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Documents can be either digital or printed. Anything printed, such as a boarding pass received at the airport counter, has to be handed to the hosting organisation. Any electronic ticket is accepted and eligible for reimbursement.
To be reimbursed for your travel expenses you need to give the hosting organisation all the documents of your journey: train or bus tickets with price and date, invoices where the price is not printed on the ticket, flight invoices and boarding passes, and fuel receipts if you travel by car.
Depending on the distance you travel, there is a budget for your travel expenses. For example, up to 499 km the budget is 211 euro, between 500 and 1999 km it is 309 euro, and from 2000 km it is 395 euro. If you travel mostly by train or bus, the budget is higher (285, 417 and 535 euro). During the exchange, food and accommodation are covered by the hosting organisation. Sending organisations may ask for a participation fee, usually no more than 80 euro: ask the sending organisation directly.
For a Youth Exchange you need to be a maximum of 30 years old, unless you are the leader of your group, in which case you can be over 30. There is no other mandatory requirement: these projects promote inclusion and peer-to-peer learning.
There is no limit to how many of these projects you can take part in.
All the current opportunities are on the open calls page.
A Training Course is aimed at youth workers of at least 18 years old who work in education. Lasting about 8 to 10 days, each course has a specific theme, to improve participants skills and share good practices at international level.
Youth Exchanges are non-formal education projects for groups of young people aged between 18 and 30 from different countries. Lasting about 6 to 21 days, each exchange follows a programme of activities around a theme, to promote the knowledge of new social and cultural realities.
Yes, you get 2 days of holiday per month. You can accumulate them, to take a week off for example. You also have the right to 2 consecutive free days per week.
Short-term ESC volunteering lasts a maximum of 2 months. Long-term ESC volunteering lasts more than two months and up to 12 months. An ESC volunteering team lasts a maximum of 2 months and involves at least 10 people.
No, you can only do one long-term ESC volunteering service, but you can still take part in ESC volunteering team projects.
Yes, after a short-term project you can still take part in long-term ESC volunteering.
The project is financed from European Union funds, which cover:
Activities within the European Solidarity Corps cover a wide range of topics: from working with children, young people or the elderly, to preserving the environment or cultural heritage.
Each project has its own description and usually lasts between 1 and 12 months. To these are added the preparation and the final evaluation phases, carried out by your sending organisation in your own country before departure and after returning.
The European Solidarity Corps is above all a learning service: through non-formal learning experiences young volunteers improve and acquire relational and language skills, for the benefit of their personal, educational and professional development.
The Corps covers the following actions:
The European Solidarity Corps allows international voluntary work for young people aged between 18 and 30. It encourages the involvement of all young people regardless of their educational level, social background and cultural background: it is a programme for everyone. It does not require a perfect knowledge of languages or the best CV in the world. It is an experience you can have even if you have not finished high school, or if you do not speak English or the local language well: volunteering will make you understand who you are and what you want, developing many skills, language among them, as well as introducing you to the world.
Associazione Kora is based on the educational farm La Buona Terra, in Passignano sul Trasimeno, in the Umbria region, in the centre of Italy.
In order to do an ESC with Kora you have to be a resident of an EU country or one of its partner countries. If you are not sure whether your country is eligible, write to us.
At the day of your project start you can be maximum 30 years old.
A participant who has completed a long term volunteering activity (longer than 2 months) funded by the European Voluntary Service is not eligible to participate in another long term volunteering activity funded by the European Solidarity Corps. However, she or he can participate in other activities supported by the Corps such as traineeships, jobs, solidarity projects and volunteering teams.
Erasmus+ is the European programme that supports activities in the fields of education, training, youth and sport. It offers opportunities for individuals to spend a mobility or volunteering period abroad, and for organisations to collaborate in project partnerships.
The European Solidarity Corps is a European Union initiative that creates opportunities for young people to volunteer or work in projects in their own country or abroad that benefit communities and people around Europe. You can register for the European Solidarity Corps on the official website when you are 17 years old, but you cannot start a project until you are over 18. European Solidarity Corps projects are available to people up to the age of 30 years old. Projects supported by the European Solidarity Corps can last up to twelve months. They are usually located within the European Union member states. It aims to offer stimulating and growing experiences to young people who want to help and acquire transversal and professional skills in voluntary activities, internships and work.
