I’VE – I Have Experienced. Recognition and Validation of volunteering through peer support and open source tools Erasmus Project

Project Title

I’VE – I Have Experienced. Recognition and Validation of volunteering through peer support and open source tools

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Recognition (non-formal and informal learning/credits); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

The partnership brought together Youth Volunteering Organizations from 12 Countries (Italy, Belgium, Spain, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Serbia, Korea and Mexico) 2 Research Institutes and 2 Volunteering Networks (the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations and the Italian Volunteering Centres Network).

The YNGOs are active in the promotion of International Voluntary Service programmes, and involve in volunteering and exchange projects around 5000 youngsters every year. These programmes include workcamps of 2-3 weeks and medium and long term projects of 2-12 months and impacts on hosting local communities and on volunteers who experience informal learning in intercultural and collective contexts. The network of the concerned organizations has 85 members and partners, able to involve around 18.000 young volunteers in Europe and worldwide. The active local communities in Europe, mainly isolated or disadvantaged, are around 1750.
The YNGOs and their volunteers needs to improve the capacity of recognition of these experiences, so to answer to different expectations and purposes. Youth organizations aim at bridging the educational effect of volunteering with formal educations systems and work sector, and to enhance the accountability of this specific informal learning setting. Volunteers are still not able to show what they have learned in terms of soft skills and meta-competencies and cannot fully exploit the voluntary service experience to improve their educational paths and employability.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 228884 Eur

Project Coordinator

LUNARIA ASSOCIAZIONE DI PROMOZIONE SOCIALE E IMPRESA SOCIALE & Country: IT

Project Partners

• ASSOCIATION DES COMPAGNONS BATISSEURS
• MLADI ISTRAZIVACI SRBIJE UDRUZENJE
• COORDINADORA D’ORGANITZADORS DE CAMPS DE TREBALL INTERNACIONALS DE CATALUNYA
• ALLIANSSIN KEHITTAMISPALVELUT OY
• NUORISOTUTKIMUSSEURA RY UNGDOMSFORSKNINGSSALLSKAPET RF
• All-Ukrainian Association for Youth Co-operation Alternative-V
• INEX – SDRUZENI DOBROVOLNYCH AKTIVIT Z S