EACEA
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Supporting activities and projects to foster solidarity in the European society.
The European Solidarity Corps is the EU's new programme for promoting solidarity as a value, mainly through volunteering. It aims to enhance the engagement of young people and organisations in accessible and high-quality solidarity activities, thereby strengthening cohesion, solidarity, democracy and citizenship in Europe, while also responding to societal challenges and strengthening communities, with a particular focus on promoting social inclusion. It shall also contribute to those aspects of European cooperation that are relevant to young people.
With a budget of €375.6 million for 2018-2020, it offers opportunities for young people to carry out volunteering activities, traineeships and jobs and run their own solidarity projects.
Interested 17-30 years olds can register on the European Solidarity Corps portal. Once registered and at least 18 years old, they can be invited to participate in projects by organisations that have access to the database of participants. These organisations can also advertise opportunities on the European Solidarity Corps portal, so that young people can apply directly for the advertised position.
The programme implements the following operational Actions:
Additionally, the European Solidarity Corps supports a series of Quality and Support measures and non-formal and informal learning.
These actions are manged partly at the national level by National Agencies and partly at the European level by the EACEA. The European Commission is responsible for European Solidarity Corps policies and oversees the overall programme implementation.
European Solidarity Corps actions managed by the EACEA are:
Besides these actions, EACEA will also be responsible for providing the European Solidarity Corps's participants with the following horizontal services:
For more information about the European Solidarity Corps, please visit DG EAC's official website.
The European Commission publishes an annual general call for proposals. The European Solidarity Corps Programme Guide explains the relevant actions and the application process.
For questions about the parts of European Solidarity Corps managed by the Executive Agency, you can send an e-mail to: EACEA-SOLIDARITY-CORPS@ec.europa.eu