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EU Aid Volunteers team Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Brussels, 5 December 2019 International Volunteer Day EU Aid Volunteers Info session
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EU Aid Volunteers teamDirectorate General for European
Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid
Operations
Brussels, 5 December 2019
International
Volunteer Day
EU Aid Volunteers
Info session
EU Aid Volunteers info session for trainees
1. The International Volunteer Day
2. The EU Aid Volunteers initiative
3. What an EU Aid Volunteer does
4. Partners
5. Volunteers
6. Training
7. Deployment experiences
1. The International Volunteer Day
IVD 2019 "For an inclusive future"
2. The EU Aid Volunteers initiative
Treaty of Lisbon
In the field of external relations, the Lisbon Treaty enshrines for the first
time humanitarian aid as a separate policy of the EU (Article 214, TFEU).
This Treaty article specifically refers to the "European Voluntary
Humanitarian Aid Corps" (EVHAC, Article 214.5, TFEU).
Specific legislation
REGULATION (EU) No 375/2014 of 3 April 2014 establishing the
European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (‘EU Aid Volunteers
initiative’)
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1244/2014 of
20 November 2014
How?
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 1398/2014 laying
down standards regarding candidate volunteers and EU Aid Volunteers
2 billion people
1.5 billion people
726 million people
2. The EU Aid Volunteers initiative Why?
Number of disasters per type 1998-2017
Source: UNISDR
2 billion people affected2 billion people
1.5 billion people affected
726 million people affected
2. The EU Aid Volunteers initiative Why?
Global forced displacement | 2009-2018
Source: UNHCR
2. The EU Aid Volunteers initiative Why?
‘humanitarian aid’ means activities and operations in third countries intended to provide needs-based emergency assistance aimed at preserving life, preventing and alleviating human suffering, and maintaining human dignity in the face of man-made crises or natural disasters. It encompasses assistance, relief and protection operations in humanitarian crises or their immediate aftermath, supporting measures to ensure access to people in need and to facilitate the free flow of assistance, as well as actions aimed at reinforcing disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction, and contributing towards strengthening resilience and capacity to cope with, and recover from, crises.
This is what EU Aid Volunteersare doing
3. What an EU Aid Volunteer does
3. What an EU Aid Volunteer does
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Urban resilience
Agriculture
Medical
Education
Livelihoods
Food / Nutrition
Logistics
Climate & Environment
Organisational Development
Reseach and Information Management
Community development
Advocacy
Protection
Gender
Monitoring and Evaluation
Finance and Accounting
Project Management
Disaster Risk Management
Communication
Other profiles: Volunteer management, WASH, Human resources management, Health, LRRD, Marketing, CapacityBuilding, Refugees / IDPs, Legal support, Programme operation, Crafts
5. Organisations – how to participate4. Partners
organisations
How to participate
4. Partners
organisationsCertification
Call for proposals
How to participate
4. Partners
organisations
How to participate
5. Volunteers The journey of the volunteer
5. Volunteers
750volunteers
by the end
of 2019
272certified
organisations
(49 sending
organisations,
223 hosting
organisations)
EUAV in a nutshell
5. Volunteers Where they are
5. Volunteers
Vacancies
Direct link:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/echo/eu-aid-volunteers_en/
Through DG ECHO's EU Aid Volunteers page:
http://ec.europa.eu/echo/what/humanitarian-
aid/eu-aid-volunteers_en
5. Volunteers
Vacancies
5. Volunteers
5. Volunteers
6. Training Programme
Mandatory Modules
• Introduction to the EU
• Introduction to the EU humanitarian aid
policy and the EU Aid Volunteers initiative
• Safety, security and health
• Project management
• A scenario-based simulation exercise
6. Training Programme
Optional Modules
• Advocacy and communication
• Psychological first aid
• Training of multipliers
• Volunteer management
• Organisational development
• Tailor-made modules, where necessary
6. Training Consortium
6. Training Training Centres
Stadtschlaining / Austria Pisa / Italy
Ede / The Netherlands
Jabekke / Belgium
7. Deployment experiences
Patricia Pawel
