EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY
CORPS AND EUROPEAN
VOLUNTARY SERVICE
The European University Sports Association, through its EUSA
Institute, is an accredited organisation for European Solidarity
Corps (ESC) activities in volunteering, solidarity projects,
traineeships and jobs, supported by the European Union.
The European Solidarity
Corps replaced the European
Voluntary Service (EVS) as a
new initiative which creates
opportunities for young people
to volunteer or work in projects
that benefit communities and
people around Europe, either in
their own country or abroad.
Being a pan-European
organisation, EUSA finds it
important and stimulating to
host volunteers in our working
office in Ljubljana, enabling
them and us to have a fresh and
international view in our youth
work and projects.
The ESC position in EUSA is
open to motivated individuals,
aged between 17 and 30,
as a long-term placement,
usually for a period of 12
months, and we usually host
two international volunteers
through these programmes,
taking gender and geographical
diversity into account.In recent years, volunteers from
France, Hungary, Germany,
Great Britain, Italy, Ireland,
Poland and Croatia have
benefitted from this experience
as assistants in the EUSA Office.At the start of October
2019, EUSA with its
Institute welcomed three
new international EVS-ESC
volunteers into the office: Ms
Amelie Bury from France, Mr
Tomasz Olszewski from Polandand Ms Zrinka Tabain from
Croatia. The three volunteers
are based in Ljubljana for a
12-month period, and will
assist where possible in various
spheres of EUSA-related
projects and other work.The progress of the volunteers
is constantly monitored by a
mentor, and they are given
constant support and assistance
in all spheres of life during their
stay in Slovenia.The recruitment period for
new volunteers is officially
announced and realised only
once per year, usually in the
beginning of the year, and we
only accept applications for
volunteering in the EUSA Officeduring the announced calls.
For short term volunteering
opportunities, please see the
EUSA international volunteer
programme which is carried
out in cooperation with the
organising committees of
the European Universities
Championships and Games.ESC opportunities at EUSA are
possible because of the support
from the European Union and
the National Agency in Slovenia
Movit.PLEASE SEE
europa.eu/youth/solidarity
for more information