1. #EUSOLIDARITYCORPS

2. POLITICAL VISION President Juncker’s resolve to:
support the many socially minded young people to make meaningful contributions to society and show solidarity, help them gain invaluable experience and address unmet needs in Europe’s communities in the shape of a corps of like-minded citizens and organisations willing to be active agents of positive change.
State of the Union speech 2016

3. HOW DOES IT WORK IN PRACTICE?
European Solidarity Corps Portal:
one-stop shop
Young people (age 18-30) register in the database and are matched for projects by organisations
Approved organisations develop projects, apply to participate and select young people from the database for their projects

4. WORKFLOW IN PRACTICE DATABASE Young person registers to
Approved organisations get access to
DATABASE
Organisation searches for suitable candidates
.. or registrants apply for advertised opportunities
Organisation offers a placement through one of supporting programmes
Organisations provide certificate upon completion
Participant carries out the activity
WORKFLOW IN PRACTICE
Candidates are contacted and interviewed

5. 1st Phase 2016-2018 Negotiations End 2017, early 2018 2nd Phase
Corps supported by 8 EU funding programmes
2nd Phase
Preparation: as of 2017
Implementation:
Negotiations
End 2017, early 2018
1st Phase
European Commission, Council and Parliament agree on the legal base
One funding programme, coherent application rules

6. CONTRIBUTING PROGRAMMES
Phase 1
CONTRIBUTING PROGRAMMES
Placements supported by eight EU funding programmes in Phase 1:
Erasmus+/European Voluntary Service
EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation: EaSI
LIFE programme
EU Health programme
Europe for Citizens Programme
European Regional Development Fund (Interreg Volunteer Youth Initiative)
Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
Accreditations, applications and awarding of grants happen in accordance with the evaluation rules of each programme.

7. VOLUNTEERING DIMENSION
Phase 1
VOLUNTEERING DIMENSION
Volunteering placements: mainly Erasmus+/European Voluntary Service
Implementing bodies: Erasmus+ National Agencies for Youth in programme countries
Projects run by partnerships between accredited organisations
Other contributing programmes in 1st phase: Interreg Volunteer Youth Initiative, LIFE/EAFRD, EU Health programme, AMIF and Europe for Citizens

8. OCCUPATIONAL DIMENSION
Phase 1
OCCUPATIONAL DIMENSION
Occupational placements: jobs and traineeships
Budget: up to EUR 14,2 million from EaSI
Facilitators: Two Public Employment Service (PES) led consortia with lead applicants from IT and FR and co-applicants from different countries
Target: up to 6,000 cross-border placements
Other contributing programmes in 1st phase: AMIF, Europe for Citizens

9. EXAMPLES OF SOLIDARITY SECTORS
Volunteering, jobs and traineeships can take place in various sectors:
Education, health, social entrepreneurship, youth work, social assistance and welfare, provision of food, support and integration of migrants and refugees, environment and nature protection, disaster prevention, rural development.

10. WHERE DO WE STAND? About 46,000 registrations (January 2017)
Highest number of registrations: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany
Main age group: years
75% show interest in both volunteering and occupational strand
Around 2,500 mainly through EVS (December 2017)

11. *Statistics retrieved on 5 December2017

12. *Statistics retrieved on 5 December2017

13. BUILDING A COMMUNITY European Solidarity Corps app
Allows to access profile on mobile devices, create journal entries (only participants on placements), comment and link to social media
Facebook page and group
Provides updates, experiences, inspirational videos, platform to interact
Newsletter to registered participants
Informs about state of play of the Corps, new opportunities, latest IT, mobile features, etc.
My house of European History platform
Gives opportunity to participants to write about Corps experiences

14. How to get involved as an organisation?
Phase 1
How to get involved as an organisation?
FOR VOLUNTEERING STRAND, contact:
National Agency for Erasmus+ Youth in your country for Erasmus+/EVS supported projects: ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/contact/national-agencies_en
Association of European Border Regions for Interreg supported projects: interregyouth.com/
OCCUPATIONAL STRAND, contact:
FR-led project (Pôle Emploi): ,
IT-led project (ANPAL): eusolidaritycorps.anpal.gov.it;
FOR OTHER PROGRAMMES IN BOTH STRANDS: follow information on calls of other supporting programmes on relevant websites
The accreditation, application mechanisms and awarding of grants happens in accordance with the evaluation rules of each programme. Access to the Solidarity Corps database is granted only to approved organisations.

15. Phase 2 PHASE 2: 2018-2020 An own LEGAL BASE – Why? More coherence
More opportunities
More impact
More to offer
On 30 May 2017 the Commission presented a proposal of the European Solidarity Corps regulation for the years The Council and the European Parliament has to agree on the proposal before it enters into force.

16. PROPOSAL OF THE CORPS REGULATION: HIGHLIGHTS
Phase 2
PROPOSAL OF THE CORPS REGULATION: HIGHLIGHTS
Volunteering and occupational strands
Full time and part time placements
Cross border and in-country
Youth led or developed by supporting and hosting organisations
On-line and offline training, guidance, support for young people and organisations

17. Proposal: SOLIDARITY PLACEMENTS
Phase 2
Proposal: SOLIDARITY PLACEMENTS
Volunteering placements
Volunteering teams
Traineeships
Jobs
Cross border or in-country, full time
Cross border or in-country full time
Individually
Groups of people
2-12 months (exceptionally minimum 2 weeks)
2 weeks – 2 months
2-6 months (exceptionally up to 12 months)
2-12 months
Travel costs, food, accommodation, pocket money and support by organisation
Travel costs, food, accommodation and pocket money
Travel costs, integration programme and remuneration by the host organisation
Travel costs, integration programme and salary by the employer

18. Proposal: SOLIDARITY PROJECTS
Phase 2
Proposal: SOLIDARITY PROJECTS
What
Youth-led volunteering activities, mainly part time
Where
In-country, locally
How
Set up and carried out by groups of at least 5 participants
How long
2-12 months

19. Proposal: QUALITY AND SUPPORT MEASURES
Phase 2
Proposal: QUALITY AND SUPPORT MEASURES
Quality
measures
Quality label of organisations, certificate for young people, Resource Centre, insurance
Networking
activities
Activities to raise awareness of the Corps, transnational and national networking activities, alumni networks, community building
Training for participants
Pre-departure and on-arrival training, mid-term evaluation, annual event, post-placement support, Online training, on-line linguistic support
Support to organisations
Training for new organisations, info support and guidance to all

20. Phase 2 PROPOSED GOVERNANCE
European Commission: overall strategy and monitoring
Erasmus+ National Agencies for Youth in the Member States: provide organisations with Quality Label and award EU grants, dissemination and information
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA): implements horizontal services such as online training and insurance
European Solidarity Corps Resource Centre: deals with certification and documentation of skills

21. More information on the European Solidarity Corps
Webpage European Solidarity Corps
Logos and visual identity guidelines of the Corps:
"Communication "European Solidarity Corps" (December 2016)
Press Release Commission proposes more than €340 million to enable placements by 2020 (May 2017)
Proposal for a regulation (May 2017)
Publication "Spotlight on the European Solidarity Corps" (updated June 2017)
Q&A European Solidarity Corps
Facebook
Factsheet "European Solidarity Corps: One Year since take-off (December 2017):