The European Federation for Intercultural Learning (EFIL) is a non-profit volunteer based educational organisation offering intercultural exchanges for young people around the world where young people stay in host families who voluntarily provide this service. Volunteers from all age groups support the learning process of the exchange participants and facilitate their re-entry back home.
EFIL was established in 1971, mainly as a service organisation for AFS partners at European level. All of EFIL’s activities are led and implemented through a combination of volunteer and staff resources and are carried out jointly by EFIL and its Member Organisations.
In the area of volunteering, recently the organization is placing a focus on 1) Quality volunteering by organizing activities to enhance the learning of AFS volunteers & 2) Recognizing volunteer skills and participation. EFIL is a member organisation of the European Youth Forum (YFJ), the NGO Liaison Committee of the Council of Europe, UNESCO, SIETAR and the Platform for Intercultural Europe.
