European voluntary service: documents

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AVSO's Documents

 

        POLICY CONTRIBUTIONS

 

- AVSO Contribution to the Volunteering Interest Group meeting, June 2007

- AVSO Top 10 of Voluntary Service, 2007

 

        AVSO NEWSLETTER - ARCHIVE

 

- October 2007

- September 2007

- June - July 2007

- May 2007

- April 2007

- March 2007

- February 2007

- January 2007

- December 2006

- November 2006

- October 2006

 

        MEMBERS

 

- Handbook Still Active - Lunaria

        MISCELLANEOUS

- Agenda of the Conference in the EP, 13 June 2007

- EU funding opportunities 2007-2013 - Summary by AVSO

- AVSO at the seminar "Understanding Civic Service: International Research and Application", Washington University in St. Louis, February 2007

- AVSO Annual Report 2006

- Step-by-step to long-term voluntary service, December 2001

 

European Documents (EU, CoE & co.)

        EUROPEAN COUNCIL

- Key messages in the field of education and training from the Education, Youth & Culture (EYC) Council to the Spring 2007 European Council

- Presidency conclusions - European Youth Pact, 2005

- Council Directive 2004/114/EC on the conditions of admission of third-country nationals for the purposes of studies, pupil exchange, unremunerated training or voluntary service, December 2004

- Resolution of the Council regarding the framework of European cooperation in the youth field, June 2002

- Resolution of the Council on the added value of voluntary activity for young people in the context of the development of Community action on youth, February 2002

 

         EUROPEAN COMMISSION

- Communication from the Commission - Promoting young people's full participation in education, employment and society, September 2007

- Commission Staff working document - Accompanying document to the Communication Promoting young people's full participation in education, employment and society - Analysis of national reports from the Member States of the European Union concerning the implementation of the common objectives for voluntary activities of young people, September 2007

- Inclusion strategy of the Youth in Action programme 2007 - 2013 (draft), July 2007

- Youth in Action 2007 - 2013 Programme Guide

- Addendum to the Youth in Action Programme Guide

- Communication from the Commission - Plan-D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate, October 2005

- Communication from the Commission - A citizens’ agenda - Delivering results for Europe, May 2005

- Communication from the Commission on European policies concerning youth -
Addressing the concerns of young people in Europe –Implementing the European Youth Pact and promoting active citizenship,  May 2005

- General recommendations for visa/residence permit applications for the benefit of the youth programme participants, April 2005

- Communication to the Spring European Council - Working together for growth and jobs A new start for the Lisbon Strategy, February 2005

- Communication from the Commission - Follow-up to the White Paper on a New Impetus for European Youth: evaluation of activities conducted in the framework of European cooperation in the youth field, October 2004

- Communication from the Commission - Follow-up to the White Paper on a New Impetus for European Youth. Proposed common objectives for voluntary activities among young people in response to the Council Resolution of 27 June 2002 regarding the framework of European cooperation in the youth field, April 2004

- European commission White paper - A new impetus for European youth, November 2001

 

         EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

- Opinion on Voluntary activity: its role in European society and its impact, December 2006

 

         COUNCIL OF EUROPE

- Preparing the ”White Paper on intercultural dialogue” of the Council of Europe, January 2007

- International Voluntary Service, Tkit

 

         MISCELLANEOUS EUROPE

- Overview of new financial rules and funding opportunities 2007-2013 - EC Info Pack

- Commission puts focus on young people, James Binning, EuropeanVoice, November 2006

- Future Youth Policy: the challenges ahead, 2005

 

 International Documents

- John Hopkins University, Measuring Civil Society and Volunteering, 2007

- University of Johannesburg and University of Zimbabwe, Research Partnerships Build the Service Field in Africa - Special Issue on Civic Service in the Southern African Development Community, March 2007

- Institute for Volunteering Research, Volunteering for All? Exploring the link between volunteering and social exclusion

- GSI-CSD, Youth Service: A Comprehensive Perspective, 2004

- Global Service Institute and Volunteer and Service Enquiry Southern Africa, Service Enquiry - Service in the 21st Century, September 2003

- CSD, The Forms and Nature of Civic Service: A Global Assessment, January 2003

- H.K. Anheier and L.M. Salamon, Volunteering in cross-national perspective: Initial comparisons, July 2001

 

          UNITED NATIONS

- UN General Assembly Resolutions on volunteering (link)

- Ad de Raad, UNV Executive Coordinator, Defining distinctive contributions, 16 June 2006

- UNV Annual Report 2005/2006, Inclusion and Participation

- Ad de Raad, UNV Executive Coordinator, Launch of Volunteerism and Legislation Guidance Note, 1 October 2004

- UNV, Developing a Volunteer Infrastructure, 2003

- UNV, Volunteerism and Capacity Development, 2002

- Robert Leigh, United Nations Volunteers,  Making Volunteering Count, 9 November 2002

- UN Resolution 56/38. Recommendations on support for volunteering, 10 January 2002

- ECOSOC, Volunteering and Social Development, 21 February 2001

- UNV, Below the Waterline of Public Visibility, November 2000

- UNV, On Volunteering and Social Development, November 1999