Revealing European Values In Volunteering in Europe

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“REVIVE” (Revealing European Values In Volunteering in Europe) will promote Citizen Engagement and equality through volunteering - connecting volunteering to EU Values. It will enable volunteers and staff of volunteer-involving and volunteer infrastructure organisations, and local authorities, to engage in mutual learning and exchange good practices on the role of volunteering as active citizen engagement and an expression of democracy and European values especially through the European Volunteering Capital Competion. There will also be the opportunity to give visibility to and raise awareness about the provisions and support for civil society, volunteering and volunteers are enabled under different EU policies such as the European Democracy Action Plan and programmes such as CERV, the “Next Generation EU” funds, European Solidarity Corps, Erasmus Plus and other EU funding and policy frameworks that support volunteering and citizen engagement. REVIVE will increase the capacities of the applicant & member organisations to give support to the provision of, and/or directly provide, inclusive volunteering opportunities involving the full diversity of genders and other discriminating factors and create favourable conditions for advancing gender equality and tackling multiple and intersecting discrimination through volunteering. Volunteering will be better understood in society as a key tool of citizen engagement and expression of solidarity contributing to the future of Europe, equality and a reflection of EU values. CEV itself will have increased capacity to reach citizens and entities interested in volunteering and citizen engagement bringing the European context to their work and be able to share examples of citizen engagement through different volunteer-involving responses and individual volunteer stories to inspire others. REVIVE will bring citizens closer to policymakers, especially through the EP elections2024 Vote Volunteer Vision Campaign.