WRITTEN QUESTION No. 888/96 by Odile LEPERRE-VERRIER to the Commission. Creation of a European service for young people
Date: 1996-04-17
Institutions: European Parliament, LEPERRE-VERRIER
Subjects: EU publication, European Union, action programme, alternative service, cultural policy, environmental policy, social policy, voluntary military service, young person













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 888/96 by Odile LEPERRE-VERRIER to the Commission. Creation of a European service for young people  


Official Journal C 280 , 25/09/1996 P. 0099 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0888/96 by Odile Leperre-Verrier (ARE) to the Commission (17 April 1996)Subject: Creation of a European service for young peopleCan the Commission say what kinds of activity will be given priority in the first phase of implementation of the plan to set up a European voluntary service for young people?With regard to general activities in the social sphere (educational support and the integration of young or disabled people) are there plans to develop activities to train people in the new technologies (data processing, multimedia, etc.)?Can the Commission also give details about the profile of the young candidates for voluntary work? Is a breakdown by country, age, sex and level of education envisaged? Similarly, does it have information about the structures likely to take on the volunteers?Joint answer to Written Questions E-0888/96 and E-1065/96 given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission (28 May 1996)The Commission has now begun implementation of the pilot action for European voluntary service for young people, to be launched this year as a result of support from Parliament in particular.The Commission has identified a series of networks which will accept around 50 young volunteers in innovative voluntary service activities in a number of clearly-defined areas (environmental protection, cultural activities and voluntary service, involvement of disadvantaged young people in transnational voluntary service measures). In addition, projects will be selected at the end of June 1996 from among those submitted by European voluntary service organisations. Finally, the Commission is in the process of introducing, in conjunction with the national agencies of the Youth for Europe programme, a decentralised project selection process, the results of which will be announced in autumn 1996.The Commission has provided the general framework with regard to the activities likely to fall within the scope of this action in its working document 'Guidelines for a European voluntary service for young people' ((Doc. SEC (95) 2268. )), which has been sent to Parliament for information. The nature of the activities offered to volunteers will clearly depend in part on the offers taken up by the Commission. The Commission can endorse the Honourable Member's opinion on the value of including measures providing access to new technologies as part of the pilot action, provided that these projects fall within the general framework set out above.The Commission has adopted the principle of providing access to European voluntary service for all young people interested in taking part, without discrimination of any kind. In monitoring and evaluating the scheme, the Commission will devote particular attention to participation by young people of both sexes, of different ages and from different Member States and social environments. In addition, positive measures will be developed in order to facilitate participation by disadvantaged young people.