Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down the legal framework of the European Solidarity Corps and amending Regulations (EU) No 1288/2013, (EU) No 1293/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Date: 2017-05-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, EU financing, EU office or agency, international voluntary worker, voluntary organisation, voluntary work, young person, youth employment

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 30.5.2017  COM(2017) 262 final 2017/0102 (COD)   Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down the legal framework of the European Solidarity Corps and amending Regulations (EU) No 1288/2013, (EU) No 1293/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and Decision No 1313/2013/EU {SWD(2017) 166 final} {SWD(2017) 167 final} {SWD(2017) 168 final}  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

Reasons for and objectives of the proposal 

The  European  Union  is  built  on  solidarity,  a  shared  value  which  is  strongly  felt  throughout 
European society. Solidarity defines the European project and provides the necessary unity to 
cope  with  current  and  future crises by  holding a  strong  moral  ground.  Solidarity  provides  a 
clear compass to guide the European youth in their aspirations for a better Union. In the Rome 
Declaration, at the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, the leaders of 27 
Member  States  and  of  the  European  Council,  the  European  Parliament  and  the  European 
Commission reaffirmed their commitment to enhance unity and solidarity in order to increase 
the strength and resilience of the European Union1. 

The State of the Union address of 14 September 2016 emphasized the need to invest in young 
people  and  announced  the  idea  of  a  European  Solidarity  Corps  to  create  opportunities  for 
young people across the European Union to make a meaningful contribution to society, show 
solidarity and to develop their skills, "thus getting not only work but also invaluable human 
experience".  The  Bratislava  Summit  of  16  September  2016  called  for  reinforced  political 
momentum  to  support  young  Europeans  and  to  establish  new  EU  programmes  to  improve 
opportunities for them. The Commission Communication “A European Solidarity Corps” of 7 
December 20162 launched the first phase of the European Solidarity Corps and reiterated the 
target  of  100 000  young  Europeans  taking  part  in  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  by  2020. 
During  this  initial  phase,  eight  different  EU  programmes3  have  been  mobilised  to  offer 
volunteering, traineeship or job opportunities to young people across the EU.  

This  proposal  also  responds  to  the  call  by  the  European  Council  in  its  Conclusions  of  15 
December 2016 to take work on the European Solidarity Corps forward4, and it is one of the 
priority  initiatives  included  in  the  Joint  Declaration  on  the  EU's  legislative  priorities  for 
20175,  whereby  the  Presidents  of  the  Parliament,  Council  and  Commission  committed  to 
streamlining  the  efforts  of  their  Institutions  to  ensure  swift  legislative  progress  on  priority 
initiatives with a view to delivery before the end of 2017. 

This  proposal  provides  the  legal  framework  for  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  to  offer 
opportunities  for  young  people  to  engage  in  solidarity  activities,  which  will  contribute  to 
addressing  unmet  societal  needs,  while  enhancing  young  people’s  personal,  educational, 
social,  civic  and  professional  development.  In  shaping  this  proposal,  the  Commission  has 
taken  into  account  the  evidence  and  findings  gathered  through  the  ex-ante  evaluation  that 
accompanies  it,  as  well  as  the  views  and  suggestions  collected  through  an  extensive  open 

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http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/03/25-rome-declaration/ 
European Commission (2016), A European Solidarity Corps, Communication from the Commission to 
the  European  Parliament,  the  Council,  the  European  Economic  and  Social  Committee  and  the 
Committee of the Regions, COM(2016) 942 final of 7.12.2016. 
The  Erasmus+  programme,  the  Employment  and  Social  Innovation  programme  (EaSI),  the  LIFE 
programme,  the  Asylum,  Migration  and  Integration  Fund,  the  Health  Programme,  the  Europe  for 
Citizens programme, the European Regional Development Fund (through Interreg) and the Agricultural 
Fund for Rural Development. 
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/european-council/2016/12/20161215-euco-conclusions-
final_pdf/  
"A Union that delivers swifter and better results: Three Institutions sign Joint Declaration on the EU's 
legislative priorities for 2017", IP/16/4360. 

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consultation  process,  as  further  described  in  the  relevant  sections  below.  This  preparatory 
work helped identify the following gaps that this proposal aims to address. 

There  are  many  young  people  who  want  to  engage  in  solidarity  activities  and,  at  the  same 
time, there are many unmet needs in communities that could be better addressed thanks to the 
involvement of young people in solidarity activities. There is an untapped demand by many 
organisations for motivated young people to support them in their efforts; if supported, these 
organisations could offer even more to communities. There are however shortcomings in the 
matching  of  supply  and  demand  and  obstacles  related  to  the  availability  of  resources,  to 
ensuring quality, as well as various legal aspects.  

The main challenges in this field can be summarised as follows: 

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in  recent  decades,  our  society  has  insufficiently  invested  in  empowering  young 
Europeans  to  effectively  engage  in  solidarity  activities,  either  as  volunteers  or 
through  occupational  activities.  Following  the  global  financial  and  economic  crisis 
the  EU  economy  is  now  back  on  a  more  stable  footing,  but  the  recovery  is  still 
unevenly  distributed  across  society  and  regions  and  the  challenge  is  particularly 
acute for the younger generation. Solidarity activities have the concrete potential to 
mobilise  young  people  for  positive  causes  and  help  them  develop  the  knowledge, 
skills and competences which will be essential for their personal, socio-educational, 
professional and civic development. This is true for all young people, including those 
from  disadvantaged  backgrounds.  Encouraging  the  involvement  of  those  young 
people  in  solidarity  activities  is  a  specific  issue  that  also  needs  to  be  considered in 
this context; 

addressing solidarity and building social, economic and civic cohesion requires a rich 
tissue  of  dynamic  organisations  (private  and  public,  profit  and  non-profit).  In  this 
context, there is a need to cater better for the needs of such organisations, especially 
those  working  at  the  grass-root  level  with  the  most  disadvantaged  communities. 
Organisations  creating  and  offering  solidarity  placements  need  support,  in  terms  of 
resources,  ensuring  appropriate  training  and  preparation  for  volunteers,  trainees  or 
workers as well as to be active in a European context. Organisations also need clear 
and simple rules; 

the  landscape  of  solidarity  opportunities  –  be  it  in  an  occupational  or  volunteering 
perspective – is quite fragmented across the EU. Where opportunities exist, there is 
often  a  lack  of  awareness.  The  fragmentation  also  leads  to  shortcomings  when  it 
comes to understanding, documenting and validating what young people learnt from 
engaging in a particular solidarity action.  

In  the  absence  of  measures  to  bring  organisations  and  young  people  together  around 
solidarity,  there  is  a  risk  that  an  important  potential  for  solidarity  activities  goes  untapped, 
resulting in unnecessary welfare loss to organisations, young people and society as a whole. 

Against this background, the European Solidarity Corps aims at enhancing the engagement of 
young  people  and  organisations  in  solidarity  activities  which  are  of  high  quality  and 
accessible  to  all  young  people,  as  a  means  to  contribute  to  strengthening  cohesion  and 
solidarity  in  Europe,  supporting  communities  and  responding  to  unmet  societal  needs.  In 
order to reach this general objective, the European Solidarity Corps will provide young people 
with  easily  accessible  opportunities  to  engage  in  volunteering,  traineeships  or  jobs  in 
solidarity-related  sectors,  as  well  as  to  devise  and  develop  solidarity  projects  at  their  own 
initiative,  which  shall  also  contribute  to  improving  their  skills  and  competences  for  their 
personal, social and professional development, as well as their employability. The European 

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Solidarity  Corps  will  also  support  networking  activities  for  European  Solidarity  Corps 
participants and organisations, aimed at fostering a European Solidarity Corps spirit and sense 
of  belonging  to  a  wider  community  committed  to  solidarity,  as  well  as  at  encouraging  the 
exchange of useful practices and experience. The European Solidarity Corps will further aim 
at  ensuring  that  the  solidarity  activities  offered  to  the  young  participants6  contribute  to 
addressing  concrete  societal  challenges  and  to  strengthening  communities,  that  they  are  of 
high  quality  and  that  the  learning  outcomes  resulting  from  young  people’s  participation  in 
those activities are properly validated. 

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Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area 

This  proposal  is  part  of  the  broader  set  of  initiatives  called  "Investing  in  Europe's  Youth" 
launched on 7 December 2016. It pushes ahead with the Europe-wide roll-out of all key EU 
youth  policies,  notably  the  European  Youth  Strategy,  the  Youth  Guarantee,  and  the  New 
Skills  Agenda  for  Europe,  all  of  which  cover  a  wide  range  of  actions  in  support  of  young 
people,  from  informal  education  and  volunteering,  to  vocational  training  and  employment. 
The goal is to improve opportunities for young people by substantially increasing their quality 
and their expected outcomes.  

The  European  Solidarity  Corps  will  draw  on  the  rich  and  long-standing  tradition  and 
experience  of  Member  States  in  activities  that  serve  the  public  interest,  e.g.  through 
volunteering. Some Member States operate national civic service programmes offering young 
people the possibility to engage, others facilitate activities undertaken by civil society.  

At EU level, the European Voluntary Service (EVS) has provided volunteering opportunities 
for young people for 20 years, and policies and programmes such as the Youth Guarantee and 
the  “Your  First  Eures  Job”  are  helping  young  people  get  into  traineeships  and  jobs.  The 
European Solidarity Corps will build on the strengths and experience of these initiatives, thus 
benefiting  from  building  on  a  solid,  existing  basis  while  expanding  it  in  order  to  offer  new 
opportunities,  wider  visibility  and  greater  impact.  The  European  Solidarity  Corps  will  offer 
new  opportunities  that  are  not  supported  under  the  current  programmes,  while  simplifying 
access  for  both  interested  young  people  and  organisations.  The  European  Solidarity  Corps 
will offer a single, easily accessible entry point through its Portal, and will aim at the widest 
possible outreach to participating organisations and to the young people involved. It will also 
develop and enhance training available before a placement, as well as relevant support and the 
validation of learning outcomes after a placement.  

In order to ensure continuity with respect to the volunteering activities supported at EU level, 
those activities that have been supported under the European Voluntary Service and that fall 
within the geographical scope of the European Solidarity Corps will be supported by the latter 
in  the  form  of  cross-border  volunteering  placements.  In  parallel,  the  other  European 
Voluntary  Service  activities  that  do  not  fall  under  the  geographical  scope  of  the  European 
Solidarity  Corps  will  continue  to  be  supported  under  the  Programme  established  by 
Regulation  (EU)  No  1288/20137.  With  respect  to  the  interpretation  of  related  legislation  at 
Union  level,  the  proposal  includes  provisions  in  order  to  ensure  that  both  the  cross-border 
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Participants  in  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  fulfil  residence  conditions  in  their  host  country  in  line 
with EU law. 
Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 
establishing  'Erasmus+':  the  Union  programme  for  education,  training,  youth  and  sport  and  repealing 
Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC, OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50. 

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that  will  continue  to  be  supported  under  Regulation  (EU)  No  1288/2013  will  be  considered 
equivalent to those carried out under the European Voluntary Service. 

In order to ensure efficient and effective implementation, the European Solidarity Corps will 
make  maximum use of existing management arrangements already in place. This will allow 
focusing  on  maximising  delivery  and  performance  while  minimising  administrative  burden. 
For  this  reason,  the  implementation  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  will  be  entrusted  to 
existing  structures,  i.e.  the  European  Commission,  also  through  its  Education,  Audiovisual 
and  Culture  Executive  Agency  (EACEA),  and  the  National  Agencies  designated  for  the 
management  of  the  actions  referred  to  in  the  Youth  Chapter  of  Regulation  (EU)  No 
1288/2013 establishing the Erasmus+ Programme. 

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Consistency with other Union policies 

The actions of the European Solidarity Corps will be consistent with and complementary to a 
variety  of  relevant  EU  policies  and  programmes,  in  particular,  but  not  limited  to,  those 
relating  to  education  and  training,  employment,  gender  equality,  entrepreneurship  (in 
particular  social  entrepreneurship),  citizenship8  and  democratic  participation,  environment 
and  nature  protection,  climate  action,  disaster  prevention,  preparedness  and  recovery, 
agriculture  and  rural  development,  provision  of  food  and  non-food  items,  health  and  well-
being,  creativity  and  culture,  physical  education  and  sport,  social  assistance  and  welfare, 
reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion.  

In  the  first  phase  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  launched  in  December  2016,  eight 
different  EU  programmes  have  been  mobilised  to  offer  volunteering,  traineeship  or  job 
opportunities to young people across the EU. These activities, whether implemented before or 
after  the  entry  into  force  of  the  proposed  Regulation,  will  continue  to  apply  the  rules  and 
conditions  set  by  the  respective  EU  programmes  that  have  financed  them  during  the  first 
phase of the European Solidarity Corps. 

For the second phase starting with the entry into force of the proposed Regulation, several EU 
programmes will be contributing to the European Solidarity Corps. Some of them9 will do so 
by  means  of  contributions  into  the  financial  envelope  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  (as 
further  explained  in  section  4);  others10  may  contribute  to  the  objectives  of  the  European 
Solidarity Corps by supporting activities within its scope. This contribution will be financed 
in accordance with the respective basic acts of the concerned programmes. 

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LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY 

Legal basis 

The  predominant  purpose  of  this  proposal  is  to  provide  opportunities  for  young  people  to 
engage  in  solidarity  activities,  including  volunteering,  traineeships,  jobs,  as  well  as  projects 
developed  by  young  people  at  their  own  initiative,  which  will  have  an  important  learning 
component  to  the  benefit  of  young  people’s  personal,  socio-educational  and  professional 
development.  In  line  with  this,  the  content  of  this  proposal  is  focused  on  encouraging 

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The  European  Solidarity  Corps  is  a  priority  for  the  Commission  in  its  2017  EU  Citizenship  Report, 
COM(2017) 30 final/2 of 31.01.2017. 
Erasmus+ programme, Employment and Social Innovation programme,  European Social Fund, Union 
Civil Protection Mechanism, LIFE programme, European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.  
such  as,  but  not  limited  to,  the  Asylum,  Migration  and  Integration  Fund,  the  Europe  for  Citizens 
programme, the European Regional Development Fund, the Health programme. 

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mobility, active engagement, non-formal education and vocational training of young people. 
This  will  also  contribute  to  improving  their  employability  and  to  facilitating  transition  to 
regular employment.  

With  that  regard,  the  proposal  is  based  on  Articles  165(4)  and  166(4)  of  the  Treaty  on  the 
Functioning  of  the  European  Union.  Article  165(4)  allows  Union  action  aimed  at 
"encouraging  the  development  of  youth  exchanges  (…)  and  encouraging  participation  of 
young people in democratic life of Europe". Union action based on Article 166(4) represents 
an  appropriate  legal  basis  for  an  act  such  as  this  proposal  that  aims  to  "improve  initial  and 
continuing vocational training in order to facilitate vocational integration and reintegration 
into the labour market" and "facilitate access to vocational training and encourage mobility 
of instructors and trainees and particularly young people".  

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Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence)  

In  light  of  the  European  scale  of  the  proposed  objectives  –  to  mobilise  young  people  for 
solidarity causes throughout the European Union – an action at EU level is appropriate. The 
EU has a role to play in supporting a Europe-wide approach to solidarity. EU action through 
the  European  Solidarity  Corps  will  not  replace  similar  actions  by  Member  States,  but  will 
serve  to  complement  and  support  them,  in  full  respect  of  the  subsidiarity  principle.  While 
there  are  traditions  in  all  Member  States  for  running  programs  and  instruments  that support 
activities  that  serve  the  public  interest,  in  particular  through  volunteering,  these  are  quite 
diverse, with some countries preferring state intervention, and others letting civil society be in 
the  lead.  There  are  also  different  concepts  and  connotations  of  solidarity  activities  and 
volunteering, and the types of activities are different in content and duration. Moreover, there 
are  quite  different  perceptions  of  how  social  protection  relates  to  volunteering,  as  well  as 
various degrees of legal status, learning and recognition. All this leads to fragmentation at EU 
level, which means that young people across the EU have uneven access to the opportunities 
on offer.  

EU  action  through  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  will  contribute  to  addressing  the  need  to 
overcome  this  fragmentation,  as  evidenced  by  the  ex-ante  evaluation  that  accompanies  this 
proposal.  At  the  same  time,  it  will  be  an  occasion  to  build  on  the  lessons  learnt  from  the 
variety  of  experiences  across  Member  States,  while  boosting  volunteering  in  those  Member 
States where it is less prevalent today, as suggested by the stakeholders who were consulted 
during the preparation of this proposal. The European Solidarity Corps will complement the 
existing public and private policies, programmes and activities, both at national and European 
level.  By  applying  a  number  of  quality  safeguards  such  as  the  European  Solidarity  Corps 
Charter,  a  quality  label  for  participating  organisations  and  the  principles  outlined  in  the 
Quality  Framework  for  Traineeships,  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  can  help  improve  the 
quality of various placements for young people across the EU as well as the validation of their 
learning outcomes.  
Furthermore,  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  will  offer  a  single  entry  point  to  high  quality 
volunteering and occupational solidarity placements for young people across the EU, whereas 
currently these are only accessible via a multitude of schemes. It will therefore ensure that all 
interested young people across the EU have equal opportunities to join and easier access to a 
broader variety of activities. Bringing the different types of placements under one brand can 
also contribute to improving awareness and visibility of the opportunities available to young 
people. 

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The European Solidarity Corps will offer both placements that can be undertaken in a country 
other than the country of residence of the participants (cross-border) and placements that can 
be undertaken in the country of residence of the participants (in-country). This flexibility is in 
line  with  the  proposals  received  from  the  consulted  stakeholders.  As  far  as  cross-border 
placements  are  concerned,  especially  in  view  of  the  fragmentation  in  structures  and 
programmes offering volunteering, traineeships as well as the diversity in understanding and 
concepts  of  the  sector  offering  solidarity  activities,  individual  Member  State  action  cannot 
replace  EU  action.  As  far  as  in-country  placements  are  concerned,  the  European  Solidarity 
Corps can be expected to have an innovative character, while helping address local or national 
challenges from a broader European perspective. In particular, EU action can help overcome 
fragmentation  in  the  offer  of  placements  and  ensure  inclusiveness  for  all  young  people, 
including  those  who  face  obstacles  to  engage  in  international  activities.  It  can  also  offer  a 
European  context  and  help  find  European  solutions  to  specific  challenges  that  are  not 
confined to national borders. 

Last  but  not  least,  the  use  of  existing  structures  that  have  proved  their  efficiency  and 
effectiveness will ensure an efficient and effective implementation of the European Solidarity 
Corps  as  well  synergies  and  complementarities  with  Member  States'  actions  in  favour  of 
youth.  

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Proportionality 

The  proposal  addresses  identified  gaps  in  offering  easily  accessible  opportunities  for 
engagement in solidarity activities to young people and does not go beyond what is necessary 
to achieve its objectives. 

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Choice of the instrument 

The proposed instrument is a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.  

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RESULTS  OF  STAKEHOLDER  CONSULTATIONS  AND 
ASSESSMENTS 

IMPACT 

Stakeholder consultations 

In preparing this proposal and its accompanying ex-ante evaluation, consultation took place at 
different levels including a broad range of stakeholders as well as individual citizens, public 
administrations, and other EU institutions and bodies (namely, the European Parliament, the 
Council, the Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee). 

An 8-week online public consultation was carried out, 660 replies and 82 position papers were 
received. The consultation was made available in 23 official languages of the EU, and replies 
were accepted in all these languages. In addition, a large stakeholder forum with around 700 
participants  was  held  on  12  April  2017  and  targeted  consultations  were  organised  with 
Member  States  and  key  stakeholders  (including,  voluntary  organisations,  solidarity 
organisations, youth representatives, Public Employment Services and EURES coordinators, 
Youth  Guarantee  coordinators,  social  partners,  companies,  programme  beneficiaries  and 
programme stakeholders, including national authorities and national agencies of the Erasmus+ 
Programme).  

A  detailed  overview  of  the  consultation  process  is  annexed  to  the  ex-ante  evaluation  that 
accompanies  this  proposal.  The  main  elements  resulting  from  these  consultations  are 
summarised below.  

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In  summary,  the  stakeholders  participating  in  the  consultations  expressed  an  overall 
appreciation of the visibility and political recognition given to young people’s engagement 
for  solidarity.  They  welcomed  the  new  opportunities  for  young  people  to  make  a  change 
thanks  to  the  European  Solidarity  Corps.  They  emphasised  the  potential  of  the  European 
Solidarity Corps to foster integration, inter-European and inter-generational solidarity and to 
promote common values. Yet, they highlighted the need for additional funding to ensure an 
inclusive  approach,  allowing  the  participation  of  young  people  from  disadvantaged 
backgrounds and  of  small organisations as  well as  quality  placements, while  building upon 
already existing structures. 

More  specifically,  one  of  the  key  issues  highlighted  by  stakeholders  was  the  need  for  an 
inclusive  approach.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  many  stakeholders  specifically  mentioned  the  need 
for a specific focus on inclusiveness for all young people, including those from disadvantaged 
backgrounds and with fewer opportunities. 

Stakeholders  emphasised  that  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  should  have  an  even  stronger 
focus  on  solidarity  than  the  existing  programmes  with  a  clear  definition  of  "solidarity 
activities". Stakeholders recognised that the activities in the scope of the European Solidarity 
Corps  can  contribute  to  the  development  of  skills  and  competences,  thus  supporting  non-
formal and informal learning as well as youth employability. Organisations equally stressed a 
need to train volunteers and some of them also mentioned the need to issue a certificate for 
volunteers. 

Possible  overlaps  with  existing  programmes  and  lack  of  funding  were  among  the  main 
concerns  expressed  by  stakeholders.  Many  requested  a  separate  budget  for  the  European 
Solidarity Corps. The majority of stakeholders stressed that in order to meet current and future 
needs, the European Solidarity Corps needed to be provided with sufficient additional funds 
on top of the available resources from existing programmes. The majority of stakeholders also 
requested  a  clear  distinction  between  volunteering  and  occupational  activities  in  order  to 
avoid  cheap  labour  or  unpaid  work,  such  as  by  replacing  trainees  and  employees  with 
volunteers. 

In  terms  of  implementation,  stakeholders  underlined  that it  should  be  lean  and  effective in 
order  to  avoid  unnecessary  administrative  burden  for  young  people  and  organisations.  They 
also  stressed  the  importance  to  ensure  high  quality  standards  as  well  as  to  build  on 
synergies  and  experience  from  existing,  well-functioning  schemes,  such  as  the  European 
Voluntary  Service.  Stakeholders  highlighted  the  need  to  have  a  clear  division  of  roles  and 
competencies  among  implementing  bodies,  to  clarify  the  rules  for  accreditation  of 
organisations, to have a well-functioning matching tool between organisations and volunteers 
and a high quality support system for the participants as important factors to reach this goal. 

When  it  comes  to  the  geographical  scope,  the  majority  of  stakeholders  argued  to  ensure 
consistency with the conditions of existing programmes. Stakeholders supported the proposed 
possibility  to  foster  solidarity  activities  at  the  local  level  in  addition  to  cross-border 
opportunities  and  they  acknowledged  that  these  may  make  participation  easier  for 
disadvantaged young people. However, several stakeholders stressed the need for cooperation 
and  coordination  with  national  governments  and  local  communities  in  order  to  ensure 
complementarity with existing programmes. 

the  views  and 
The  proposal  for 
recommendations  collected  during  the  consultations.  In  line  with  those,  the  European 

the  European  Solidarity  Corps 

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Solidarity Corps will offer new opportunities accessible to all young people with stronger 
the  participation  of 
emphasis  on  addressing  solidarity  needs  and  on  encouraging 
disadvantaged  young  people,  including  by  envisaging  additional  financial  support  when 
relevant.  It  will  also  place  special  emphasis  on  ensuring  the  relevance  and  quality  of  the 
activities to be supported. Quality and support measures, such as insurance, online linguistic 
support, general online training and specific training, a European Solidarity Corps certificate 
and post placement support will be offered to the participants. Quality will also apply to the 
organisations  willing  to  offer  placements  under  the  European  Solidarity  Corps.  To  this  end, 
and  in  line  with  the  suggestions  gathered  during  the  consultations,  a  quality  label  will  be 
introduced  as  a  pre-condition  for  participation  for  all  interested  organisations.  It  will  aim  at 
checking  their  compliance  with  the  principles  and  requirements  of  the  European  Solidarity 
Corps  Charter,  as  regards  their  rights  and  responsibilities  during  all  stages  of  the  solidarity 
experience.  

In line with stakeholders' recommendations, the European Commission will strive to improve 
the  user-friendliness  and  to  reduce  the  administrative  burden  of  the  registration  and 
application  process  for  both  young  people  and  organisations.  The  development  of  the 
European  Solidarity  Corps  Portal  is  already  a  step  in  this  direction.  The  Portal  and  the 
matching  tool  provide  a  single  entry  point  for  solidarity  activities  throughout  the  European 
Union.  

With regard to the need to cater for additional funding as advocated by many stakeholders, 
the  European  Solidarity  Corps  will  be  funded  from  both  additional  resources  and  from 
contributions by several existing programmes, which are in line with the European Solidarity 
Corps  objectives,  thus  maximising  synergies  and  complementarities  with  existing  schemes. 
Stakeholders  also  advocated  for  a  clear  distinction  between  volunteering  and  occupational 
activities. This will be catered for not only with respect to the definition of the activities to be 
supported,  but  also  in  relation  to  the  financial  support  dedicated  to  these  activities.  In  this 
respect,  the  legislative  proposal  introduces  an  indicative  split  for  the  financial  support  to 
solidarity  placements  and  projects  (80%  for  volunteering  placements  and  solidarity  projects 
on  the  one  hand  and  20%  for  traineeships  and  jobs  on  the  other  hand),  which  should  also 
contribute to ensuring continuity in the activities supported by the programmes contributing to 
the European Solidarity Corps.  

In  terms  of  geographical  scope,  the  starting  point  for  implementation  of  the  European 
Solidarity Corps will be the EU Member States. However, the proposed Regulation provides 
for the possibility to open up to other countries on the basis of bilateral agreements with those 
countries. 

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Impact assessment 

An impact assessment has not been carried out given that the European Solidarity Corps has 
already  been  established  by  the  Commission  in  its  Communication  in  December  2016.  The 
objective of the present Regulation represents a follow-up to that; this notwithstanding, given 
that it will involve significant spending, it is accompanied by an ex-ante evaluation to fulfil 
the requirements in the Financial Regulation. 

The ex-ante evaluation examined challenges at two levels: focusing on young people and their 
opportunities  to  engage  in  solidarity  activities  on  the  one  hand,  and  on  broader  social, 
institutional and organisational needs on the other. The ex-ante evaluation indicated a need for 
the EU to address the following major challenges in the framework of a European initiative 
for youth in the field of solidarity: 

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there  is  a  need  to  overcome  fragmentation  and  provide  more  opportunities  to 
encourage the engagement of young people and organisations in solidarity activities, 
namely  by  bringing  volunteering  and  occupational  experiences  under  one  umbrella 
with a shared quality approach and developing a visible and broad validation of the 
learning experience gained, regardless of the context in which it took place. There is 
also  a  need  to  ensure  easy  and  equal  access  through  lean  procedures,  whilst 
foreseeing  appropriate  measures  to  encourage  the  inclusion  of  young  people  from 
disadvantaged backgrounds; 

there  is  a  need  to  ensure  that  the  placements  and  activities  offered  by  a  European 
initiative for youth in the field of solidarity respond to unmet societal needs as well 
as  shared  quality  standards  and  a  common  understanding  of  the  acquisition  of  the 
knowledge, skills and competences to be validated across borders.  

The  ex-ante  evaluation  focused  on  two  options,  namely:  1)  to  continue  implementing  the 
European Solidarity Corps through various existing programmes as it has been the case during 
the  first  phase  launched  in  December  2016,  whereby  eight  programmes  have  been  funding 
solidarity actions, each one through its own legal basis, objectives and budget; 2) to develop a 
new self-standing initiative with strengthened focus on solidarity, which would build on the 
experience of existing programmes but would have its own clear set of objectives and ensure 
more clarity on the purpose and scope of the intervention. 

The possibility of using the legal base of one of the existing programmes was discarded due to 
the  fact  that  this  would  have  resulted  in  a  programme  with  a  complex  set  of  overlapping 
objectives  and  limited  visibility  of  solidarity  actions  in  a  broader  frame.  Furthermore,  such 
approach would have led to disengagement of stakeholders from the other programmes.  

Thus,  two  options  were  identified,  analysed  and  compared  against  the  following  criteria, 
which are in line with the stakeholders’ suggestions during the consultations:  

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Accessibility  (visibility  and  clarity  for  organisations,  young  people  and  other 
stakeholders on how to participate and access funding for solidarity activities); 

Quality (procedures and criteria ensuring quality and safety of placements); 

Inclusiveness (measures to ensure the participation of disadvantaged young people); 

Synergy  (involvement  of  and  synergies  among  organisations  active  in  solidarity 
action regardless of their local, regional, national or European scope); 

Efficiency and simplicity of management provisions and low administrative costs. 

Based on this multi-criteria analysis, option 2 (to develop a new self-standing initiative with 
strengthened  focus  on  solidarity)  resulted  as  the  option  that  would  deliver  better  results 
against  all  the  considered  criteria  and  was  therefore  retained  as  the  preferred  option.  This 
option  will  provide  a  clear  and  single  access  point  for  organisations  and  young  people  and 
will make solidarity actions more visible. It will embed a more inclusive approach through a 
dedicated inclusion strategy. It will provide overall quality of placements and of preparedness 
of the young participants through a series of specific qualitative processes and criteria (such 
as  quality  label  for  organisations,  training,  insurance,  etc.).  It  will  bring  new  synergies 
between the activities and their recognition as it will put them in one common framework and 
will help create new networks between people and organisations with common aspirations for 
solidarity.  Option  2  will  also  allow  simultaneously  decreasing  management  costs  while 
reaching greater effects (more value for money). 

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Different  delivery  mechanisms  were  considered  with  respect  to  the  preferred  Option:  direct 
management, indirect management or a combination of both. The analysis concluded that the 
latter  –  a  combination  of  direct  and  indirect  management  –  would  ensure  the  most  cost-
effective implementation in order to reach the envisaged target of mobilising 100 000 young 
people  by  2020.  The  ex-ante  evaluation also  stressed that  sufficient  and  consistent  financial 
resources are essential in order to reach the envisaged target. 

The  ex-ante  evaluation also  highlighted  the expected  positive  social  impact  of  the preferred 
option  both  at  individual  level  (e.g.  improved  knowledge,  skills  and  competences  for  their 
personal and professional development; increased sense of solidarity and citizenship for their 
social and civic development) and at societal level (e.g. addressed needs in communities with 
effects  on  social  welfare  and  well-being;  increased  support  to  organisations  committed  to 
solidarity with positive effects on their engagement and on the opportunities offered to young 
people; contribution to other policy goals such as youth participation, civil protection, social 
inclusion,  cohesion,  regional  development,  environmental  protection;  improved  image  of 
youth on some national media).  

Promoting  youth  participation  and  social  capital  is  also  closely  connected  to  economic 
growth.  Increased  participation  and  employability  of  young  people  can  have  positive 
consequences  for  employment  and  macro-economic  growth.  However,  considering  the 
relatively  small  size  of  the  proposed  intervention  as  well  as  the  fact  that  its  impact  will  be 
spread out throughout Europe and not concentrated on one particular Member State or sector, 
it  was  not  possible  to  measure  the  real  impact  in  economic  terms.  Similarly,  it  was  not 
considered relevant  to carry  out  an in-depth  analysis of environmental impacts. The ex-ante 
evaluation  acknowledged  that,  similarly  to  other  mobility  programmes,  the  European 
Solidarity Corps will in principle generate an increased demand for transport, which in turn 
can potentially lead to an increased emission of greenhouse gases. This impact was however 
considered  negligible  compared  to  the  overall  mobility  fluxes  in  Europe.  Nonetheless,  it  is 
worth noting that the European Solidarity Corps can, as a side-effect, play an important role in 
raising  young  people's  awareness  and  mobilising  them  vis-à-vis  environmental  issues,  as  it 
has  already  been  the  case  during  the  first  phase,  whereby  the  different  contributing 
programmes have already supported a variety of projects that deal with environmental issues. 

This proposal is fully consistent with the preferred option. 

Fundamental rights 

• 
This proposal is fully in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU11, which 
acknowledges  that  solidarity  is  one  of  the  universal  values  on  which  the  EU  is  founded.  In 
particular,  this  proposal  takes  into  full  account  the  rights  and  prohibitions  laid  down  in 
Articles 5 (Prohibition of slavery and forced labour), 14 (Right to education), 15 (Freedom to 
choose an occupation and right to engage in work), 21 (Non-discrimination), 24 (The rights of 
the child), 26 (Integration of persons with disabilities), 31 (Fair and just working conditions) 
and 32 (Prohibition of child labour and protection of young people at work) of the Charter. 

4. 

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS 

The Commission proposes to finance three fourths of the European Solidarity Corps budget 
by redeployments from  existing programmes. The remaining amount will be covered by the 

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mobilisation  of  the  Global  Margin  for  Commitments  in  2018  and  by  available  unallocated 
margins in 2019 and 2020. 

The prime reference amount under Heading 1a for the 2018-20 period is EUR 294.2 million, 
which includes redeployment under the same headings from the Erasmus+ programme (EUR 
197.7 million) and the Employment and Social Innovation programme (EUR 10 million).  

The  allocation  in  Heading  1a  will  be  complemented  by  contributions  from  programmes  in 
other headings within their existing financial allocation, in line with the aim of mainstreaming 
solidarity activities in different EU programmes and funds of the EU budget. The total amount 
proposed  for  the  contribution  from  other  headings  is  EUR  47.3  million  and  relies  on  the 
following contributing programmes: the European Social Fund (EUR 35 million), the Union 
Civil Protection Mechanism (EUR 6 million), the LIFE programme (EUR 4.5 million) and the 
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EUR 1.8 million). 

The  detailed  budgetary  and  financial  impact  of  the  proposal  is  indicated  in  the  legislative 
financial statement accompanying the proposal.  

5. 

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OTHER ELEMENTS 

Implementation plans and monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements 

In line with the analysis carried out in the context of the ex-ante evaluation that accompanies 
this proposal, and in order to ensure efficient and effective implementation, synergies and to 
minimise  administrative  burden,  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  will  use  the  existing 
management  and  implementation  arrangements  already  in  place  under  the  Erasmus+ 
programme. Building on the positive experience of the implementation of this programme as 
well as on its structures, the proposal provides for a clear division of programme management 
tasks  between  the  Commission,  the  National  Agencies  established  under  the  Erasmus+ 
Programme and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Since 
its  founding  in  2006,  the  EACEA  has  successfully  implemented  parts  of  the  Erasmus+, 
Creative  Europe,  Europe  for  Citizens  and  EU  Aid  Volunteers  programmes  (and  their 
predecessor  programmes)  to  a  high  standard,  as  confirmed  by  a  number  of  independent 
external evaluations. As required by Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the statute for 
executive  agencies12,  a  cost-benefit  analysis  prior  to  any  delegation  of  programmes  to  the 
executive agencies has been carried out and demonstrated the cost-effectiveness of the use of 
the EACEA for certain tasks related to the implementation of the European Solidarity Corps. 
In  parallel,  the  successful  model  of  National  Agencies  under  Erasmus+  has  delivered 
demonstrable performance and efficiency, coupled with a high level of assurance and sound 
financial management. 

The monitoring and evaluation arrangements of the European Solidarity Corps will consist of 
permanent monitoring to assess progress and an evaluation to assess the existing evidence on 
the effectiveness of the results achieved. 

Monitoring  arrangements  will  be  based  on  an  extensive  analysis  of  the  quantitative  outputs 
and qualitative outcomes  of the European Solidarity Corps. The quantitative outputs will be 
systematically  collected  through  the  IT  systems  put  in  place  for  the  management  of  the 

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agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes, OJ L 011, 
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actions of the European Solidarity Corps. The qualitative outcomes will be monitored through 
periodical  surveys  targeting  both  individuals  and  participating  organisations.  The  reporting 
and  assessment  arrangements  by  all  implementing  bodies  will  ensure  a  comprehensive 
monitoring of the implementation of the proposal. 

In  2020,  the  Commission  will  publish  a  report  taking  stock  of  the  progress  made  towards 
achieving  the  target  of  offering  100 000  young  people  opportunities  under  the  European 
Solidarity  Corps.  The  proposal  will  also  be  subject  to  an  independent  evaluation  four  years 
after  its  date  of  application  to  assess  the  qualitative  outcomes  of  the  supported  actions, 
including their impact on the young people and organisations. The evaluation should take into 
account the existing evidence on the effectiveness and impact of the results of the European 
Solidarity Corps. The sources of verification will include the monitoring data, the information 
included  in  the  work  plans  and  reports  from  the  implementing  bodies,  results  arising  from 
dissemination, evidence-based studies, surveys, etc. 

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Detailed explanation of the specific provisions of the proposal 

Chapter  I  –  General  provisions  of  the  proposed  Regulation  sets  out  its  subject-matter,  the 
definitions  of  certain  recurring  terms,  the  general  and  specific  objectives  of  the  European 
Solidarity Corps activities as well as the coherence and complementarity of Union action. The 
European  Solidarity  Corps  aims  to  enhance  the  engagement  of  young  people  and 
organisations in solidarity activities of high quality, accessible to all young people, as a means 
to contribute to strengthening cohesion and solidarity in Europe, supporting communities and 
responding to societal challenges. 

Chapter II – Actions of the European Solidarity Corps provides a description of the activities 
envisaged  for  the  achievement  of  the  objectives  of  the  proposed  Regulation.  The  Union's 
support measures include solidarity placements, projects and networking activities on the one 
hand and quality and support measures on the other. 

Chapter III – Financial provisions sets out the budgetary envelope of the European Solidarity 
Corps  for  the  2018-2020  period  and  the  envisaged  forms  of  Union  funding.  The  prime 
reference  amount  includes  redeployments  from  the  Erasmus+  programme  (EUR  197.7 
million)  and  from  the  Employment  and  Social  Innovation  programme  (EUR  10  million)  as 
well  as  additional  resources  for  the  financial  years  2018,  2019  and  2020.  The  financial 
envelope  is  complemented  by  contributions  from  different  headings  and  several  EU 
programmes.  

Chapter  IV  –  Participation  in  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  specifies  criteria  for  the 
participating countries, individuals and organisations. The participating countries are the EU 
Member  States  and  possibly  other  countries  on  the  basis  of  bilateral  agreements.  Young 
people aged 17-30 can register in the European Solidarity Corps Portal whereas participation 
can only start when they are between 18 and 30 years of age. A participating organisation that 
may make offers for solidarity placements or activities to registered individuals is any public 
or  private  entity,  or  an  international  organisation  that  carries  out  solidarity  activities  in  the 
participating  countries,  provided  that  they  have  received  a  quality  label  certifying  their 
adherence to the requirements of the European Solidarity Corps. 

Chapter V – Performance, results and dissemination includes provisions for the Commission 
and the participating countries to  ensure regular monitoring,  reporting and evaluation of the 
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information,  publicity  and  follow-up  with  regard  to  all  actions  supported  by  the  European 
Solidarity Corps. 

Chapter  VI  –  Management  and  audit  system  foresees  the  implementing  bodies  of  the 
European Solidarity Corps. In management terms, the proposed implementation modality is a 
combination of indirect management (through national agencies at national level) and direct 
management  (through  the  Commission  at  Union  level,  including  the  use  of  an  executive 
agency  on  the  basis  of  a  cost-benefit  analysis).  The  combination  of  management  modes  is 
based  on  the  positive  experience  of  the  implementation  of  the  Erasmus+  programme  and 
builds  on  the  existing  structures  of  that  programme.  The  proposal  foresees  that  the  national 
authorities  and  the  national  agencies  designated  for  the  management  of  the  Youth  actions 
under Erasmus+ will also act as national authorities and national agencies under the European 
Solidarity  Corps  in  the  relevant  participating  countries.  For  countries  where  a  national 
authority and a national agency are not designated, they will be established in accordance with 
Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013. National agencies will be in charge of the main part of the 
funds  and  will  operate  on  the  basis  of  a  delegation  agreement.  Furthermore,  for  some  tasks 
related to the implementation of the European Solidarity Corps, the Commission will use the 
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. In implementing this Regulation, the 
Commission  will perform tasks  implying  policy choices, in particular setting objectives and 
priorities,  adopting  work  programmes  (including  financing  decisions),  representing  the 
Commission in the programme committee, etc. The executive agency will be responsible for 
implementing tasks, such as the launch and conclusion of grant and procurement procedures, 
project  monitoring,  financial  control  and  accounting,  the  contribution  to  programme 
evaluation and various support tasks. 

Chapter VII – Control system foresees the necessary supervisory system meant to ensure that 
the protection of the financial interests of the Union is duly taken into account when actions 
financed under the European Solidarity Corps Regulation are implemented. 

Chapter VIII – Implementing provisions sets out the necessary provisions for the conferral of 
certain powers to the Commission to adopt work programmes by way of implementing acts. 
As  regards  the  Committee  required  under  Regulation  (EU)  No  182/201113  to  assist  the 
Commission  in  adopting  implementing  acts,  the  proposal  nominates  the  Committee 
established  by  article  36  of  Regulation  (EU)  No  1288/2013  establishing  the  Erasmus+ 
Programme. The Committee would work in different configurations (Erasmus+ and European 
Solidarity  Corps)  with  the  possibility  for  the  Member  States  to  nominate their  delegates  for 
the different configurations.  

Chapter IX – Amending and final provisions provides the necessary amendments to the basic 
acts  of  those  programmes  which  redirect  funds  from  their  respective  2014-2020  financial 
envelopes to the European  Solidarity Corps actions.  The final provisions set out  the date of 
entry into force of the proposed Regulation which shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States from 1 January 2018. 

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laying down the rules and general principles concerning the mechanisms for control by Member States 
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Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

laying down the legal framework of the European Solidarity Corps and amending 
Regulations (EU) No 1288/2013, (EU) No 1293/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 
1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and Decision No 1313/2013/EU 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Articles 165(4) and 166(4) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee14, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions15, 
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure16, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

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The European Union is built on solidarity, among its citizens and among its Member 
States. This common value guides its actions and provides the necessary unity to cope 
with current and future societal challenges, which young Europeans are willing to help 
address by expressing their solidarity in practice. 
The State of the Union address of 14 September 201617 emphasized the need to invest 
in young people and announced the establishment of a European Solidarity Corps with 
a  view  to  creating  opportunities  for  young  people  across  the  Union  to  make  a 
meaningful  contribution  to  society,  show  solidarity  and  develop  their  skills,  thus 
getting not only work but also invaluable human experience. 
In  its  Communication  “A  European  Solidarity  Corps”  of  7  December  201618,  the 
Commission  emphasised  the  need  to  strengthen  the  foundations  for  solidarity  work 
across  Europe,  to  provide  young  people  with  more  and  better  opportunities  for 
solidarity activities covering a broad range of areas, and to support national and local 
actors, 
to  cope  with  different  challenges  and  crises.  The 
Communication  launched  a  first  phase  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  whereby 
different Union programmes have been mobilised to offer volunteering, traineeship or 

their  efforts 

in 

OJ C […], […], p. […]. 
OJ C […], […], p. […]. 
Position of the European Parliament of ... (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Decision of the 
Council of ... (not yet published in the Official Journal). 
The  State  of  the  Union  2016:  Towards  a  Better  Europe  –  A  Europe  that  Protects,  Empowers  and 
Defends, IP/16/3042 (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-3042_en.htm). 
Communication  from  the  Commission  to  the  European  Parliament,  the  Council,  the  European 
Economic  and  Social  Committee  and  the  Committee  of  the  Regions  A  European  Solidarity  Corps, 
COM(2016) 942 final of 7.12.2016. 

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(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

job  opportunities  to  young  people  across  the  EU.  These  activities,  whether 
implemented before or after the entry into force of this Regulation, should continue to 
apply  the  rules  and  conditions  set  by  the  respective  Union  programmes  that  have 
financed them under the first phase of the European Solidarity Corps. 

Young  people  should  be  provided  with  easily  accessible  opportunities  to  engage  in 
solidarity  activities,  which  could  enable  them  to  express  their  commitment  to  the 
benefit of communities while acquiring useful experience, skills and competences for 
their  personal,  educational,  social,  civic  and  professional  development,  thereby 
improving  their  employability.  Those  activities  would  also  support  the  mobility  of 
young volunteers, trainees and workers. 

The solidarity activities offered to young people should be of high quality, in the sense 
that  they  should  respond  to  unmet  societal  needs,  contribute  to  strengthening 
communities, offer young people the opportunity to  acquire valuable knowledge  and 
competences,  be  financially  accessible  to  young  people,  and  be  implemented  in  safe 
and healthy conditions. 

The  European  Solidarity  Corps  would  provide  a  single  entry  point  for  solidarity 
activities throughout the Union. Consistency and complementarity of that framework 
should be ensured with other relevant Union policies and programmes. The European 
Solidarity Corps should build on the strengths and synergies of existing programmes, 
notably the European Voluntary Service. It should also complement the efforts made 
by  Member  States  to  support  young  people  and  ease  their  school-to-work  transition 
under the Youth Guarantee19 by providing them with additional opportunities to make 
a  start  on  the  labour  market  in  the  form  of  traineeships  or  jobs  in  solidarity-related 
areas  within  their  respective  Member  State  or  across  borders.  Complementarity  with 
existing Union level networks pertinent to the activities under the European Solidarity 
Corps,  such  as  the  European  Network  of  Public  Employment  Services,  EURES  and 
the Eurodesk network, should also be ensured. Furthermore, complementarity between 
existing  related  schemes,  in  particular  national  solidarity  schemes  and  mobility 
schemes  for  young  people,  and  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  should  be  ensured, 
building on good practices where appropriate. 

In order to maximise the impact of the European Solidarity Corps, provisions should 
be  made  to  allow  other  Union  programmes  such  as  the  Asylum,  Migration  and 
Integration  Fund,  the  Europe  for  Citizens  programme,  the  European  Regional 
Development  Fund  and  the  Health  Programme  to  contribute  to  the  objectives  of  the 
European Solidarity Corps by supporting activities within its scope. This contribution 
should  be  financed  in  accordance  with  the  respective  basic  acts  of  the  concerned 
programmes. Once they have obtained a valid European Solidarity Corps quality label, 
the beneficiaries should be given access to the European Solidarity Corps portal and 
receive  the  quality  and  support  measures  provided  according  to  the  type  of  activity 
offered. 

The European Solidarity Corps should open up new opportunities for young people to 
carry out volunteering, traineeship or job placements in solidarity-related areas as well 
as  to  devise  and  develop  solidarity  projects  based  on  their  own  initiative.  Those 
opportunities should contribute to enhancing their personal, educational, social, civic 
and  professional  development.  The  European  Solidarity  Corps  should  also  support 
networking activities for European Solidarity Corps participants and organisations as 

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well as measures to ensure the quality of the supported activities and to enhance the 
validation of their learning outcomes. 

Voluntary activities constitute a rich experience in a non-formal and informal learning 
context  which  enhances  young  people's  personal,  socio-educational  and  professional 
development,  active  citizenship  and  employability.  Voluntary  activities  should  not 
have  an  adverse  effect on potential or  existing paid employment, nor  should they be 
seen as a substitute for it. In order to ensure continuity with respect to the volunteering 
activities  that  are  supported  at  Union  level,  the  volunteering  activities  under  the 
European  Voluntary  Service  that  fall  within  the  geographical  scope  of  the  European 
Solidarity  Corps  should  be  supported  by  the  latter  in  the  form  of  cross-border 
volunteering  placements.  The  other  volunteering  activities  under  the  European 
Voluntary  Service  that  do  not  fall  under  the  geographical  scope  of  the  European 
Solidarity Corps should continue to be supported under the Programme established by 
Regulation  (EU)  No  1288/2013  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council 
establishing  'Erasmus+':  the  Union  programme  for  education,  training,  youth  and 
sport20. With respect to the interpretation of related legislation at Union level, both the 
cross-border  volunteering  placements  under  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  and  the 
volunteering  activities  that  continue  to  be  supported  under  Regulation  (EU)  No 
1288/2013  should  be  considered  equivalent  to  those  carried  out  under  the  European 
Voluntary Service. 

(10)  Traineeships and jobs in solidarity-related areas can offer additional opportunities for 
young  people  to  make  a  start  on  the  labour  market  while  contributing  to  addressing 
key  societal  challenges.  This  can  help  foster  the  employability  and  productivity  of 
young  people  while  easing  their  transition  from  education  to  employment,  which  is 
key  to  enhancing  their  chances  on  the  labour  market.  The  traineeship  placements 
offered  under  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  should  be  remunerated  by  the 
participating  organisation  and  follow  the  quality  principles  outlined  in  the  Council 
Recommendation on establishing a Quality Framework for Traineeships of 10 March 
201421. The traineeships and jobs offered should constitute a stepping stone for young 
people  to  enter  the  labour  market  and  should  therefore  be  accompanied  by  adequate 
post-placement  support.  The  traineeship  and  job  placements  should  be  facilitated  by 
relevant  labour  market  actors,  in  particular  public  and  private  employment  services, 
social  partners  and  Chambers  of  Commerce.  As  participating  organisations,  they 
should  be  able  to  apply for funding via the competent implementing  structure of the 
European  Solidarity  Corps  in  view  of  intermediating  between  the  young  participants 
and employers offering traineeship and job placements in solidarity sectors. 

(11)  Young people’s spirit of initiative is an important asset for society and for the labour 
market.  The  European  Solidarity  Corps  should  contribute  to  fostering  this  aspect  by 
offering  young  people  the  opportunity  to  devise  and  implement  their  own  projects 
aimed  at  addressing  specific  challenges  to  the  benefit  of  their  local  communities. 
Those projects should be an opportunity to try out ideas and support young people to 
be themselves drivers of solidarity actions. They could also serve as a springboard for 
further  engagement  in  solidarity  activities  and  could  be  a  first  step  towards 

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Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 
establishing  'Erasmus+':  the  Union  programme  for  education,  training,  youth  and  sport  and  repealing 
Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC, OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50. 
Council  Recommendation  of  10  March  2014  on  a  Quality  Framework  for  Traineeships,  OJ  C  88, 
27.3.2014, p. 1. 

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encouraging European Solidarity Corps participants to engage in self-employment or 
setting up associations, NGOs or other bodies active in the solidarity, non-profit and 
youth sectors. 

(12)  Young people and organisations participating in the European Solidarity Corps should 
feel  that  they  belong  to  a  community  of  individuals  and  entities  committed  to 
enhancing solidarity across Europe. At the same time, participating organisations need 
support to strengthen their capacities to offer good quality placements to an increasing 
number  of  participants.  The  European  Solidarity  Corps  should  support  networking 
activities  aimed  at  strengthening  young  people  and  participating  organisations’ 
engagement in this community, at fostering a European Solidarity Corps spirit, as well 
as  at  encouraging  the  exchange  of  useful  practices  and  experience.  Those  activities 
should  also  contribute  to  raising  awareness  about  the  European  Solidarity  Corps 
among public  and private actors as well as to collect feedback  from participants  and 
participating organisations on the implementation of the European Solidarity Corps. 

(13)  Particular attention should be paid to ensuring the quality of the placements and other 
opportunities  offered  under  the  European  Solidarity  Corps,  in  particular  by  offering 
training,  language  support,  insurance,  administrative  and  post-placement  support  to 
participants  as  well  as  the  validation  of  the  knowledge,  skills  and  competences 
acquired through their European Solidarity Corps experience. 

(14)  To  ensure  the  impact  of  European  Solidarity  Corps  placements  on  the  personal, 
educational,  social,  civic  and  professional  development  of  the  participants,  the 
knowledge,  skills  and  competences  that  are  the  learning  outcomes  of  the  placement 
should  be  properly  identified  and  documented,  in  accordance  with  national 
circumstances  and specificities, as  recommended in  the Council Recommendation  of 
20 December 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning 22. 

(15)  A  quality  label  should  be  put  in  place  to  ensure  compliance  of  the  participating 
organisations  with  the  principles  and  requirements  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps 
Charter,  as  regards  their  rights  and  responsibilities  during  all  stages  of  the  solidarity 
experience.  Obtaining  a  quality  label  should  be  a  precondition  for  participation  but 
should not automatically lead to funding under the European Solidarity Corps. 

(16)  A European Solidarity Corps Resource Centre should assist the implementing bodies, 
the  participating  organisations  and  the  young  people  taking  part  in  the  European 
Solidarity Corps in order to raise the quality of the implementation and of the activities 
of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  as  well  as  to  enhance  the  identification  and 
validation of competences acquired through these activities. 

(17)  A  European  Solidarity  Corps  Portal  should  continuously  be  developed  in  order  to 
ensure easy access to the European Solidarity Corps and to provide a one-stop shop for 
both  interested  individuals  and  organisations  as  regards,  inter  alia,  registration, 
identification  and  matching  of  profiles  and  opportunities,  networking  and  virtual 
exchanges,  online  training,  language  and  post-placement  support  as  well  as  other 
useful functionalities, which may arise in the future. 

(18)  This Regulation lays down a financial envelope for the period 2018-2020 which is to 
constitute  the  prime  reference  amount,  within  the  meaning  of  Point  17  of  the 
Interinstitutional  Agreement  between  the  European  Parliament,  the  Council  and  the 

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Commission  on  budgetary  discipline,  on  cooperation  in  budgetary  matters  and  on 
sound  financial  management23,  for  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  during 
the annual budgetary procedure. The prime reference amount includes redeployments 
from  the  Erasmus+  programme  (EUR  197.7  million)  and  from  the  Employment  and 
Social Innovation programme (EUR 10 million) for the financial years 2018, 2019 and 
2020, and it is complemented by contributions from several Union programmes under 
different  headings,  such  as  the  European  Social  Fund,  the  Union  Civil  Protection 
Mechanism,  the  LIFE  programme  and  the  European  Agricultural  Fund  for  Rural 
Development. 

In  order  to  ensure  continuity  in  the  activities  supported  by  the  programmes 
contributing  to  the  European  Solidarity  Corps,  the  financial  support  to  solidarity 
placements  and  projects  should  indicatively  follow  an  80%-20%  split  between 
volunteering  placements  and  solidarity  projects  on  the  one  hand  and  traineeship  and 
job placements on the other hand. 

In order to maximise the impact of the European Solidarity Corps, provisions should 
be made to allow participating countries to make additional national funding available 
in accordance with the rules of the European Solidarity Corps. 

In order to simplify requirements for beneficiaries, lump-sums, unit-costs or flat-rate 
funding should be used to the maximum possible extent. 

In addition to the Member States, the European Solidarity Corps should also be open 
to  the  participation  of  other  countries  on  the  basis  of  bilateral  agreements.  This 
participation should be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made 
available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with the concerned countries. 

(19) 

(20) 

(21) 

(22) 

(23)  The European Solidarity Corps should target young people aged 18-30. Participation 
in  the  activities  offered  by  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  should  require  prior 
registration in the European Solidarity Corps Portal.  

(24)  Special  attention  should  be  paid  to  ensuring  that  the  activities  supported  by  the 
European  Solidarity  Corps  are  accessible  to  all  young  people,  notably  the  most 
disadvantaged  ones.  Special  measures  should  therefore  be  put  in  place  to  promote 
social  inclusion,  the  participation  of  disadvantaged  young  people,  as  well  as  to  take 
into account the constraints imposed by the remoteness of the outermost regions of the 
Union  and  the  Overseas  Countries  and  Territories24.  Similarly,  the  participating 
countries  should  endeavour  to  adopt  all  appropriate  measures  to  remove  legal  and 
administrative  obstacles  to  the  proper  functioning  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps. 
This includes resolving, where possible, and without prejudice to the Schengen acquis 
and  Union  law  on  the  entry  and  residence  of  third-country  nationals,  administrative 
issues that create difficulties in obtaining visas and residence permits.  

(25)  Any entity willing to participate in the European Solidarity Corps, whether funded by 
the European Solidarity Corps budget, by another Union programme or by a different 
funding source, should receive a quality label provided that the appropriate conditions 

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Interinstitutional  Agreement  of  2  December  2013  between  the  European  Parliament,  the  Council  and 
the  Commission on budgetary discipline, on  cooperation in  budgetary matters  and  on  sound  financial 
management, OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1. 
Individuals  from  an  overseas  country  or  territory  (OCT)  and  competent  public  and  /or  private  bodies 
and institutions from an OCT may participate in the programmes in accordance with Council Decision 
2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the 
European Community, OJ L314, 30.11.2001, p.1. 

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are  fulfilled.  The  process  that  leads  to  the  attribution  of  a  quality  label  should  be 
carried  out  on  a  continuous  basis  by  the  implementing  structures  of  the  European 
Solidarity  Corps.  The  attributed  quality  label  should  be  reassessed  periodically  and 
could be revoked if, in the context of the checks to be performed, the conditions that 
led to its attribution were found to be no longer fulfilled. 

(26)  An  entity  willing  to  apply  for  funding  to  offer  placements  under  the  European 
Solidarity  Corps  should  have  first  received  a  quality  label  as  a  precondition.  This 
requirement should not apply to natural persons seeking financial support on behalf of 
an  informal  group  of  European  Solidarity  Corps  participants  for  their  solidarity 
projects. 

(27)  Effective performance management, including monitoring and evaluation, requires the 
development  of  specific,  measurable  and  realistic  indicators  which  can  be  measured 
over time and which reflect the logic of the intervention. 

(28)  Appropriate  outreach,  publicity  and  dissemination  of  the  opportunities  and  results  of 
the  actions  supported  by  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  should  be  ensured  at 
European, national and local level. The outreach, publicity and dissemination activities 
should  rely  on  all  the  implementing  bodies  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps, 
including, when relevant, with the support of other key stakeholders. 

(29) 

(30) 

(31) 

(32) 

In  order  to  ensure  greater  efficiency  in  communication  to  the  public  at  large  and 
stronger synergies between the communication activities undertaken at the initiative of 
the  Commission,  the  resources  allocated  to  communication  under  this  Regulation 
should  also  contribute  to  covering  the  corporate  communication  of  the  political 
priorities of the Union, provided that these are related to the general objective of this 
Regulation. 

In  order  to  ensure  efficient  and  effective  implementation  of  this  Regulation,  the 
European  Solidarity  Corps  should  make  maximum  use  of  existing  management 
arrangements already in place. The implementation of the European Solidarity Corps 
should  therefore  be  entrusted  to  existing  structures,  i.e.  the  Commission,  the 
Education,  Audiovisual  and  Culture  Executive  Agency  and  the  National  Agencies 
designated for the management of the actions referred to in Chapter III of Regulation 
(EU) No 1288/2013. 

In  order  to  ensure  financially  sound  implementation  and  close  monitoring  of  the 
European Solidarity Corps at national level, it is important to use the existing National 
Authorities designated for the management of the actions referred to in Chapter III of 
Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013. 

In  order  to  ensure  sound  financial  management  and  legal  certainty  in  each 
participating country, each National Authority should designate an independent audit 
body. Where feasible, and in order to maximise efficiency, the independent audit body 
could  be  the  same  as  the  one  designated  for  the  actions  referred to  in  Chapter  III of 
Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013. 

(33)  The  financial  interests  of  the  Union  should  be  protected  through  proportionate 
measures  throughout  the  expenditure  cycle,  including  the  prevention,  detection  and 
investigation of irregularities, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly 
used and, where appropriate, penalties. 

(34) 

In  order  to  ensure  uniform  conditions  for  the  implementation  of  this  Regulation, 
implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should 
be  exercised  in  accordance  with  Regulation  (EU)  No 182/2011  of  the  European 

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Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning 
mechanisms  for  control  by  the  Member  States  of  the  Commission's  exercise  of 
implementing powers25. 

In  compliance  with  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom)  No  966/2012  of  the  European 
Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of 
the European Union26, the Commission should adopt work programmes and inform the 
European Parliament and the Council thereof. The work programme should set out the 
measures  needed  for  their  implementation  in  line  with  the  general  and  specific 
objectives  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps,  the  selection  and  award  criteria  for 
grants, as well as all other elements required. Work programmes and any amendments 
to them should be adopted by implementing acts in accordance with the examination 
procedure. 

(36)  Since  the  objective  of  this  Regulation,  namely  to  establish  a  European  Solidarity 
Corps, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason 
of  its  scale  and  effects,  be  better  achieved  at  Union  level,  the  Union  may  adopt 
measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the 
Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set 
out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to 
achieve those objectives. 

(37)  For  reasons  of  efficiency  and  effectiveness,  the  committee  established  under 
Regulation  (EU)  No  1288/2013  should  also  assist 
the 
implementation of this Regulation. With respect to the European Solidarity Corps, that 
committee  should  convene  in  a  specific  configuration  and  its  mandate  should  be 
aligned in order to fulfil this new role. It should be for the participating countries to 
appoint  the  relevant  representatives  for  those  meetings,  taking  into  account  the 
volunteering and occupational dimensions of the European Solidarity Corps. 

the  Commission 

in 

(38)  Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 should be amended in order to take into account the 
changes  to  the  European  Voluntary  Service  resulting  from  the  new  volunteering 
activities supported in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps.  

(39)  The  financial  envelope  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  under  Heading  1a  of  the 
Multiannual Financial Framework also builds on funds redeployed from the Erasmus+ 
programme. These funds should mainly come from appropriations aimed at financing 
European  Voluntary  Service  activities  that  would  fall  under  the  scope  of  the 
volunteering  placements  supported  under 
this  Regulation.  In  addition,  some 
appropriations  of  the  Student  Loan  Guarantee  Facility,  which  are  unlikely  to  be 
absorbed  under  Erasmus+,  should  be  redeployed  with  a  view  to  providing  adequate 
co-financing  to  the  operating  costs  of  national  agencies  and  be  brought  more  in  line 
with the absorption capacity of this action.  

(40)  The  financial  envelope  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  under  Heading  1a  of  the 
Multiannual  Financial  Framework  should  additionally  be  supplemented  by  financial 
contributions from other programmes and headings, which require the amendment of 

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Regulation  (EU)  No  182/2011  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  16  February  2011 
laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of 
the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers, O.J. L 55, 28.2.2011, p.13. 
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 
2012  on  the  financial  rules  applicable  to  the  general  budget  of  the  Union  and  repealing  Council 
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.  

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Regulations (EU) No 1293/201327, (EU) No 1303/201328, (EU) No 1305/201329, (EU) 
No  1306/201330  as  well  as  of  Decision  No  1313/2013/EU31  of  the  European 
Parliament and of the Council. 

(41)  This Regulation should apply from 1 January 2018. In order to allow for the prompt 
application  of  the  measures  provided  for  in  this  Regulation,  this  Regulation  should 
enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the  Official Journal of 
the European Union. 

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Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on 
the  establishment  of  a  Programme  for  the  Environment  and  Climate  Action  (LIFE)  and  repealing 
Regulation (EC) No 614/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 185). 
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 
laying  down  common  provisions  on  the  European  Regional  Development  Fund,  the  European  Social 
Fund,  the  Cohesion  Fund,  the  European  Agricultural  Fund  for  Rural  Development  and  the  European 
Maritime  and  Fisheries  Fund  and  laying  down  general  provisions  on  the  European  Regional 
Development  Fund,  the  European  Social  Fund,  the  Cohesion  Fund  and  the  European  Maritime  and 
Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p.320). 
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on 
support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and 
repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487). 
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on 
the  financing,  management  and  monitoring  of  the  common  agricultural  policy  and  repealing  Council 
Regulations  (EEC)  No 352/78,  (EC)  No 165/94,  (EC)  No 2799/98,  (EC)  No 814/2000,  (EC) 
No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549). 
Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a 
Union Civil Protection Mechanism, (OJ L347 20.12.2013, p. 924). 

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

CHAPTER I 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Article 1 
Subject-matter  

This  Regulation  lays  down  the  legal  framework  for  the  European  Solidarity  Corps,  which 
shall offer young people opportunities to engage in solidarity activities. 

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: 

Article 2 
Definitions 

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(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

“solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmet societal needs  to 
the  benefit  of  a  community  while  also  fostering  the  individual’s  personal, 
educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of 
placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, 
such  as  education  and  training,  employment,  gender  equality,  entrepreneurship,  in 
particular  social  entrepreneurship,  citizenship  and  democratic  participation, 
environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness 
and  recovery,  agriculture  and  rural  development,  provision  of  food  and  non-food 
items,  health  and  wellbeing,  creativity  and  culture,  physical  education  and  sport, 
social  assistance  and  welfare,  reception  and  integration  of  third-country  nationals, 
territorial cooperation and cohesion; 

“participant” means a young person who has registered in the European Solidarity 
Corps  Portal  and  takes  part  in  a  solidarity  activity  under  the  European  Solidarity 
Corps offered by a participating organisation; 

“disadvantaged  young  people”  means  individuals  who  need  additional  support 
because  of  disability,  educational  difficulties,  economic  obstacles,  cultural 
differences, health problems, social obstacles, geographical obstacles; 

“participating  organisation”  means  any  public  or  private  entity  that  has  been 
attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label, which offers a placement to a 
participant  in  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  or  implements  other  activities  in  the 
framework of the European Solidarity Corps; 

“solidarity  placement”  means  a  volunteering  activity,  traineeship  or  job  in  a 
solidarity-related area, which is organised by a participating organisation and which 
contributes  to  addressing  key  societal  challenges  while  enhancing  the  personal, 
educational, social, civic and professional development and the employability of the 
European  Solidarity  Corps  participant  who  undertakes  it,  either  in  a  country  other 
than  the  country  of  residence  (cross-border)  or  in  the  country  of  residence  of  the 
participant (in-country); 

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(8) 

(9) 

(10) 

(11) 

(12) 

(13) 

(14) 

“volunteering”  means  a  full-time32  unpaid  voluntary  service  for  a  period  of  up  to 
twelve  months,  which  provides  young  people  with  the  opportunity  to  contribute  to 
the  daily  work  of  organisations  active  in  solidarity-related  fields,  to  the  ultimate 
benefit  of  the  communities  within  which  the  activities  are  carried  out,  including  a 
solid  learning  and  training  dimension  in  order  to  enable  the  young  volunteer(s)  to 
gain  skills  and  competences,  which  will  be  useful  for  their  personal,  educational, 
social  and  professional  development,  and  which  will  also  contribute  to  improving 
their employability; 

“volunteering  teams’  placements”  means  placements  allowing  teams  of  European 
Solidarity  Corps  participants  from  different  participating  countries  to  volunteer 
together for a common objective, by carrying out manual or intellectual tasks, on a 
worthwhile  community  service  project  for  a  period  between  two  weeks  and  two 
months; 

“traineeship”  means  a  period  of  work  practice  from  two  to  twelve  months, 
remunerated  by  the  organisation  hosting  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  participant, 
based  on  a  written  traineeship  agreement,  which  includes  a  learning  and  training 
component,  and  undertaken  in  order  to  gain  practical  and  professional  experience 
with  a  view  to  improving  employability  and  facilitating  transition  to  regular 
employment; 

"job"  means  a  period  of  work  from  two  to  twelve  months,  remunerated  by  the 
participating  organisation  employing  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  participant, 
carried  out  in  a  participating  country  and  based  on  an  employment  contract  in 
accordance with the national regulatory framework of that participating country; 

“solidarity project” means a local initiative for a period from two to twelve months, 
which is set up and carried out by groups of at least five European Solidarity Corps 
participants, with a view to addressing key challenges within their local community 
while linking them to a broader European perspective; 

“quality label” means the certification attributed to  a public or  private entity or  an 
international  organisation  willing  to  provide  placements  under  the  European 
Solidarity  Corps  following  a  procedure  aimed  at  ensuring  compliance  with  the 
principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter; 

“European  Solidarity  Corps  Charter”  means  the  document  that  sets  out  the 
respective rights and responsibilities that all the entities willing to join the European 
Solidarity Corps must agree to adhere to; 

“European  Solidarity  Corps  Resource  Center”  means  the  additional  functions 
performed  by  a  designated  national  agency  to  support  the  development  and 
implementation  of  activities  under  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  as  well  as  the 
identification  of  the  competences  acquired  by  the  participants  through  their 
placements and projects; 

"European  Solidarity  Corps  Portal"  means  a  web-based  tool  that  provides  relevant 
online  services  to  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  participants  and  participating 
organisations, including providing information about the European Solidarity Corps, 
registering  participants,  searching  for  participants  for  placements,  advertising  and 
searching for placements, searching for potential project partners, managing contacts 

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and  offers  for  placements  and  projects,  training,  communication  and  networking 
activities,  informing  and  notifying  about  opportunities,  as  well  as  other  relevant 
developments related to the European Solidarity Corps.  

Article 3 
General objective 

The objective of the European Solidarity Corps is to enhance the engagement of young people 
and organisations in accessible and high quality solidarity activities as a means to contribute 
to strengthening cohesion and solidarity in Europe, supporting communities and responding to 
societal challenges. 

The European Solidarity Corps shall pursue the following specific objectives: 

Article 4 
Specific objectives 

(a) 

(b) 

1. 

2. 

3. 

to provide young people, with the support of participating organisations, with easily 
accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities while improving their 
skills  and  competences  for  personal,  educational,  social,  civic  and  professional 
development, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the labour 
market,  including  by  supporting  the  mobility  of  young  volunteers,  trainees  and 
workers; 

to  ensure  that  the  solidarity  activities  that  are  offered  to  the  European  Solidarity 
Corps  participants  contribute  to  addressing  concrete,  unmet  societal  needs  and 
strengthening communities, are of high quality and properly validated. 

Article 5 
Coherence and complementarity of Union action 

The  actions  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  shall  be  consistent  with  and 
complementary  to  the  relevant  policies  and  programmes  relating  to  the  areas 
mentioned  in  Article  2(1)  as  well as  existing  Union  level  networks  pertinent to  the 
activities of the European Solidarity Corps.  

The Commission and the participating countries shall cooperate to achieve efficiency 
and effectiveness, by ensuring coherence between national programmes and schemes 
related  to  solidarity,  education,  vocational  training  and  youth  on  the  one  hand  and 
actions under the European Solidarity Corps on the other hand. Those actions shall 
build on relevant good practices and existing programmes. 

Other  Union  programmes  may  also  contribute  to  the  objectives  of  the  European 
Solidarity Corps by supporting activities within its scope. This contribution shall be 
financed in accordance with their respective basic acts. 

CHAPTER II 
ACTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS 

Article 6 
Actions of the European Solidarity Corps 

The  European  Solidarity  Corps  shall  pursue  its  objectives  through  the  following  types  of 
actions: 

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(b) 

1. 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

2. 

solidarity placements, projects and networking activities 

quality and support measures. 

Article 7 
Solidarity placements, projects and networking activities 

This Action shall support: 

solidarity  placements  in  the  form  of  volunteering,  traineeships  or  jobs,  including 
individual  cross-border  and  in-country  placements  as  well  as  volunteering  teams’ 
placements; 

solidarity projects at the initiative of European Solidarity Corps participants; 

networking activities for individuals and organisations participating in the European 
Solidarity Corps. 

The cross-border volunteering placements referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall 
be considered equivalent to those carried out under the European Voluntary Service 
and  references  to  the  European  Voluntary  Service  in  the  Union  legislation  shall  be 
read as also referring to the European Solidarity Corps as regards those placements. 

Article 8 
Quality and support measures 

This Action shall support: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

measures aimed at ensuring the quality of solidarity placements, including training, 
language  support,  administrative  support  for  participants  and  participating 
organisations,  insurance,  post-placement  support  as  well  as  the  development  of  a 
certificate  that  identifies  and  documents  the  knowledge,  skills  and  competences 
acquired during the placement; 

the  development  and  maintenance  of  a  quality  label  for  entities  willing  to  provide 
placements for the European Solidarity Corps in order to ensure compliance with the 
principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter; 

the activities of a European Solidarity Corps Resource Centre to support and raise the 
quality  of  the  implementation  of  the  actions  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  and 
enhance the validation of their outcomes; 

the establishment, maintenance and updating of the European Solidarity Corps Portal 
and  other  relevant  online  services  as  well  as  the  necessary  IT  support  systems  and 
web-based tools. 

CHAPTER III 
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS 

Article 9 
Budget 

1. 

The  overall  budget  available  for  the  implementation  of  the  European  Solidarity 
Corps  is  set  at  EUR 341 500 000  in  current  prices,  for  the  period  from  1  January 
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The  amount  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  includes  a  financial  envelope  of 
EUR 294 200 00033 in current prices supplemented by contributions from:  

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

the European Social Fund, contributing with EUR 35 000 000 in current prices;  

the  Union  Civil  Protection  Mechanism,  contributing  with  EUR 6 000 000  in 
current prices;  

the LIFE programme, contributing with EUR 4 500 000 in current prices;  

the  European  Agricultural  Fund  for  Rural  Development,  contributing  with 
EUR 1 800 000 in current prices. 

The financial support to solidarity placements and projects referred to in paragraphs 
(a) and (b) of Article 7(1) shall indicatively be 80% for volunteering placements and 
solidarity projects; and 20% for traineeship and job placements. 

The  financial  allocation  may  also  cover  expenses  pertaining  to  preparatory, 
monitoring,  control,  audit  and  evaluation  activities  which  are  required  for  the 
management of the European Solidarity Corps and the achievement of its objectives, 
in  particular,  studies,  meetings  of  experts  and  information  and  communication 
actions,  expenses  linked  to  the  establishment,  maintenance  and  updating  of  the 
European Solidarity Corps Portal and the necessary IT support systems, and all other 
technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the 
management of the European Solidarity Corps. 

If  necessary,  appropriations  may  be  entered  in  the  budget  beyond  2020  to  cover 
similar expenses, in order to enable the management of actions not yet completed by 
31 December 2020. 

A  participating  country  may  make  national  funding  available  to  beneficiaries  to  be 
managed in accordance with the rules of the European Solidarity Corps and, to this 
end, use the decentralised structures of the European Solidarity Corps, as long as it 
ensures the complementary pro rata funding of these structures. 

Article 10 
Forms of Union funding 

European Solidarity Corps funding may be provided in one or more of the forms laid 
down  in  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom)  No 966/2012,  in  particular  grants,  procurement 
and prizes. 

The  Commission  may  implement  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  indirectly  in 
accordance with Article 58(1)(c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012. 

This financial envelope constitutes the prime reference amount within the meaning of point 17 of the 
Interinstitutional  Agreement  (2013/C  373/01)  between  the  European  Parliament,  the  Council  and  the 
Commission  on  budgetary  discipline,  on  cooperation  in  budgetary  matters  and  on  sound  financial 
management. 

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PARTICIPATION IN THE EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

Article 11 
Participating countries 

The Member States shall participate in the European Solidarity Corps. 

The European Solidarity Corps shall be open for the participation of other countries 
on the basis of bilateral agreements. Cooperation shall be based, where relevant, on 
additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to 
be agreed with those countries. 

Article 12  
Participation of individuals 

Young people aged 17 to 30 years willing to participate in the European Solidarity 
Corps shall register in the European Solidarity Corps Portal. However, at the moment 
of commencing a placement or a project a registered young person shall be at least 
18 years of age and not older than 30. 

When implementing this Regulation, the Commission and the participating countries 
shall ensure that particular efforts are made to promote social inclusion, in particular 
for the participation of disadvantaged young people. 

Article 13 
Participating organisations 

The European Solidarity Corps shall be open to the participation of public or private 
entities, or international organisations, provided that they have received a European 
Solidarity Corps quality label. 

An  application  from  an  eligible  entity  to  become  a  European  Solidarity  Corps 
participating organisation shall be assessed by the competent implementing body of 
the  European  Solidarity  Corps  in  order  to  ascertain  that  its  activities  adhere  to  the 
requirements of the European Solidarity Corps. 

As  a  result  of  the  assessment  the  entity  may  be  attributed  the  European  Solidarity 
Corps quality label. The obtained label shall be re-assessed periodically and may be 
revoked. 

Any entity which has received the European Solidarity Corps quality label shall be 
given access  to  the European  Solidarity Corps Portal and  shall  be  allowed to  make 
offers for solidarity activities to registered individuals. 

The European Solidarity Corps quality label shall not automatically lead to funding 
under the European Solidarity Corps. 

The  solidarity  activities  and  related  quality  and  support  measures  offered  by  a 
participating organisation may receive funding under the European Solidarity Corps 
or  under  another  Union  programme  autonomously  contributing  to  the  objectives  of 
the European Solidarity Corps or from other funding sources which do not depend on 
the Union budget. 

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Article 14 
Access to the European Solidarity Corps funding 

Any  public  or  private  entity  established  in  a  participating  country  as  well  as  international 
organisations  carrying  out  solidarity  activities  in  the  participating  countries  may  apply  for 
funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the activities referred to in point 
(a) of Article 7(1), a quality label shall be obtained by the participating organisation as a pre-
condition  for  receiving  funding  under  the  European  Solidarity  Corps.  In  the  case  of  the 
solidarity projects referred to in point (b) of Article 7(1), natural persons may also apply for 
funding on behalf of informal groups of European Solidarity Corps participants. 

CHAPTER V 
PERFORMANCE, RESULTS AND DISSEMINATION 

Article 15 
Monitoring and evaluation of performance and results 

1. 

The  Commission,  in  cooperation  with  the  participating  countries,  shall  regularly 
monitor  the  performance  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  towards  achieving  its 
objectives. 

2. 

Progress on the specific objectives shall be measured by using indicators, such as: 

(a)  number  of  participants  in  volunteering  placements  (in-country  and  cross-

border); 

(b)  number of participants in traineeship placements (in-country and cross-border); 

(c)  number of participants in job placements (in-country and cross-border); 

(d)  number of participants in solidarity projects; 

(e)  number of organisations holding a European Solidarity Corps quality label. 

At the latest six months after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission 
shall establish a detailed programme for monitoring the outputs, results and impacts 
of this Regulation.  

In  2020  the  Commission  shall  publish  a  report  taking  stock  of  the  progress  made 
towards achieving its results, including the target of offering 100 000 young people 
opportunities  under  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  by  2020  (covering  all  the 
placements and projects referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 7(1)). 

Four years after the date of application of this Regulation the Commission shall carry 
out  an  independent  evaluation  of  this  Regulation  and  present  a  report  on  the  main 
findings to the European Parliament, the Council, the Committee of the Regions and 
the European Economic and Social Committee.  

Article 16 
Communication and dissemination 

The  Commission,  in  cooperation  with  the  participating  countries,  shall  ensure  the 
dissemination  of  information,  publicity  and  follow-up  with  regard  to  all  actions 
supported in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps. 

The national agencies referred to in Article 20 shall develop a consistent policy with 
regard  to  effective  outreach  as  well  as  dissemination  and  exploitation  of  results  of 

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activities  supported  under  the  actions  they  manage,  shall  assist  the  Commission  in 
the  general  task  of  disseminating  information  concerning  the  European  Solidarity 
Corps,  including  information  in  respect  of  actions  managed  at  national  and  Union 
level, and  their  results,  and  shall  inform  relevant  target  groups  about  the  initiatives 
undertaken in their country. 

3. 

Communication activities shall also contribute to the corporate communication of the 
political  priorities  of  the  Union,  provided  that  they  are  related  to  the  general 
objective of this Regulation. 

CHAPTER VI 
MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT SYSTEM 

Article 17  
Implementing bodies 

This Regulation shall be implemented in a consistent manner by: 

(a) 

(b) 

the Commission at Union level; 

the national agencies at national level in the participating countries. 

Article 18 
National authority 

In  each  country  participating  in  the  European  Solidarity  Corps,  the  national  authorities 
designated  for  the  management  of  actions  referred  to  in  Chapter  III  of  Regulation  (EU)  No 
1288/2013 shall also act as national authorities in the framework of the European Solidarity 
Corps. Paragraphs 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Article 27 of that Regulation shall 
apply to the European Solidarity Corps by analogy. For countries referred to in paragraph 2 of 
Article 11 of this Regulation, where a national authority is not identified for that country, it 
shall  be  designated  in  accordance  with  paragraphs  2  to  6  and  8  to  15  of  Article  27  of 
Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013.  

Article 19 
Independent audit body 

1. 

The  national  authority  shall  designate  an  independent  audit  body.  The  independent 
audit  body  shall  issue  an  audit  opinion  on  the  yearly  management  declaration 
referred to in Article 60(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012. 

2. 

The independent audit body shall 

(a)  have the necessary professional competence to carry out public sector audits; 

(b) 

ensure that its audits take account of internationally accepted audit standards; 

(c)  not  be  in  a  position  of  conflict  of  interest  with  regard  to  the  legal  entity  of 
which  the  national  agency  referred  to  in  Article  20  forms  part  and  be 
independent, in terms of its functions, of the legal entity of which the national 
agency forms part. 

3. 

The  independent  audit  body  shall  give  the  Commission  and  its  representatives,  as 
well as the Court of Auditors, full access to all documents and reports in support of 
the  audit  opinion  that  it  issues  on  the  national  agency's  yearly  management 
declaration. 

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National agency 

1. 

2. 

3. 

In each country participating in the European Solidarity Corps, the national agencies 
designated  for  the  management  of  the  actions  referred  to  in  Chapter  III  of  the 
Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 in their respective countries shall also act as national 
agencies in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps.  

Paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 shall 
apply to the European Solidarity Corps by analogy. 

Without  prejudice  to  Article  28(3)  of  Regulation  (EU)  No  1288/2013,  the  national 
agency  shall  also  be  responsible  for  managing  all  stages  of  the  project  lifecycle  of 
those  actions  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  listed  in  the  implementing  acts 
referred to in Article 24, in accordance with point (c)(v) and (vi) of Article 58(1) of 
Regulation  (EU,  Euratom)  No  966/2012  and  with  Article  44  of  Commission 
Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/201234.  

For  countries  referred  to  in  paragraph  2  of  Article  11  of  this  Regulation,  where  a 
national  agency  is  not  designated  for  that  country,  it  shall  be  established  in 
accordance  with  paragraphs  2,  5,  6,  7  and  8  of  Article  28  of  Regulation  (EU)  No 
1288/2013. 

Article 21 
European Commission 

1. 

The  rules  applying  to  the  relationship  between  the  Commission  and  a  national 
agency shall be laid down in a written document which shall: 

(a) 

(b) 

stipulate  the  internal  control  standards  for  national  agencies  and  the  rules  for 
the management of the Union funds for grant support by the national agencies; 

include  the  national  agency  work  programme  comprising  the  management 
tasks of the national agency to which Union support is provided; 

(c) 

specify the reporting requirements for the national agency. 

2. 

The Commission shall each year make the following funds available to the national 
agency: 

(a) 

(b) 

funds for grant support in the participating country concerned for the actions of 
the  European  Solidarity  Corps  the  management  of  which  is  entrusted  to  the 
national agency; 

a  financial  contribution  in  support  of  the  management  tasks  of  the  national 
agency  defined  according  to  the  modalities  described  in  point  (b)  of  Article 
29(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013. 

The  Commission  shall  lay  down  the  requirements  for  the  national  agency  work 
programme.  The  Commission  shall  not  make  European  Solidarity  Corps  funds 
available  to  the  national  agency  before  having  formally  approved  the  national 
agency's work programme. 

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 of 29 October 2012 on the rules of application 
of  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom)  No  966/2012  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  on  the 
financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, OJ L 362, 31.12.2012, p. 1. 

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4. 

On  the  basis  of  the  compliance  requirements  for  national  agencies  referred  to  in 
Article  27(4)  of  Regulation  (EU)  No  1288/2013,  the  Commission  shall  review  the 
national  management  and  control  systems,  the  national  agency's  management 
declaration  and  the  opinion  of  the  independent  audit  body  thereon,  taking  due 
account of the information provided by the national authority on its monitoring and 
supervision activities with regard to the European Solidarity Corps. 

After  assessing  the  yearly  management  declaration  and  the  opinion  of  the 
independent  audit  body  thereon,  the  Commission  shall  address  its  opinion  and 
observations to the national agency and the national authority. 

In the event that the Commission cannot accept the yearly management declaration 
or  the  independent  audit  opinion  thereon,  or  in  the  event  of  unsatisfactory 
implementation  by  the  national  agency  of  the  Commission's  observations,  the 
Commission may implement any precautionary and corrective measures necessary to 
safeguard  the  Union's  financial  interests  in  accordance  with  Article  60(4)  of 
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012. 

The  Commission  shall  organise  regular  meetings  with  the  network  of  national 
agencies  in  order  to  ensure  coherent  implementation  of  the  European  Solidarity 
Corps across all participating countries. 

CHAPTER VII 
CONTROL SYSTEM 

Article 22 
Principles of the control system 

The  Commission  shall  take  appropriate  measures  ensuring  that,  when  actions 
financed under this Regulation are implemented, the financial interests of the Union 
are  protected  by  the  application  of  measures  to  prevent  fraud,  corruption  and  any 
other illegal activities, by effective controls and, if irregularities are detected, by the 
recovery  of  the  amounts  wrongly  paid  and,  where  appropriate,  by  effective, 
proportionate and dissuasive penalties. 

The Commission shall be responsible for the supervisory controls with regard to the 
European Solidarity Corps actions managed by the national agencies. It shall set the 
minimum requirements for the controls by the national agency and the independent 
audit body. 

National agencies shall be responsible for the primary controls of grant beneficiaries 
for the actions of the European Solidarity Corps which are entrusted to them. Those 
controls shall give reasonable assurance that the grants awarded are used as intended 
and in compliance with the applicable Union rules. 

With regard to the funds transferred to the  national agencies, the Commission shall 
ensure  proper  coordination  of  its  controls  with  the  national  authorities  and  the 
national  agencies,  on  the  basis  of  the  single  audit  principle  and  following  a  risk-
based  analysis.  This  provision  shall  not  apply  to  investigations  carried  out  by  the 
European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). 

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Article 23 
Protection of the financial interests of the Union 

The  Commission  or  its  representatives  and  the  Court  of  Auditors  shall  have  the 
power to conduct audits, on the basis of documents and on the spot, in relation to all 
grant  beneficiaries,  contractors,  subcontractors  and  other  third  parties  who  have 
received  Union  funds.  They  may  also  conduct  audits  and  carry  out  controls  in 
relation to the national agencies. 

OLAF  may  carry  out  on-the-spot  controls  and  inspections  of  economic  operators 
concerned  directly  or  indirectly  by  such  funding  in  accordance  with  the  procedure 
laid  down  in  Council  Regulation  (Euratom,  EC)  No 2185/9635,  with  a  view  to 
establishing  whether  there  has  been  fraud,  corruption  or  any  other  illegal  activity 
affecting the financial interests of the Union in connection with a grant agreement or 
grant decision or a contract concerning Union funding. 

Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 2, cooperation agreements with third countries 
and international organisations, and grant agreements, grant decisions and contracts 
resulting  from  the  implementation  of  this  Regulation,  shall  expressly  empower  the 
Commission, the Court of Auditors and OLAF to conduct such audits and carry out 
on-the-spot controls and inspections. 

CHAPTER VIII 
IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS 

Article 24 
Implementation of the European Solidarity Corps 

In  order  to  implement  this  Regulation,  the  Commission  shall  adopt  work 
programmes by way of implementing  acts. Each work programme shall ensure that 
the general and specific objectives set out in Articles 3 and 4 are implemented in a 
consistent  manner  and  shall  outline 
the  method  of 
implementation  and  its  total  amount.  The  work  programmes  shall  also  contain  a 
description  of  the  actions  to  be  financed,  an  indication  of  the  amount  allocated  to 
each  action,  an  indication  of  the  distribution  of  funds  between  the  participating 
countries  for  the  actions  to  be  managed  through  the  national  agencies  and  an 
indicative implementation timetable. 

the  expected  results, 

Those  implementing  acts  shall  be  adopted  in  accordance  with  the  examination 
procedure referred to in Article 25(2). 

Article 25 
Committee procedure 

The  Commission  shall  be  assisted  by  the  committee  established  by  Article  36  of 
Regulation  (EU)  No  1288/2013.  That  committee  shall  be  a  committee  within  the 
meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 

Council  Regulation  (Euratom,  EC)  No  2185/96  of  11  November  1996  concerning  on-the-spot checks 
and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial 
interests against fraud and other irregularities, OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2. 

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Where  reference  is  made  to  this  paragraph,  Article  5  of  Regulation  (EU) 
No 182/2011 shall apply. 

CHAPTER IX 
AMENDING AND FINAL PROVISIONS 

Article 26 
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 

Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 is amended as follows: 

1. 

Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 is replaced by the following: 

“1. Learning mobility of individuals shall support: 

(a) the mobility of young people in non-formal and informal learning activities between the 
Programme countries; such mobility may take the form of youth exchanges and volunteering, 
as well as innovative activities building on existing provisions for mobility; 

(b)  the  mobility  of  persons  active  in  youth  work  or  youth  organisations  and  youth  leaders; 
such mobility may take the form of training and networking activities. 

2. This action shall also support the mobility of young people, including volunteering, as well 
as the mobility of persons active in youth work or youth organisations and youth leaders, to 
and from partner countries, in particular neighbourhood countries. 

3.  The  volunteering  activities  referred  to  in  paragraphs  1(a)  and  2  shall  be  considered 
equivalent  to  those  carried  out  under  the  European  Voluntary  Service  and  references  to  the 
European Voluntary Service in the Union legislation shall be read as also referring to those 
volunteering activities.” 

2. 

In Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 are replaced 
by the following: 

"1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme as from 1 January 2014 
is set at EUR 14 576 824 000 in current prices. 

2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the actions of the Programme as 
follows, with a margin of flexibility not exceeding 5 % of each of the allocated amounts: 

(a) at least 80,7 % to education and training, from which the following minimum allocations 
shall be assigned: 

(i) 44,3 % to higher education, representing 35,7 % of the total budget; 

(ii) 21,4 % to vocational education and training, representing 17,3 % of the total budget; 

(iii) 14,6 % to school education, representing 11,8 % of the total budget; 

(iv) 4,9 % to adult learning, representing 3,9 % of the total budget;  

(b) 8,8 % to youth; 

(c) up to 1,5 % to the Student Loan Guarantee Facility; 

(d) 1,9 % to Jean Monnet; 

(e) 1,8 % to sport, of which no more than 10 % to the activity mentioned under point (b) of 
Article 17(1); 

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3.  Of  the  allocations  referred to  in  points  (a)  and  (b)  of  paragraph  2,  at  least  63  %  shall  be 
allocated to learning mobility of individuals, at least 27 % to cooperation for innovation and 
the exchange of good practices and at least 4,2 % to support for policy reform." 

Article 27 
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013 

In Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013, the following paragraph is added: 

"3.  A  maximum  of  EUR  3  000  000  in  current  prices  from  the  sub-programme  for 
Environment  corresponding  to  the  priority  area  Environment  Governance  and  Information 
and  of  EUR  1  500  000  in  current  prices  from  the  sub-programme  for  Climate  Action 
corresponding to the priority area Climate Governance and Information shall be allocated to 
finance projects within the meaning of Article 17(4) implemented by the European Solidarity 
Corps in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/XXX, which contribute to one or more of the 
priority areas within the meaning of Articles 9 and 13. This allocation shall be implemented 
solely  in  accordance  with  the  Regulation  (EU)  2017/XXX,  to  the  exclusion  of  the  specific 
requirements of Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013. " 

Article 28 
Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 

Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 is amended as follows: 

1. 

Article 58(1) is amended as follows:  

(a) the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:  

“At the initiative of the Commission, the ESI Funds may support the preparatory, monitoring, 
administrative and technical assistance, evaluation, audit and control measures necessary for 
implementing this Regulation and support actions pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/XXX as 
referred to  in  the  third subparagraph  in  so  far  as  those  actions  pursue the  aim  of  economic, 
social and territorial cohesion”.  

(b) In the third subparagraph, the following point (m) is added: 

"(m)  actions  financed  pursuant  to  Regulation  (EU)  2017/XXX  on  the  European  Solidarity 
Corps  in  order  to  enhance  the  personal,  educational,  social,  civic  and  professional 
development of young people, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the 
labour market." 

2. 

In Article 91(3), the following subparagraph is added: 

"EUR  35  000  000  in  current  prices  of  the  amount  allocated  to  technical  assistance  at  the 
initiative of the Commission shall be allocated to the European Solidarity Corps to support its 
actions,  in  accordance  with  point  (a)  of  article  9(2)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2017/XXX.  The 
allocation shall be implemented solely in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2017/XXX, to 
the exclusion of the specific requirements of Fund-specific Regulations." 

Article 29 
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 

In  Article  51(1)  of  Regulation  (EU)  No  1305/2013,  the  following  subparagraph  is  added 
under the first subparagraph: 

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"The EAFRD may also finance actions implemented by the European Solidarity Corps with 
an  amount  of  EUR  1  800  000  in  current  prices  in  accordance  with  Regulation  (EU) 
2017/XXX,  which  contribute  to  one  or  more  of  the  Union  priorities  for  rural  development. 
The  allocation  shall  be  implemented  solely  in  accordance  with  the  Regulation  (EU) 
2017/XXX, to the exclusion of the specific requirements of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013." 

Article 30 
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 

In Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the following point (j) is added: 

"(j)  actions  implemented  by  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  in  accordance  with  Regulation 
(EU)  2017/XXX,  which  contribute  to  one  or  more  of  the  Union  priorities  in  the  area  of 
agriculture  and  rural  development  and  notably  the  actions  referred  to  in  the  second 
subparagraph  of  Article  51(1)  of  Regulation  (EU)  No  1305/2013.  The  allocation  shall  be 
implemented solely in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2017/XXX, to the exclusion of 
the specific requirements of Fund-specific Regulations." 

Article 31 
Amendment to Decision No 1313/2013/EU 

In Article 19(1) of Decision No 1313/2013/EU, the following subparagraph is added after the 
second subparagraph: 

"EUR  6  000  000  in  current  prices  from  the  financial  envelope  derived  from  Heading  3 
"Security and Citizenship" shall be allocated to finance actions implemented by the European 
Solidarity Corps in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/XXX, which contribute to one or 
more  of  the  Union  priorities  in  the  area  of  civil  protection.  The  allocation  shall  be 
implemented solely in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2017/XXX, to the exclusion of 
the specific requirements of Decision No 1313/2013/EU." 

Article 32  
Entry into force 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  that  of  its  publication  in  the 
Official Journal of the European Union. 

It shall apply from 1 January 2018. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

1.1.  Title of the proposal/initiative  

1.2.  Policy area(s) concerned 

* 

1.3.  Nature of the proposal/initiative  

1.4.  Objective(s)  

1.5.  Grounds for the proposal/initiative  

1.6.  Duration and financial impact  

1.7.  Management mode(s) planned  

2. 

MANAGEMENT MEASURES  

2.1.  Monitoring and reporting rules  

2.2.  Management and control system  

2.3.  Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities  

3. 

ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

3.1.  Heading(s)  of  the  multiannual  financial  framework  and  expenditure  budget 
line(s) affected  

3.2.  Estimated impact on expenditure  

3.2.1. Summary of estimated impact on expenditure  

3.2.2. Estimated impact on operational appropriations  

3.2.3. Estimated impact on appropriations of an administrative nature 

3.2.4. Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework 

3.2.5. Third-party contributions  

3.3.  Estimated impact on revenue

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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

1.1. 

Title of the proposal/initiative  

Proposal  for  a  REGULATION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND  OF  THE 
COUNCIL on the European Solidarity Corps  

1.2. 

Policy area(s) concerned  

Title 15 Education and Culture 

1.3. 

Nature of the proposal/initiative  

 The proposal/initiative relates to a new action  

  The  proposal/initiative 
project/preparatory action36  

relates 

to  a  new  action 

following  a  pilot 

 The proposal/initiative relates to the extension of an existing action  

 The proposal/initiative relates to an action redirected towards a new action  

1.4. 

Objective(s) 

1.4.1.  The  Commission's  multiannual 

strategic  objective(s) 

targeted  by 

the 

proposal/initiative  

Education and culture – Jobs and growth 

1.4.2. 

Specific objective(s) 

Specific objective No 1: 

to provide young people, with the support of participating organisations, with easily 
accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities while improving their 
skills  and  competences  for  personal,  educational,  social,  civic  and  professional 
development, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the labour 
market,  including  by  supporting  the  mobility  of  young  volunteers,  trainees  and 
workers.  

Specific objective No 2: 

to  ensure  that  the  solidarity  activities  that  are  offered  to  the  European  Solidarity 
Corps  participants  contribute  to  addressing  concrete,  unmet  societal  needs  and 
strengthening communities, are of high quality and properly validated. 

1.4.3.  Expected result(s) and impact 

Specify the effects which the proposal/initiative should have on the beneficiaries/groups targeted. 

The proposal is expected to generate impacts at different levels: 

- at the level of individuals participating in the European Solidarity Corps, since they 
will have the opportunity to participate in a wide-range of solidarity activities as well 
as to join a Europe-wide community of like-minded fellows. This will enable them to 
express  their  solidarity,  their  commitment  and  their  motivation  to  contribute  to 

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addressing key societal challenges. At the same time, they will have the opportunity 
to  acquire  useful  experience  and  develop  key  skills  and  competences  for  their 
personal and professional development. 

- at the level of the organisations participating in the European Solidarity Corps and 
the  communities  in  which  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  members  operate,  since 
they will benefit from the financial and/or other support of the European Solidarity 
Corps as well as the help by motivated young people in order to better cope with the 
challenges they address. 

- at the societal level,  since solidarity activities address unmet needs,  and therefore 
contribute to strengthening the capacity and resilience of vulnerable communities as 
well as to enhancing cohesion and solidarity at the level of communities. 

1.4.4. 

Indicators of results and impact  

Specify the indicators for monitoring implementation of the proposal/initiative. 

Monitoring arrangements will be based on an extensive analysis of the quantitative 
outputs of the Programme, via dedicated IT systems, which will ease the collection 
of necessary information about activities and projects implemented. The main output 
indicators that will be collected will include inter alia: 

- number of participants in volunteering placements (in-country and cross-border); 

- number of participants in traineeship placements (in-country and cross-border); 

- number of participants in job placements (in-country and cross-border); 

- number of participants in solidarity projects; 

- number of organisations holding a European Solidarity Corps quality label. 

At the latest six months after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission 
shall establish a detailed programme for monitoring the outputs, results and impacts 
of this Regulation.  

1.5. 

Grounds for the proposal/initiative  

1.5.1.  Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term  

To  establish  a  Corps  of  motivated  young  Europeans  willing  to  engage  -  in  their 
country  or  abroad  -  in  volunteering  activities,  traineeships  or  jobs  in  solidarity-
related areas. 

By 2020, to have offered concrete opportunities to 100 000 young Europeans.  

To  support  organisations  in  carrying  out  accessible  and  high  quality  solidarity 
activities  that  are  expected  to  contribute  to  addressing  unmet  societal  needs,  while 
enhancing  young  people’s  personal,  educational,  social,  civic  and  professional 
development.  

1.5.2.  Added  value  of  Union  involvement  (it  may  result  from  different  factors,  e.g. 
coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For 
the purposes of this point 'added value of Union involvement' is the value resulting 
from  Union  intervention  which  is  additional  to  the  value  that  would  have  been 
otherwise created by Member States alone. 

The European Solidarity Corps will enhance the European dimension to solidarity. It 
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this will not have competition or substitution effects. This complementary effect will 
be  ensured  since  the  Corps  will  address  unmet  societal  needs,  i.e.  situations  where 
needs among communities and citizens are – e.g. for reasons of lacking resources – 
not  being  met  by  the  labour  market  or  by  existing  volunteering  or  other  types  of 
solidarity programmes. 

1.5.3.  Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past 

With regard to the volunteering dimension, the European Solidarity Corps will build 
on  the  successful  model  of  the  European  Voluntary  Service  which  has  provided  a 
tangible  contribution  to  the  development  of  competences,  language  learning, 
fostering of international attitudes and promotion of European values among young 
people  over  the  last  twenty  years.  Although  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  will  go 
beyond  the  European  Voluntary  Service,  by  supporting  a  wider  range  of  activities 
and  introducing  administrative  simplifications,  it  will  preserve  and  further  enhance 
the  qualitative  framework  (training,  insurance,  mentoring  and  language  support, 
learning dimension for young participants) developed under the European Voluntary 
Service scheme.  

1.5.4.  Compatibility and possible synergy with other appropriate instruments 

The  actions  of  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  will  be  consistent  with  and 
complementary to a variety of relevant EU policies and programmes, such as those 
relating to education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in 
particular  social  entrepreneurship,  citizenship  and  democratic  participation, 
environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness 
and  recovery,  agriculture  and  rural  development,  provision  of  food  and  non-food 
items,  health  and  wellbeing,  creativity  and  culture,  physical  education  and  sport, 
social  assistance  and  welfare,  reception  and  integration  of  third-country  nationals, 
territorial cooperation and cohesion.  

Several EU programmes will be contributing to the overall budget of the European 
Solidarity Corps as described in section 3 of this document. Other programmes and 
funds may also contribute to the objectives of the European Solidarity Corps through 
their specific provisions in accordance with their respective basic acts. 

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Duration and financial impact 

 Proposal/initiative of limited duration  

–   Proposal/initiative in effect from 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2020  

–   Financial 

impact  from  2018 

to  2023  (post-2020  valid  for  payment 

appropriation only). 
1.6.  Management mode(s) planned37  

 Direct management by the Commission 

–   by its departments, including by its staff in the Union delegations;  

–   by the executive agencies  

 Shared management with the Member States  

1.7.   Indirect management by entrusting budget implementation tasks to: 

–   third countries or the bodies they have designated; 

–   international organisations and their agencies (to be specified); 

–   the EIB and the European Investment Fund; 

–   bodies referred to in Articles 208 and 209 of the Financial Regulation; 

–   public law bodies; 

–   bodies governed by private law with a public service mission to the extent that 

they provide adequate financial guarantees;  

–   bodies governed by the private law of a Member State that are entrusted with 
the  implementation  of  a  public-private  partnership  and  that  provide  adequate 
financial guarantees; 

–    persons  entrusted  with  the  implementation  of  specific  actions  in  the  CFSP 

pursuant to Title V of the TEU, and identified in the relevant basic act. 

– 

If more than one management mode is indicated, please provide details in the ‘Comments’ section. 

Comments  

The  management of the  main actions  of the European Solidarity Corps will be conferred to 
the National Agencies responsible for the implementation of decentralised actions under the 
Erasmus+ Programme. These bodies will be responsible for actions such as: Quality label and 
training;  Placements;  Solidarity  projects;  Networking  activities;  Resource  centre  and 
certificates for participants. 

The  European  Commission,  partially  also  via  the  Education,  Audio-visual  and  Culture 
Executive  Agency,  will  manage  actions  to  provide  horizontal  services  to  the  European 
Solidarity Corps participants (i.e. portal, online training, online linguistic support, insurance) 
as  well  as  a  part  of  actions,  such  as  Quality  label,  Placements  (for  certain  profiles  of 
organisations  or  types  of  placements)  and  Networking  activities  (for  European  level 
activities). 

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Details  of  management  modes  and  references  to  the  Financial  Regulation  may  be  found  on  the 
site: 
BudgWeb 
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MANAGEMENT MEASURES  

2.1.  Monitoring and reporting rules  

Specify frequency and conditions. 

The objective is to use existing arrangements for Erasmus+ as much as possible and 
to simplify and reduce the administrative burden put on participants and participating 
organisations. 

Consequently,  rules  for monitoring and  reporting  will  systematically  be  established 
in view of their efficiency and cost-effectiveness, based on the experience gained in 
the Erasmus+ programme, among others. 

The  use  of  lump  sum  and  flat  rate  grants/grants  based  on  unit  costs  will  be 
generalized  to  a  maximum  extent.  Reporting  and  controls  will  thus  focus  on  the 
realisation  of  the  financed  activity  and  the  achieved  results  rather  than  on  the 
eligibility  of  costs  incurred,  reducing  the  workload  and  scope  for  error  of  both 
programme participants and managing bodies.  

Programme beneficiaries (organisations benefiting from the scheme) will supply the 
necessary  management  information  in  their  grant  application  and  their  reports. 
Reporting requirements will be proportional to the size of the grant, the duration and 
complexity  of  the  supported  action.  Indicators  provide  a  stable  basis  for  the 
collection and exploitation of data in view of monitoring and reporting. 

The actions will be supported with electronic forms for application and reporting by 
beneficiaries.  This  will  facilitate  the  collection  and  exploitation  of  data  for 
monitoring  and  reporting,  both  at  national  and  Union  level.  The  European 
Commission  has  at  its  disposal  a  wide  variety  of  bespoke  IT  solutions  to  facilitate 
collection and reporting. 

2.2.  Management and control system  

2.2.1.  Risk(s) identified  

The risks identified in the implementation of the current programmes fall mainly into 
the following categories: 

- errors derived from the inexperience of beneficiaries with the  rules: error rates and 
financial  adjustments  are  expected  to  be  higher  in  the  case  of  actions  with  more 
complex  financial  management  rules,  in  particular  when  grants  are  based  on  real 
costs;  this  is  largely  mitigated  by  using  simplified  costs  (lump  sums,  flat  rates  and 
scales of unit costs) as permitted by the Financial Regulation; 

-  reliability  of  the  control  chain  and  maintenance  of  the  audit  trail:  the  European 
Solidarity  Corps  would  be  managed  by  a  large  number  of  intermediaries,  the 
National  Agencies,  the  audit  bodies  and  the  National  Authorities.  The  control 
framework mitigates these risks and is very well established; 

 -  specific  target  stakeholders:  in  particular  in  the  volunteering  sector,  participants 
may  not  have  the  necessary  financial  reserves  or  sophisticated  management 
structures.  This  lack  of  formal  structure  can  have  an  impact  on  their  financial  and 
operational  capacity  for  managing  Union  funds.  Simple  formats  of  actions  and 
simplified costs substantially mitigate this risk in making the rules easy to follow. 

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Information concerning the internal control system set up 

The  control  system  for  the  initiative  will  be  set  up  in  a  manner  so  as  to  ensure 
efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the controls. 

The Commission's supervision and performance frameworks will ensure a high level 
of monitoring and feedback to inform the policy approach; 

The  European  Commission  will  include  the  European  Solidarity  Corps  in  its 
programme  of  Supervisory  visits, 
financial  audits,  and  monitoring  and 
implementation  visits,  as  well  as  guidance  activities  such  as  conferences,  kick-off 
meetings, meetings of National Agencies, training courses and webinars. 

As set out in 2.1 above, the main simplification to reduce error rates resulting from 
the complexity of financial rules will be the wide use of grants in the form of lump 
sums,  flat  rates  and  scales  of  unit  costs,  as  already  successfully  implemented  in 
Erasmus+.  

Expected results/internal control objective 

The control objectives will have the following targets: 

Control objective 

Target 

Control effectiveness 
as regards legality and 
regularity 

Controls provide reasonable assurance as regards legality and 
regularity; supervisory controls are effective as regards entrusted 
bodies; 

Multiannual residual error rate for the implementation through 
National Agencies and EACEA under 2%; 

Overall, the cost of control should be in a low range of between 1 
and 5%, depending on the measure used, in line with similar 
programmes such as Erasmus+. Costs of control should be 
proportional and cost effective; 

Suspected  irregularities  or  fraud  and  ongoing  investigations  of 
OLAF  followed  up  via  the  Commission's  existing  anti-fraud 
strategy,  with  no  impact  on  the  assurance  over  the  reporting 
period; 

  Entrusted funds appropriately safeguarded; 
  Accounting and reporting reliable; 
  Budget execution in line with targets. 

Efficiency and Cost-
effectiveness 

Fraud prevention and 
detection 

Other control 
objectives: 
safeguarding of assets 
and information, 
reliability of reporting  

 Reliability of the control chain and audit trail 

A solid control system is in place to control the use of Union funds for the actions 
managed  by  National  Agencies  and  EACEA.  Such  system,  currently  applied  under 
the Erasmus+ programme, will be extended to the European Solidarity Corps. 

The following set-up is envisaged for the actions implemented by National Agencies:  

Controls  are  organised  at  three  levels:  by  National  Agencies,  by  independent  audit 
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Commission  will  take  account  of  the  controls  performed  by  other  bodies  to  ensure 
cost-efficiency on a multi-annual basis. 

While National Agencies will be in charge of primary controls of beneficiaries, their 
system  of  internal  control  and  compliance  are  monitored  and  supervised  by  the 
Member States/National Authorities and audited by an Independent Audit Body. The 
Commission  sets  the  requirements  for  the  controls  at  national  level  to  ensure 
coherence  and  reliability  and  supervise  the  implementation  of  controls  at  Member 
State level. This  practice is already well established by the Commission  that issues 
yearly  a  Guide  for  National  Agencies  setting  minimum  requirements,  control 
objectives  and  technical  guidelines  for  National  Agencies  with  regard  to  primary 
controls of programme beneficiaries. The same applies to the Guidelines for National 
Authorities, and Independent Audit Bodies.  

the management declaration of assurance from the National Agency due by 15 

In order to provide a high quality basis for the annual declaration of assurance by the 
Director General, a permanent control system consists of the following elements:  
▪ 
February N+1,  
the Independent Audit Opinion due by 15 March N+1,  
▪ 
▪ 
the  Commission's  analysis  of  the  management  declaration  of  assurance  and 
independent audit opinion and feedback thereon to the National Agency and Member 
State,  including  formal  observations  and  recommendations  in  case  of  non-
compliance or underperformance by the National Agency, 
▪ 
their monitoring and supervision activities on the programme at national level. 
Depending on the results of the Commission controls, supervisory visits and audits, it 
may  impose  precautionary  measures  on  National  Agencies  (such  as  suspension  of 
commitments  or  payments)  as  well  as  corrective  measures  (notably  financial 
corrections). Both types of measures are already in use and have proved efficient in 
addressing serious problems of non-compliance and underperformance.  

the information from the Member States by 30 October of each year, covering 

Actions managed by an executive agency (EACEA): 

EACEA  will  manage  the  actions  under  direct  centralised  management,  building  on 
its experience in Erasmus+.  

The Commission will apply the control measures required for executive agencies in 
accordance  with  the  Financial  Regulation  and  the  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 
58/2003  on  executive  agencies.  This  supervision  will  be  integrated  in  the  terms  of 
cooperation between the parent DG and the executive agency  and in  the semestrial 
reporting of the Agency as well as the quarterly meetings of the Steering Committee. 

The Commission intends to manage only a minimum of actions directly. 

Following these simplification measures, the Commission accepts that there will be a 
residual  risk,  which  is  inherent  to  the  political  choice  to  provide  Union  support  to 
these types of participants in view of the programme objectives. 

2.2.3.  Estimate of the costs and benefits of the controls and assessment of the expected level 

of risk of error  

Regarding cost effectiveness, the Commission has made an initial estimation of the 
costs  of  the  resources  and  inputs  required  for  carrying  out  the  controls  and  has 
estimated,  in  so  far  as  possible,  their  benefits  in  terms  of  the  amount  of  errors  and 
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non-quantifiable errors. This approach emphasises the core financial and operational 
checks of the controls chain. 

The  control  strategy  is  based  on  a  single  integrated  control  framework  in  order  to 
provide  reasonable  assurance  throughout  the  project  cycle.  The  approach  taken  to 
assess  cost-effectiveness  of  controls  is  based  on  the  logic  of  building  blocks  of 
assurance and a single integrated control framework. The Commission differentiates 
the frequency and the intensity of the controls – in view of the different risk profiles 
among its current and future transactions and of the cost-effectiveness of its existing 
and  alternative  controls,  in  particular  as  outlined  to  National  Agencies  in  the 
programme  implementation  guidance. Executive Agencies and all entrusted entities 
are  always  responsible  for  the  primary  level  of  controls  in  order  to  ensure  the 
protection of the Union’s financial interest, while the Commission is responsible for 
supervisory controls. 

The Commissions estimate is that the global cost of control is low, and in the range 
1-5%, depending on the measure used, of the budget managed (Executive Agency's 
budget excluded). These costs are proportional and cost effective given the likely risk 
of error if such controls were not in place, and the requirement to ensure an error rate 
below 2%. Based on the experience with Erasmus+ and its predecessor programmes, 
which have an error rate of around 1% on a multiannual basis, the expected risk of 
error is less than 2%. 

2.3.  Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities  

Specify existing or envisaged prevention and protection measures. 

The controls aimed at preventing and detecting fraud are not unlike those intended to 
ensure the legality and regularity of the transactions (the unintentional errors). Each 
year the Commission reviews all reporting from National Agencies on possible fraud 
or  irregularities.  These  cases  are  mainly  followed  up  at  national  level  where  the 
National Agencies have direct access to means of legal redress and referral of fraud 
cases.  

The  Commission  services  contribute  to  ongoing  OLAF  investigations  and  organise 
the  follow-up  to  completed  OLAF  investigations.  Financial  prejudice  to  the  EU 
budget  resulting  from  fraud  established  in  final  OLAF  case  reports  concerning 
programmes with similar funding rules and stakeholders is low. Cases are referred to 
OLAF and to IDOC as appropriate, but a significant number of cases are followed up 
during the year directly with National Agencies and National Authorities, who have 
direct access to the relevant judicial and anti-fraud entities. 

Commission services implementing the action have developed and implemented their 
own  anti-fraud  strategy  (AFS)  since  2014,  elaborated  on  the  basis  of  the 
methodology provided by OLAF. Regularly updated, it is supplemented with, where 
appropriate, lower-level procedural documents, covering how cases are referred and 
followed up.  

Considering the level of fraud impact potentially faced by the proposed programme, 
in particular the financial prejudice recorded by the European Anti-fraud Office, the 
residual  risk  of  fraud  does  not  justify  additional  measures.  Commission  services 
maintain  close  cooperation  with  OLAF  and  follow  the  ongoing  cases  closely. 
Therefore it is possible to conclude positively on assurance in respect of fraud risk. 

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ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

3.1. 

Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected  

  New budget lines requested  

In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines. 

Heading of 
multiannual 
financial 
framework 

1A 

1A 

1B 

2 

2 

2 

3 

Budget line 

Type of 
expenditure 

Contribution  

Diff./Non-diff. 

from EFTA 
countries 

from candidate 
countries 

from third 
countries 

within the meaning of 
Article 21(2)(b) of the 
Financial Regulation  

15  01  04  03  Support  Expenditure  for  the  European 
Solidarity Corps 

Non diff. 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

15 05 01 European Solidarity Corps 

04 02 65 European Solidarity Corps – Contribution from the 
European Social Fund (ESF) 

05  04  60  04  -  European  Solidarity  Corps  –  Contribution 
for  Rural 
from 
Development (EAFRD) 

the  European  Agricultural  Fund 

07  02  07  -  European  Solidarity  Corps  –  Contribution 
from  the LIFE sub-programme for Environment 

34  02  05  -  European  Solidarity  Corps  –  Contribution  from 
the LIFE sub-programme for Climate Action 

23  03  01  03  -  European  Solidarity  Corps  –  Contribution 
from Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) 

Diff 

Diff 

Diff 

Diff 

Diff 

Diff 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO* 

NO 

NO 

NO 

NO 

NO 

NO 

NO 

* Initially, the participation to the European Solidarity Corps is intended for Member States of the European Union. At a subsequent stage, the participation may be extended to other 
countries, on the basis of bilateral agreements, as referred to in Article 11 of this legislative proposal. 

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3.2. 

Estimated impact on expenditure  

Sources of funding for the European Solidarity Corps (in euro 
million- rounded figures) 

Erasmus+, of which: 

15  02  01  01  -  Promoting  excellence  and  cooperation  in  the  European 
education and training area and its relevance to the labour market 

15 02 01 02- Promoting excellence and cooperation in the European youth 
area and the participation of young people in European democratic life 

European  Union  Programme  for  Employment  and  Social  Innovation 
(EaSI) , of  which: 

04  03  02  01-  Progress  —  Supporting  the  development,  implementation, 
monitoring  and  evaluation  of  Union  employment  and  social  policy  and 
working conditions legislation 

The Union Civil Protection Mechanism, of which: 

23 03 01 01- Disaster prevention and preparedness within the Union 

LIFE, of which: 

34 02 03- Better climate governance and information at all levels 

07 02 03- Supporting better environmental governance and information  at 
all levels 

2018 

2019 

2020 

TOTAL 

51,9 

2,1 

49,9 

2,5 

2,5 

2,0 

2,0 

1,5 

0,5 

1,0 

69,2 

2,1 

67,1 

3,5 

3,5 

2,0 

2,0 

1,5 

0,5 

1,0 

76,6 

1,8 

74,8 

4,0 

4,0 

2,0 

2,0 

1,5 

0,5 

1,0 

197,7 

5,9 

191,8 

10,0 

10,0 

6,0 

6,0 

4,5 

1,5 

3,0 

European Social Fund  (ESF)* 

11,1 

12,1 

11,8 

35,0 

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European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) * 

Unallocated  margin  under  Heading  1a  (including  Global  Margin  for 
Commitments) 

Total Contribution to European Solidarity Corps 

1,8 

18,4 

89,2 

30,5 

118,7 

37,7 

133,6 

1,8 

86,5 

341,5 

* The contribution from EAFRD and ESF comes from the overall technical assistance envelope included in the financial programming and not yet allocated.  

3.2.1. 

Summary of estimated impact on expenditure  

Heading of multiannual financial  
framework  

1A 

European Solidarity Corps 

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

DG: EAC 

 Operational appropriations  

15 05 01 European Solidarity Corps 

YEAR 

YEAR 

YEAR 

2018 

2019 

2020 

Subsequent 
years 

TOTAL 

Commitments 
Payments 

(1) 
(2) 

68,236 
51,177 

98,596 
97,454 

114,368 
110,484 

0,000 
22,085 

281,200 
281,200 

Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes38  

15 01 04 03 Support Expenditure for the European 

(3) 

4,550 

4,550 

3,900 

0,000 

13,000 

38 

Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct 
research. 

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Solidarity Corps 

TOTAL appropriations 
for DG EAC 

 TOTAL operational appropriations H1A 

Commitments 

Payments 

Commitments 

Payments 

 TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for 
specific programmes  

=1+1a 
+3 

=2+2a 

+3 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADING 1A 

of the multiannual financial framework 
(Prime reference amount) 

72,786 

103,146 

118,268 

0,000 

294,200 

55,727 

102,004 

114,384 

22,085 

294,200 

68,236 

51,177 

98,596 

97,454 

114,368 

110,484 

0,000 

22,085 

4,550 

4,550 

3,900 

0,000 

281,200 

281,200 

13,000  

294,200 

Commitments 

=4+ 6 

72,786 

103,146 

118,268 

0.000 

Payments 

=5+ 6 

55,727 

102,004 

114,384 

22,085 

294,200 

Heading of multiannual financial  
framework  

1B 

European Solidarity Corps 

DG: EAC 

 Operational appropriations  

YEAR 

YEAR 

YEAR 

2018 

2019 

2020 

Subsequent 
years 

TOTAL 

04 02 65 European Solidarity Corps – Contribution 

Commitments 
Payments 

(1) 
(2) 

11,102 
8,327 

12,078 
12,487 

11,820 
11,810 

0,000 
2,377 

35,000 
35,000 

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from the European Social Fund (ESF) 

Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes39  

TOTAL appropriations 
for DG EAC 

 TOTAL operational appropriations H1B 

Commitments 

Payments 

Commitments 

Payments 

 TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope 
for specific programmes  

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADING 1B 

of the multiannual financial framework 

Commitments 

Payments 

(3) 

=1+1a 
+3 

=2+2a 

+3 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

=4+ 6 

=5+ 6 

11,102 

12,078 

11,820 

0,000 

8,327 

12,487 

11,810 

2,377 

11,102 

8,327 

12,078 

12,487 

11,820 

11,810 

0,000 

2,377 

11,102 

12,078 

11,820 

0,000 

8,327 

12,487 

11,810 

2,377 

Heading of multiannual financial  
framework  

2 

European Solidarity Corps 

35,000 

35,000 

35,000 

35,000 

35,000 

35,000 

DG: EAC 

YEAR 

YEAR 

YEAR 

Subsequent 
years 

TOTAL 

39 

Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct 
research. 

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 Operational appropriations  

05  04  60  04  -  European  Solidarity  Corps  – 
Contribution from the European Agricultural Fund 
for Rural Development (EAFRD) 

07  02  07 
-  European  Solidarity  Corps  – 
Contribution  from   the  LIFE  sub-programme  for 
Environment 

34  02  05 
-  European  Solidarity  Corps  – 
Contribution  from  the  LIFE  sub-programme  for 
Climate Action 

Commitments 

Payments 

Commitments 

Payments 

Commitments 

Payments 

2018 

2019 

2020 

(1) 

(2) 

(1) 

(2) 

(1) 

(2) 

1,800 

0,000 

0,000 

0,000 

1,350 

0,360 

0,090 

0,000 

1,000 

1,000 

1,000 

0,000 

0,750 

1,050 

1,000 

0,200 

0,500 

0,500 

0,500 

0,000 

0,375 

0,525 

0,500 

0,100 

Appropriations  of  an  administrative  nature  financed  from  the  envelope  of  specific 
programmes40  

TOTAL appropriations 
for DG EAC 

 TOTAL operational appropriations H2 

(3) 

Commitments 

=1+1a +3 

3,300 

1,500 

1,500 

0,000 

Payments 

Commitments 

Payments 

=2+2a 

+3 

(4) 

(5) 

2,475 

1,935 

1,590 

0,300 

3,300 

2,475 

1,500 

1,935 

1,500 

1,590 

0,000 

0,300 

1,800 

1,800 

3,000 

3,000 

1,500 

1,500 

6,300 

6,300 

6,300 

6,300 

40 

Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct 
research. 

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 TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope 
for specific programmes  

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADING 2 

of the multiannual financial framework 

Commitments 

Payments 

(6) 

=4+ 6 

=5+ 6 

3,300 

1,500 

1,500 

0,000 

2,475 

1,935 

1,590 

0,300 

6,300 

6,300 

Heading of multiannual financial  
framework  

3 

European Solidarity Corps 

DG: EAC 

 Operational appropriations  

23  03  01  03  -  European  Solidarity  Corps  – 
Contribution 
from  Union  Civil  Protection 
Mechanism (UCPM) 

Commitments 

Payments 

(1) 

(2) 

Appropriations  of  an  administrative  nature  financed  from  the  envelope  of  specific 
programmes41  

(3) 

YEAR 

YEAR 

YEAR 

2018 

2019 

2020 

Subsequent 
years 

TOTAL 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

0,000 

1,500 

2,100 

2,000 

0,400 

6,000 

6,000 

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Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct 
research. 

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Commitments 

=1+1a +3 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

0,000 

TOTAL appropriations 
for DG EAC 

 TOTAL operational appropriations H3 

Payments 

Commitments 

Payments 

 TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope 
for specific programmes  

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADING 3 

of the multiannual financial framework 

Commitments 

Payments 

If more than one heading is affected by the proposal / initiative: 

 TOTAL operational appropriations  

Commitments 

Payments 

 TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope 
for specific programmes  

=2+2a 

+3 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

=4+ 6 

=5+ 6 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

1,500 

2,100 

2,000 

0,400 

2,000 

1,500 

2,000 

2,100 

2,000 

2,000 

0,000 

0,400 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

0,000 

1,500 

2,100 

2,000 

0,400 

84,638 

63,479 

114,174 

113,976 

129,688 

125,884 

0,000 

25,162 

4,550 

4,550 

3,900 

0,000 

Commitments 

=4+ 6 

89,188 

118,724 

133,588 

0,000 

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADINGS 1 to 4 
of the multiannual financial framework 
(Prime reference amount plus contributions from other 
programmes) 

6,000 

6,000 

6,000 

6,000 

6,000 

6,000 

328,500 

328,500 

13,000 

341,500 

Payments 

=5+ 6 

68,029 

118,526 

129,784 

25,162 

341,500 

Heading of multiannual financial  
framework  

5 

‘Administrative expenditure’ 

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EUR million (to three decimal places) 

YEAR 

YEAR 

YEAR 

2018 

2019 

2020 

TOTAL 

DG: EAC 

 Human resources (contractual agents) 

 Other administrative expenditure  

0,525  

0,385  

0,350   

. 

TOTAL DG EAC 

Appropriations  

0,525 

0,385 

0,350 

TOTAL appropriations 
under HEADING 5 
of the multiannual financial framework  

commitments  =  Total 

(Total 
payments) 

0,525 

0,385 

0,350 

1,260 

1,260 

1,260 

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

YEAR 

YEAR 

YEAR 

2018 

2019 

2020 

Subsequent 
years 

TOTAL 

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADINGS 1 to 5 
of the multiannual financial framework  

Commitments 

Payments 

89,713 

119,109 

133,938 

0,000 

68,554 

118,911 

130,134 

25,162 

342,760 

342,760 

3.2.2.  Estimated impact on operational appropriations  

–    The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations  

–   The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as explained below: 

Commitment appropriations in EUR million for column “Cost” (to three decimal places) 

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Indicate objectives and 
outputs  

OUTPUTS 

YEAR 

2018 

YEAR 

2019 

YEAR 

2020 

TOTAL 

 

- Output 

- Output 

- Output 

- Output 

- Output 

- Output 

- Output 

Type 

Average 
cost  

o
N

Cost 

o
N

Cost 

o
N

Cost 

Total No  

Total cost 

Participants in 
volunteering placements 

Participants in traineeship 
and job placements 

Participants in solidarity 
projects 

Participants in networking 
activities 

Participants receiving 
general online training 

Participants in cross-
border placements 
receiving specific training 

Participants in cross-
border placements 
receiving online linguistic 
support 

3 264 

12 500 

40,790 

17 500 

57,105 

20 000 

65,295 

50 000 

163,190 

2 253 

4 500 

10,364 

6 500 

14,509 

7 400 

16,590 

18 400 

41,463 

1 203 

3 800 

4,570 

5 400 

6,400 

6 000 

7,312 

15 200 

18,282 

199 

17 500 

3,484 

24 500 

4,876 

28 000 

5,574 

70 000 

13,934 

47 

21 500 

2,400 

30 000 

1,000 

34 500 

0,600 

86 000 

4,000 

1 000 

8 934 

8,934 

15 635 

15,635 

20 101 

20,101 

44 670 

44,670 

45 

13 880 

0,625 

19 435 

0,875 

22 215 

0,999 

55 530 

2,499 

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- Output 

Participants enrolled in 
the European Solidarity 
Corps insurance   

- Output 

Participants receiving a 
certificate 

- Output 

Organisations receiving a 
quality label 

250 

16 143 

4,035 

22 600 

5,650 

25 827 

6,458 

64 570 

16,143 

6 

17 200 

0,100 

34 400 

0,200 

34 400 

0,200 

86 000 

0,500 

411 

4 000 

1,849 

4 000 

1,437 

2 000 

0,822 

10 000 

4,108 

- Output 

European Solidarity Corps 
Portal  

4 000 000 

1 

2,000 

- Output 

Resource Centre  

400 000 

1 

0,128 

1 

1 

1,000 

0,128 

1 

1 

1,000 

0,144 

1 

1 

4,000 

0,400 

- Output 

National Agencies 
receiving a Management 
fee  

546 821 

28 

5,359 

28 

5,359 

28 

4,593 

28 

15,311 

TOTAL COST 

84,638 

114,174 

129,688 

328,500 

3.2.3.  Estimated impact on appropriations of an administrative nature 

3.2.3.1.  Summary  

–    The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an administrative nature  

–   The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below: 

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

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YEAR 
2018 

YEAR 
2019 

YEAR 
2020 

TOTAL 

0,525 

0,385 

0,350 

1,260 

0,525 

0,385 

0,350 

1,260 

HEADING 5 
of the multiannual financial framework 

Human resources  

Other administrative expenditure  

Subtotal HEADING 5 
of the multiannual financial framework  

Outside HEADING 542 
of the multiannual financial framework  

Human resources  

Other expenditure  
of an administrative nature 

Subtotal  
outside HEADING 5 
of the multiannual financial framework  

TOTAL 

0,525 

0,385 

0,350 

1,260 

The appropriations required for human resources and other expenditure of an administrative nature will be met by appropriations from the DG that are already assigned to management of the action 
and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of 
budgetary constraints. 

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Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct 
research. 

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3.2.3.2.  Estimated requirements of human resources 

–    The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources.  

–   The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained below: 

Estimate to be expressed in full time equivalent units 

Year 
2018 

Year 
2019 

Year 2020 

Enter as 
many years 
as necessary 
to show the 
duration of 
the impact 
(see point 
1.6) 

 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff) 

XX 01 01 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices) 

30 

30 

XX 01 01 02 (Delegations) 

XX 01 05 01 (Indirect research) 

10 01 05 01 (Direct research) 

 External staff (in Full Time Equivalent unit: FTE)43 

XX 01 02 01 (AC, END, INT from the ‘global envelope’) 

7,5 

5,5 

XX 01 02 02 (AC, AL, END, INT and JED in the delegations) 

XX 01 04 yy 44 

- at Headquarters 

- in Delegations  

XX 01 05 02 (AC, END, INT - Indirect research) 

10 01 05 02 (AC, END, INT - Direct research) 

Other budget lines (specify) 

TOTAL 

37,5 

35,5 

30 

5 

35 

43 
44 

AC= Contract Staff; AL = Local Staff; END= Seconded National Expert; INT = agency staff; JED= Junior Experts in Delegations.  
Sub-ceiling for external staff covered by operational appropriations (former ‘BA’ lines). 

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XX is the policy area or budget title concerned. 

The human resources required will be met by staff from the DG who are already assigned to management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with 
any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints. 

Description of tasks to be carried out: 

Officials and temporary staff 

Programme management  

External staff 

Programme management 

3.2.4.  Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework  

–    The proposal is compatible with the current multiannual financial framework and may entail the use of special instruments as defined in 

Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/201345. 

–    The proposal/initiative will entail reprogramming of the relevant heading in the multiannual financial framework. 

Explain what reprogramming is required, specifying the budget lines concerned and the corresponding amounts. 

–    The proposal/initiative requires application of the flexibility instrument or revision of the multiannual financial framework. 

Explain what is required, specifying the headings and budget lines concerned and the corresponding amounts. 

3.2.5.  Third-party contributions  

–   The proposal/initiative does not provide for co-financing by third parties.  
–   The proposal/initiative may provide for the co-financing estimated below46: 

Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places) 

45  Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p.884). 
46  As stated in section 3.1, initially, the participation to the European Solidarity Corps is intended for Member States of the European Union. At a subsequent stage, the participation 

may be extended to other countries, on the basis of bilateral agreements, as referred to in Article 11 of this legislative proposal. 

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Specify the co-financing body  

TOTAL appropriations co-financed  

Estimated impact on revenue  

Year 
2018 

p.m. 

p.m. 

Year 
2019 

p.m. 

p.m. 

Year 
2020 

p.m. 

p.m. 

Total 

p.m. 

p.m. 

–   The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue. 

–    The proposal/initiative has the following financial impact: 

–   

–   

on own resources  

on miscellaneous revenue  

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

Budget revenue line: 

Article …………. 

Appropriations 
available for the 
current financial year 

Year 
2018 

Year 
2019 

Year 
2020 

Impact of the proposal/initiative47 

For miscellaneous ‘assigned’ revenue, specify the budget expenditure line(s) affected. 

Specify the method for calculating the impact on revenue. 

47 

As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 25 % for collection 
costs. 

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