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The program for young people to get involved in occupational and volunteer work has a financing of 341.5 million euros for the triennium 2018-2020

The European Union groups from next year its volunteer programs and employment of young people in social work on the platform of the newly created European Solidarity Corps, which will have a financing of 341.5 million euros to cover between 2018- 2020 the displacements, maintenance, accommodation and out-of-pocket costs of young Europeans who go to another EU country to perform solidarity work, as explained this morning at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) Teresa Frontán, responsible for communication of the European Commission of Spain.

"The objective is to involve youth in solidarity projects, useful for society but also for young people, because it helps them develop their skills and gain experience that facilitates their incorporation into the world of work," Frontán argues.

"We believe that young people are supportive and are very necessary in these moments when political movements that we thought were overcome reappear," he adds.

Young people between the ages of 18 and 30 can register now through the web site europa.eu/solidarity-corps to receive both volunteer offers and paid occupational tasks "to cover existing social needs, not to replace jobs", specified the community representative, specifying that "the working conditions must be the same as those of the nationals of the company that offers these jobs".

Social entities and companies that want to have young people in solidarity must first be accredited and receive quality stamps from Injuve or employment services, in the case of employers, and present useful projects for society.

"The reception of refugees will be one of the issues most demanded by the action of young people in solidarity," the community spokesperson exemplified.

The European funding will cover the expenses of the young people, including the transfer to the country of destination, "so that the youth does not cost anything and the profile of volunteers is extended," says Frontán.

"Currently, the reality is that the young people most involved in solidarity projects are university students, but we want other profiles to be incorporated, which can carry out useful tasks for their formation".

"The program also incorporates the possibility that it is the young people themselves who promote solidarity projects in their local community, without the need to move to another country," emphasizes Frontán.

For those who have reached the age of 30 or wish to volunteer outside of the community borders, there is also the Volunteer Body of Foreign Action (EU Aid Volunteers).

The Student House of the Polytechnic of Cartagena has hosted on Thursday a conference on the European Solidarity Corps and other forms of volunteering in the European Union, in which various young people have shared their experiences and in which the Vice Chancellor of Students, Sergio Amat, and the general director of the European Union, External Action and Cooperation of the Autonomous Community, Manuel Pleguezuelo.

Source: UPCT