain social cohesion in the European Union and to encourage active citizenship and enhances mutual understanding among young people. These general objectives will be achieved by: helping young people participate in various forms of voluntary activities, both within and outside the European Union; giving young people the opportunity to express their personal commitment through voluntary activities at European and international level; involving young people in projects fostering solidarity between citizens of the European Union; involving young volunteers in a non-profit-making, unpaid and full-time activity for the benefit of the general public in a country other than their country of residence. The European Voluntary Service is a “learning” service: through non-formal learning experiences young volunteers will improve and acquire skills for their personal, educational and professional development, and add to their general social integration. EVS asks for no qualifications beyond motivation and enthusiasm and it is not a replacement of military service or a substitution for existing or potential paid jobs. In an EVS project, volunteers that they should help define young people can learn about taking responsibility, being involved in a team and defining themselves. The programme hopes that as their skills develop and they confront the challenges of living in a different culture, their self-confidence and independence also increases. This non-formal education is seen as a means for motivating young people to develop their skills not only on a personal and social level but on a professional level as well. As a result, the voluntary service wishes to provide a complement to an individual’s formal education and training allowing him/her to take a more active role in determining his/her future integration into the labour market and society. For more info visit www.action2.eu www.evsguide.eu |
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