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2011 European Year of Volunteering
EYV2011: Time to celebrate older volunteers!
AGE Platform Europe welcomes the European Year of Volunteering (EYV) 2011, which aims to raise awareness of the importance of voluntary work as a means of promoting active citizenship, social cohesion and solidarity and of the challenges that face millions of volunteers throughout the EU.
The four main objectives of the EYV defined by the European Commission are:
- reducing the obstacles to volunteer work in the EU,
- improving the quality of volunteer work,
- rewarding and acknowledging volunteer work, and
- raising awareness of society and of individuals regarding the value and importance of volunteering for the economy, society and the individual.
AGE is actively involved in the Year as a member of the Steering Group of the EYV2011 NGO Alliance, a NGO coalition running and coordinating the activities around the Year. AGE will also seek to facilitate the involvement of its members in the Year's activities.
For more information on the objectives of the European Year 2011 and AGE involvement, please read our January Special Briefing on the EYV.
More in AGE press release and in AGE leaflet 'Promoting Volunteering for Europe's seniors'/ 'Promouvoir le bénévolat pour les personnes âgées en Europe' EN - FR
EYV2011 European Commission website
For more information on the European Year of Volunteering 2011, please contact Rachel Buchanan, AGE Policy Officer for Employment and Non-Discrimination, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
AGE Platform Europe welcomes the 2011 European Year of Volunteering which aims to promote active citizenship as one of the key dimensions of European modern democracies and to further foster solidarity and non-discrimination in society. The objectives of this European Year are to:
· create an enabling and facilitating environment for volunteering in the EU;
· empower volunteer organisations and improve the quality of volunteering;
· reward and recognise volunteering activities; and
· raise awareness of the value and importance of volunteering.
While the aim is to involve all levels - European, national, regional and local - emphasis is placed very much on a bottom-up approach. In this way, the ownership of this European Year will remain as much as possible with volunteers themselves and volunteer organisations.
It is expected that the European Year of Volunteering will lead to an increase in volunteering activities and to greater awareness of the added value that volunteering brings. It is also hoped that it will highlight the link between voluntary engagement at local level and its significance in the wider EU context.AGE participation in 2011 European Year of Volunteering
Member of EYV2011 NGO Alliance Steering Group
AGE participates in the regular meetings of the Steering Group of the EYV2011 NGO Alliance, including its meetings with the Commission.
AGE experts are participation in two working groups of this NGO Alliance on 1) Legal framework for volunteering and 2) Employee Volunteering.
Contribution to EYV Flow
AGE contributed to the monthly update provided by the Alliance Secretariat on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons on 1 October in which we stressed that the 2012 European Year on Active Ageing will provide a natural complement to the 2011 European Year of Volunteers since volunteering is not only an essential part of active ageing but enhances intergenerational links.
Regular exchange among AGE experts on older volunteering
AGE holds regular exchanges among our employment experts on the added value that the EYV2011is bringing for older volunteers. AGE is seeking to facilitate our members involvement in the EYV2011 at national level.
AGE positions on older volunteering
Please click on the following links for AGE positions on older volunteering:
Promoting active ageing and intergenerational solidarity through senior volunteering
Promoting volunteering for Europe's seniors
Current AGE activities on volunteering
AGE is preparing input to the Commission's Communication on Volunteering whiich will be launched in the autumn.
AGE is updating its position paper on older volunteering to make the link between the EYV2011 and the EY2012.
AGE is preparing input to EESC Hearings on Legal framework for volunteering (27 September) and Employee Volunteering (9 November).
Upcoming Intergroup on Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity
The Intergroup on Ageing will be holding a meeting on older volunteering to look at the link between volunteering and active ageing in the context of the current European Year on Volunteering and the upcoming European Year 2012 for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 March 2011 14:07
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