WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1065/96 by Carlos ROBLES PIQUER to the Commission. Voluntary service for young Europeans
Date: 1996-05-13
Institutions: European Parliament, ROBLES PIQUER
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. 1065/96 by Carlos ROBLES PIQUER to the Commission. Voluntary service for young Europeans  


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





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1065/96 by Carlos Robles Piquer (PPE) to the Commission (13 May 1996)Subject: Voluntary service for young EuropeansThe Commission approved Mrs Cresson's report on a European voluntary service for European young people at the end of January this year. Can the Commission say how it is implementing the pilot project announced at that time for involving 2 500 young people in the service, specifying the steps taken to select them, where they are to be sent and what tasks will be assigned to them?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.