European

Solidarity

Corps

COMAGRI

15 May 2017

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2016 State of the Union speech

by President Juncker

The EU is built on solidarity

between its citizens, across borders

between its Member States, and in

its action inside and outside the

Union.

Communication "A European

Solidarity Corps" on 7 December

2016 launched the first phase

Objective: By 2020, providing the

opportunity for 100,000 young

people to express their solidarity in

practice

CONTEXT

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COMMON

FRAMEWORK

Mission statement

Principles

Charter

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Solidarity placements

Volunteering, traineeship and

job

Young people

18 – 30 years old

Duration

2 – 12 months

Placements

Cross border and in country

KEY FEATURES

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Wide range of intervention

areas

E.g. agriculture, rural development

education and youth activities,

health, social and labour market

integration, provision of food,

support and integration of migrants

and refugees, environmental

protection, nature conservation…

Geographical scope

Primarily EU but broader for some

programmes

KEY FEATURES

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Organisation

contacts suitable

candidates

Young

individuals are

interviewed

Organisation

offers a

placement

Young

individual can

carry out other

Corps activity

Organisations

provide

certificate upon

completion

Young

individual

carries out the

activity

WORKFLOW

IN PRACTICE

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ADVANTAGES

Contributes to young people's sense

of citizenship but also supports

their employability

Supports organisations, authorities

and businesses with their solidarity

related activities

Provides easier matching between

young people and organisations

looking for motivated volunteers,

employee, trainees or apprentices for

their activities

Increased synergies between the

different instruments used at European

level

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FUNDING

PROGRAMMES

INVOLVED

Erasmus+ programme

European Social Fund

LIFE programme

Health programme

Europe for Citizens Programme

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund

European Regional Development Fund

European Agricultural Fund for Rural

Development

The EAFRD will provide EUR 3.6 million

(EUR 1.8 for each phase) to support

engagement of the European Solidarity

Corps participants in solidarity activities

with an agricultural or rural development

component .

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Under shared management national

and regional authorities can use CAP

resources in both pillars to engage

Solidarity Corps participants

School Scheme

Rural development

actions such as

LEADER or

cooperation

OTHER POSSIBILITIES

WE ACT, WE CARE

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