Research for CULT Committee - European Solidarity Corps and volunteering
This study provides an assessment of the legislative proposal for the establishment of the European Solidarity Corps. It focuses on the added value of the ESC; challenges linking EU programmes; and the complementarity to paid employment. It concludes that in principle the initiative is welcome; however, many issues in the proposal (and supporting documentation) are not sufficiently made clear. The most important concerns are: 1) level of engagement of stakeholders in the ESC framework; 2) feasibility to achieve 100,000 solidarity activities; 3) assuring participation of disadvantaged groups; 4) disparities between volunteers in different programmes; 5) the status of the quality label; 6) capacities of National Agencies; 7) lack of clarity on how to distribute ESC activities and funding across Member States; 8) lack of a monitoring system; 9) unclear definition of ‘solidarity activity’; 10) lack of safeguards to prevent replacing paid employment; 11) the choice for not integrating ESC in Erasmus+ should be better explained.
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BROEK Simon, BUISKOOL Bert-Jan
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- EU-byrå
- EU-institutionerna och EU:s förvaltning
- EU-kontroll
- EU-lagstiftning
- EU-program
- EU:s finanser
- EU:s finansiering
- europeisk integration
- EUROPEISKA UNIONEN
- frivilligorganisation
- internationell hjälparbetare
- INTERNATIONELLA FÖRBINDELSER
- obetalt arbete
- samarbetspolitik
- samhällsfrågor
- social integration
- SOCIALA FRÅGOR
- sysselsättning
- SYSSELSÄTTNING OCH ARBETE
- ungdomsarbete