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When solidarity is criminalised

The conference ‘Civil society support for refugees and migrants: decriminalising solidarity and providing humanitarian admission’, organised by the European Economic and Social Committee, gathered together activists, lawyers, NGOs and repre

Erasmus +: Impact of European projects on the island of La Palma

The development of projects on the island of La Palma, the EU RUP favor the access of young people to learning opportunities offered by ERASMUS+.

International cooperation: what can you do as a volunteer from here?

¿Are you interested in volunteering in development cooperation and would you like to do something in your local context, but you do not know how?

What can volunteering can bring to me?

Volunteering is much more than giving part of your time to do humanitarian work, it can help us to discover skills that we did not even think we had.

How to choose between an Erasmus and a European Voluntary Service (EVS)?

If you are undecided between performing an EVS or an Erasmus, here are the differences between the two programs, although the ideal is that you finally decide for both.

A solid net of volunteers for the European Capital of Culture

The European capital of culture of 2016 has been characterized since its candidacy by the importance of the human factor in its different areas and activities. A committed network of volunteers makes this possible.

Solidarity Camps with NGO Setem

Come to meet the social reality in a South country with NGO Setem. This year Setem Catalonia offers 22 different destinies among Asia, Africa and South America.

Do you want to volunteer in the cooperation field?

Do you want to take part in a cooperation project? Do you want to get involved with society to fight its injustices? Have you been thinking about international volunteering in international cooperation for development for some time already?

CHARITY WORK IN BARCELONA

Have you ever thought of becoming a volunteer?. Do you know what does it mean to work as a volunteer?. how can you contribute and what can you learn?. Do you know in which fields can you participate?

What is a work camp? Choose the best for you

A work camp is a different way to spend your summer holidays, doing volunteering work of social interest with young people from different countries.

Youth and International Cooperation

One of the areas where with more presence of young people is in development cooperation.

Where can I be a volunteer?

Surely you have ever thought about how to help or where can I do it. Lend a hand with any entity or NGO is something increasingly common among young people. We are going to show you some entities where you can colaborate.

What is the Volunteering for the Language?

If you arrived to Catalonia a short time ago and you want to improve your Catalan, the Consorci per a la Normalització Lingüística de la Generalitat offers you a service of linguistic volunteer service: “Volunteering for the Language”

A volunteer that works

Volunteering with people with functional diversity in Spain

Youth participation in volunteering and its benefits to professional future

Nowadays, we see the youth very involved in what concern them and move inside themselves. That's because they participate in projects and work as volunteers in entities and organizations.

Online volunteering: The new way of changing the world

Nowadays there are infinite opportunities of helping the children and offering your solidary services for a social objective in which you believe. Here we present you a few popular programs of online volunteering. Feel like getting connected?

Volunteering in Spain

Not long time ago, in our country it has become necessary to create involuntary institutions, organizations and entities are added to a long list and expand the choices available to the volunteers to invest their time and commitment was part of society screaming assistance.

They also need your help: volunteering with animals

Are you an animal lover? Do you enjoy being surrounded by animals and spending your time with them? If you even dreamed about combining your passion with doing something good for others at the same time, you may be interested in one of many programs offering voluntary work with animals. Not only do humans need help, but animals as well!

Gap year

This concept is much more widespread in northern Europe and the U.S. in which a person decides to spend an indefinite period without ties or aimlessly, escaping everyday life.

El Youthpass

Many young people have participated in volunteer activities through the Youth in Action program. Sometimes they ask and say: How can I justify the time I've been to another country? I’d like to prove what I've learned!

Free volunteer work exchange in Spain

Do you want to have the chance to make a different volunteer, living with local families or with people from other countries settled in Spain? This is your volunteering opportunity!

Protection and safety of volunteers in Spain

In the organizations` world, non profit entities, organization non governmental (from now NGO´S) and private / public institutions, the volunteers are involved on it.

ASOCIACION DE ORGANIZACIONES DE VOLUNTARIOS

Association of Volunteers Organizations

The national and international cooperation between organizations leads to the team work of hundreds of volunteers who daily try to bring people closer to the reality of a developing country.

History of volunteering in Spain

Volunteering, or at least an approximate idea of what we know as volunteering today, started to emerge between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, through the disinterested help that wealthy families offered to less favored population as well as through the help of religious congregations.