Commission of Voluntary Agencies

unaffiliated volunteer [ spontaneous volunteer | convergent volunteer | emergent volunteer | drop-in volunteer | walk-in volunteer ]

volunteer fire fighter | volunteer fireman

international voluntary worker [ international volunteer | Peace Corps | Voluntary Service Overseas | VSO | international voluntary services(UNBIS) ]

Panel on Accountability and Governance in the Voluntary Sector [ Voluntary Sector Roundtable ]

pro bono legal service | volunteer legal service | voluntary legal service

pro bono lawyer | volunteer lawyer

These strategies for preventing and combating situations of homelessness are based not only on improving the social emergency mechanisms, providing more temporary accommodation, setting up multidisciplinary mobile outreach teams, networking between public authorities, health care and psychiatric institutions, emergency shelter institutions and social housing agencies, co-operation with NGOs and a guaranteed rehousing capacity by the public authorities, but also on sustained efforts by professionals and volunteers to help with social integration and re-integration.

56. Recognises that the need, pointed out in the 2001 Laeken Declaration, for the EU institutions to be brought closer to the Union’s citizens is ongoing; supports, therefore, a formal examination of the 'Solidarité proposal' for an interinstitutional human resources programme in the EU institutions to facilitate the involvement of their staff and trainees in community engagement through benevolent humanitarian and positive social activities, both as part of staff training and in the form of volunteering; highlights the fact that the proposed programme is cost-saving and highly value-adding and would help to promote and implement EU po ...[+++]licies and programmes; urges all the Member States to include employee volunteering in their national action plans; calls for a ‘compact’ to be signed through the European Volunteer Centre (CEV) with a view to engaging civil society organisations throughout Europe in pursuit of this objective;

58. Recognises that the need, pointed out in the 2001 Laeken Declaration, for the EU institutions to be brought closer to the Union’s citizens is ongoing; supports, therefore, a formal examination of the 'Solidarité proposal' for an interinstitutional human resources programme in the EU institutions to facilitate the involvement of their staff and trainees in community engagement through benevolent humanitarian and positive social activities, both as part of staff training and in the form of volunteering; highlights the fact that the proposed programme is cost-saving and highly value-adding and would help to promote and implement EU po ...[+++]licies and programmes; urges all the Member States to include employee volunteering in their national action plans; calls for a ‘compact’ to be signed through the European Volunteer Centre (CEV) with a view to engaging civil society organisations throughout Europe in pursuit of this objective;

If the organisation does not have enough staff of its own, we recommend calling for volunteers in an effort to promote the European Ombudsman institution, especially volunteers from the countries from the last wave or two of enlargement, including Members of the European Parliament.