ECAS is looking for Volunteers from all over the European Union to help with the setup of the European Civil Society House.

 

About the European Civil Society House

The European Civil Society House will be a comprehensive resource and networking space on topics regarding Civil Society, Citizens' Rights and Citizen Participation. It will exist first as a virtual platform in 2011 and later as a physical house. For more information about the project, please visit http://www.ecas-citizens.eu/content/view/172/241/

Desired profile

We are looking for volunteers with a background in: European Politics, European Law, Translation, Media or Communication, Web or graphic design. Civil society activists from all over the 27 Members States as well as from candidate and prospective candidate countries are especially welcome.

About ECAS

ECAS was created in 1990 as an international non-profit organization, independent of political parties, commercial interests and the EU Institutions. Our mission is to enable NGOs and individuals to make their voice heard with the EU by providing advice on how to lobby, fundraise, and defend European citizenship rights. We are a large cross-sectoral European association bringing together members from different areas of activity: civil liberties, culture, development, health and social welfare, as well as general civil society development agencies.

For more information as well as for candidatures, please contact:

Elisabeth Victoria Lasky
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Or visit our website: www.ecas-citizens.eu

ECAS is looking for Volunteers from all over the European Union to help with the setup of the European Civil Society House.

 

About the European Civil Society House

The European Civil Society House will be a comprehensive resource and networking space on topics regarding Civil Society, Citizens' Rights and Citizen Participation. It will exist first as a virtual platform in 2011 and later as a physical house. For more information about the project, please visit http://www.ecas-citizens.eu/content/view/172/241/

Desired profile

We are looking for volunteers with a background in: European Politics, European Law, Translation, Media or Communication, Web or graphic design. Civil society activists from all over the 27 Members States as well as from candidate and prospective candidate countries are especially welcome.

About ECAS

ECAS was created in 1990 as an international non-profit organization, independent of political parties, commercial interests and the EU Institutions. Our mission is to enable NGOs and individuals to make their voice heard with the EU by providing advice on how to lobby, fundraise, and defend European citizenship rights. We are a large cross-sectoral European association bringing together members from different areas of activity: civil liberties, culture, development, health and social welfare, as well as general civil society development agencies.

For more information as well as for candidatures, please contact:

Elisabeth Victoria Lasky
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Or visit our website: www.ecas-citizens.eu

Commission staff working document, THE EU AND SPORT: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Accompanying document to the WHITE PAPER ON SPORT Brussels, 11.7.2007

SEC(2007) 935 {COM(2007) 391 final} {SEC(2007)932} {SEC(2007)934} {SEC(2007)936}

White Paper: 2.4 Promoting volunteering and active citizenship through sport Brussels, 11.7.2007. COM(2007) 391 final. Presented by the Commission: SEC(2007) 932, SEC(2007) 934, SEC(2007) 935, SEC(2007) 936 (in several languages).

Active ageing in active communities: Volunteering and the transition to retirement, by Justin Davis Smith and Pat Gay, Institute for Volunteering Research, UK, 2005

Nb: This report examines the role of older volunteers within the context of an ageing population, increased life expectancy, and growing government interest in notions of active ageing and community involvement.

"Limitations of Civic Service: Critical Perspectives." Working Paper 02-12, by Brav, Jenny. Amanda Moore Mc Bride and Michael Sherraden. 2002.

 "The Forms and Nature of Civic Service: A Global Assessment" by McBride, Amanda Moore, Michael Sherraden, and Carlos Benítez. 2003. St. Louis: Center for Social Development(CSD), Global Service Institute (GSI), Washington University.

Volunteering policy paper. published by Eurodiaconia, September 2010

Volunteering in Germany 1999 – 2004 – 2009, Results of the Representative Survey on Volunteering and Civic Engagement. A survey commissionned by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ). English summary of the main findings published in the "Voluntary Activities Monitor", April 2010.

The framework programme on “Fundamental Rights and Justice”, aims to promote the development of a European society based on European Union citizenship and which is respectful of fundamental rights, fighting anti-semitism, racism and xenophobia and strengthening civil society. The programme will contribute to the setting-up of an area of freedom, security and justice by combating violence and by providing information on and preventing the use of drugs. Moreover, it will promote judicial cooperation with the aim of contributing to the creation of a genuine European area of justice in civil and commercial matters, as well as in criminal matters.

This framework programme consists of 5 actions: (1)prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (Daphne III); (2) Drugs prevention and information; (3) Fundamental rights and citizenship; (4) Civil justice and Criminal justice.

Each specific action foresees Operating Grants, to co-finance the functioning of non-governmental organisations, and Actions Grants, to co-finance specific transnational projects.

Programme website and next deadlines: http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/funding/intro/funding_rights_en.htm