EYV2011 Engagement Opportunities

EYV Alliance working groups:

• Quality of volunteering
• Legal framework of volunteering
• Volunteering infrastructure
• Recognizing volunteering
• Value of volunteering
• Employee volunteering

Whole year

CSR Europe

CSR Europe is represented in 3 Working groups:

• volunteering infrastructure (CSRe secretariat),
• value of volunteering (Randstad Holdings),
• employee volunteering (Foretica);

CSR Europe members

CSR Europe members Representatives from businesses and organizations can participate as experts in one of the working group sessions throughout the year and therefore contributing to the work elaborated by the groups.

1^st Alliance Meeting

17^th of March 2011 

Main points of discussions included the future of the Alliance, media and press contributions (creation of Facebook group).

1^st  WG Meeting

18-19 March

Working group participant worked on the definition, the scope and the objectives of their respective focus area thematic.

2^nd  Alliance Meeting

20^th -21^st of May 

Main points of discussion included upcoming events, the future of the Alliance (“lobby towards the implementation of the Policy Agenda”), updates from the Taskforce.

2^nd WG Meetings

20^th -21^st of May 

Working group participants respectively worked on the drafting of a one page document including key recommendations to the European Commission. The recommendations should support the European Commission the preparation of the Communication on Volunteering, planned for fall 2011.

A representative from Coca-Cola Hellenic Serbia participated as “expert” to the working group on “volunteering infrastructure”.

3^rd Alliance Meeting

29^th of September

tbd

3^rd  WG Meeting

30^th of September – 1^st of October

Working groups will work on the reviewed recommendations to the European Commission on their respective focus thematic area.

CSR Europe members who are interested in participating, through sharing their experience, to the workshop as “experts” can contact Sarah Dekkiche (sd@csreurope.org).

Public Hearing on Volunteering Infrastructure and the quality of volunteering

European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels

23^rd of May 

CSR Europe presented the business case for volunteering, mainly focusing on the role of businesses in volunteering infrastructure at national level.

EYV Tour:

The EYV 2011 Tour is a series of events taking place in all EU countries. Each stage of the tour in each Member State lasts approximately ten days, and provides volunteers with an opportunity to exhibit their work, meet one another, engage with policymakers and the general public, convey their energy and enthusiasm, and discuss key issues for the future of their work.

Whole Year 

 The events organised as part of the Tour offer companies and CSR organisations various opportunities to highlight their commitment to volunteering, for example by showcasing their activities at an EYV2011 Tour exhibition; suggesting speakers, panellists and live demonstrations; providing volunteer “chaperones” for events, or offering financial or in-kind support to EYV2011 Tour events. To find out how you can participate, please contact the National Coordinating Body (NCB).

More information and the agenda of the Tour can be found here: http://europa.eu/volunteering/en/tour

1^st EU-Level thematic conference - Launch conference:

Budapest, Hungary

7^th -8^th of January

CSR Europe attended the conference and participated in the different workshops

CSR Europe members

Randstand and Foretica, as working group participants, attended as CSR Europe representatives.

2^nd EU-Level thematic conference "Volunteers: the difference they make and the challenges they face":

 Brussels, Belgium

23^rd- 24^rd of May

CSR Europe members (Randstad, Intel, Coca-Cola Hellenic, ArcelorMittal, Business and Society Belgium) participate to the conference.

3^rd EU-Level thematic conference:

Athens, Greece

3^rd – 4^th of November

As member of the EY2011 Alliance, two CSR Europe representatives can participate to the conference as “experts” (travel costs are covered up to 250 Euro). Further participants are invited upon personal invitation.

If interested, please contact Sarah Dekkiche (sd@csreurope.org).

4^th EU-Level thematic conference closing ceremony:

Warsaw, Poland

29^th of November- 2^nd of December 

Participants are invited upon personal invitation. A welcome Gala dinner supported by Intel will open the ceremony on November 29^th. 

AGE: "Enhancing the participation of older volunteers through the EYV2011":

 (http://www.age-platform.eu/en/age-and-the-eu-institutions/european-parliament/intergroup-on-ageing-and-intergenerational-solidarity)

21^st of September 

This meeting, taking place at the European Parliament in Brussels, will provide an occasion for Intergroup members and relevant stakeholders to reflect together on how their expectations for the current European Year of Volunteering are being met as well as on the benefits of volunteering for the 50+.

CSR Europe (secretariat) will be represented at the meeting.

EYV Newsletter (Issues Flows):

published in the first week of each month.

Whole year

Send your news to be published in the EYV Newsletter. http://www.eyv2011.eu/newsletter  

Resource library:

Publications with regard to volunteering

Whole year

Submit your publication with regard to volunteering and I will forward it to the responsible person. http://www.eyv2011.eu/resources-library

Press kit:

This press magazine is open to the public.

Whole year

 Submit your press releases to be potentially included in the Press kit. http://www.eyv2011.eu/press-kit

Shared Calendar:

All events across Europe are reported in this online calendar.

Whole year

To include your events in the Shared Calendar, please request a form to sn.volunteering@paueducation.com

Companies and stakeholders organizing supporting a local event can include them in the Shared Calendar. http://www.eyv2011.eu/calendar

Shared Call for extraordinary stories from ordinary people (European Commission website):

The European Commission and the EYV 2011 Alliance are keen to collect and highlight the many extraordinary stories from ordinary people who volunteer selflessly and tirelessly meeting the needs of their communities.

Whole year

 Submit your stories of volunteers and volunteer groups online: http://europa.eu/volunteering/en/node/add/generic-content-evy/story   

EYV Yearbook:

End of the year activity report

Whole year

Submit your volunteering stories (organisational and individual) + photos – the Yearbook will be published at the end of the year. http://www.eyv2011.eu/yearbook-2011  

CSR Europe, as EYV2011 Alliance member, has only access to the Yearbook. Please send any submissions to Sarah Dekkiche (sd@csreurope.org)

Volunteering commitments:

Volunteers are provided with a printable one page certificate thanking for commitment; an automatic counter of hours is visible with statistics (per country/region/gender/age/etc)

Whole year

Companies and organisations can mobilize and register their volunteering commitments for a specific number of hours during 2011: http://www.eyv2011.eu/eyv2011/39-volunteering-commitments