Guide for volunteers

This booklet is a guide for young people who are thinking about participating in European Voluntary Service, and their organisation(s).

With this booklet we want to:

• inform about what EVS is, how it goes, what the procedures and steps are
(= Do you know what EVS is and how you can participate in it?)

• give people some reflection points to consider before applying for EVS
(= Is EVS something for you?)

• prepare potential volunteers mentally for a stay abroad
(= Do you realise what it means?)

• give some practical hints and tips
(= How to survive on a project?)

• share some examples how people have used their EVS experience after their EVS project
(= What when i'm back home?)

1. Introduction in EVS What do you know already about EVS? Before going further, it might be good to be well informed ab...



2. Before you start... ... you need to gain some awareness about important issues: when you are some months abroad, your...



3. How to start... Of the projects : -EVS-Databank, -mailing-lists, EVS Works, mailing list EVS Send/Host/ - othe...



4. Practical preparation



5. During your project



6. After your project








This website is composed by Jan Van Hove. The texts are adapted from the programme guide of the Youth in Action programme (www.action2.eu), from T-kits (www.training-youth.net), from training courses and ideas that several trainers have put on the paper.

Thanks for the contributions and feedback to: Tomas Pesek, Marija Kljajic, Joke De Dycker, Bridget Burns, Ilse Salnaja, Lina Buzelyte, Aude Espérandieu, Nina Pavloska, Francesca La Vigna, Patricia Silva, Viktorija Panovaite, Marie Lambert, Mishko Ashtalkaski, Bertrand Labacq.

Pictures are taken by Jan Van Hove, Tomas Pesek, and coming from the photo-archives from MO-Plusko and the Healthy Network.

(C) 2008 - This website is composed by Jan Van Hove, Tomas Pesek, Marija Kljajic, Jelena Stojanovic, Irena Topalli, all European trainers and project managers with some experiences in EVS. Sources are mentionned in the section "weblinks"

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