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Programme: Europe for Citizens
Identifier: 615100-CITIZ-1-2019-1-HR-CITIZ-CIV
Title: Volunteers as a force of solidarity in times of crisis
Summary
The goal of this project was to contribute to strengthening and promoting the role of volunteering as the impact of volunteering during the EU refugee crisis was immense. We wanted to raise awareness and further encourage discussion on volunteering and its role in creating open, tolerant, sensible and successful communities. Specific project objective was to gather opinions on volunteering in times of crisis and after, and to promote volunteering as solidarity and democracy force in Europe, which is in line with EU policies and strategies. At the beginning of project implementation, international research was conducted by project partners in cooperation with University of Split, Croatia. In total, 1372 people participated in our research. The sample consisted of 265 participants from Belgium, 301 participants from Croatia, 256 participants from Italy, 193 participants from Poland and 357 participants from Serbia. The data was collected between May and September 2020. Research goal was to examine attitudes and perspectives on volunteering and volunteers, specifically on volunteering during various crisis situations. Most respondents generally consider volunteering to be important, as well as volunteering in a crisis. Future research should be conducted on a representative sample and certainly examine more deeply the motivation for volunteering in general and specifically for volunteering in crisis, examine how to encourage those involved in volunteering in an immediate crisis (such as COVID-19) to volunteer long- term. During the project implementation, in total 8 events were organized. The aim of the events was to discuss the importance and the influence of organized volunteering and volunteers in times of different crisis - humanitarian, health, natural, etc. Further, each partner was responsible for opening a discussion on the values and importance of quality established volunteering program for action during the crisis in the community. All events were organized as conferences or other forms of public discussion and presentation of research results. During the events, partners presented research results and highlighted most important issues pertaining to their local communities. Additionally, they invited experts in volunteering and community organizing to participate and share their perspective. Of course, there was always time reserved for discussion and promotion of the VOCIS project and raising public knowledge on Europe for Citizen program (now CERV). Since the project implementation started days before the whole world was hit by a COVID-19 caused lockdown, some activities had to be organized online instead live and, with approval of EACEA, all national events were organized in hybrid or online form. All implemented activities and events were successful and we received positive feedback from participants. As a part of the project, one person fulfilled an internship via ESC program. Person in question is Francesca Barison, and she did her internship in CEV – Centre for European volunteering in Brussels during 15/09/2020 to 15/11/2020. Her main tasks were to participate in the organization of an International VOCIS event in Padova (Italy). Since the pandemic posed as a challenge, the event was organized online. Francesca says: It was the first time I had the chance to participate in the organization of an international event and it was very interesting and stimulating.In total, 573 people participated in project activities - events, in 5 European countries (Croatia, Belgium, Italy, Serbia, Poland).
Start Date: 01-03-2020
End Date: 30-08-2022
Duration in months: 30
Total Budget: 148680
Details
Year (Call): 2019
Country:
Activity: Strand2: Democratic engagement and civic participation
Sub-Activity: Civil society projects
Coordinator
Organisation: UDRUGA MI - SPLIT
Address: SINJSKA 7
Postal Code: 21000
City: SPLIT
Country:
Region: Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Organisation type: Civil Society Organisation
PIC: 941514011
SRBIJA U POKRETU
Address: TAKOVSKA 12
Postal Code: 11000
Region: Serbia
City: BELGRADE
PIC: 937350480
CENTRE EUROPEEN DU VOLONTARIAT
Address: AVENUE DES ARTS 7 8
Postal Code: 1210
Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
City: BRUXELLES
PIC: 951304900
ASSOCIAZIONE CIESSEVI
Address: PIAZZA CASTELLO 3
Postal Code: 20121
Region: Lombardia
City: MILANO
PIC: 948235723
FUNDACJA RZECZ SPOLECZNA
Address: PIOTROWICKA, 50C/45 40-723
Postal Code: 40-723
Region: Śląskie
City: KATOWICE
PIC: 913251800
HRVATSKI CENTAR ZA RAZVOJ VOLONTERSTVA
Address: STJEPANA RADIĆA 16
Postal Code: 31000
Region: Osječko-baranjska županija
City: OSIJEK
PIC: 920554251
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