Following the recommendations to implement the ILO Manual issued by the European Commission in its September 2011 Communication on volunteering and by and the Council of the European Union in its October 2011 Conclusions the European Parliament adopted on 12 June 2012 a Report on recognising and [...]
The EVMP and the Plataforma del Voluntariado de Espana hosted a workshop on March 28 in Madrid that brought the leadership of the volunteering community in Spain together with government and Statistics officials from Spain’s National Institute for Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, INE) to discuss the measurement of volunteering, [...]
Just weeks after its First Vice-President issued a press statement calling on EU Member States to implement the ILO Manual, the European Parliament in Brussels was the meeting point of EVMP partners with MEPs from all major political groups, policy makers, representatives from civil society, and researchers, recognising the importance of data collection [...]
Momentum for European-wide implementation of the ILO Manual continues to build. In a recent press release, First Vice President of the European Parliament, confirmed his support for a robust implementation effort, joining several other senior members of European Parliament in encouraging the systematic measurement of volunteer work as outlined by the ILO Manual.
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Seguendo la scia della raccomandazione del Manuale dell’OIL da parte della Commissione Europea, siamo lieti di annunciare che il 3 ottobre 2011 il Consiglio dell’Unione europea ha ufficialmente invitato gli [...]
Following on the heels of the recommendation of the ILO Manual by the European Commission, we are delighted to announce that on 3 October 2011 the Council of the European Union officially invited Member States to measure volunteering and recognized the ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work [...]
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Siamo lieti di annunciare che il 20 settembre 2011 la Commissione europea ha ufficialmente raccomandato che:
“Si dovrebbero incoraggiare a livello nazionale le ricerche e le raccolte di dati sul volontariato. In questo contesto [...]
We are excited to announce that on 20 September 2011 the European Commission officially recommended that:
“Research and data collection on volunteering should be encouraged at the national level. In this context, the use of the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work and the United Nations Handbook on Non-Profit [...]

