EU Aid Volunteers Initiative

EU Aid Volunteers brings together volunteers and organisations from different countries, providing practical support to humanitarian aid projects and contributing to strengthening the local capacity and resilience of disaster-affected communities.

The action is managed by ICF consulting services (leading agency) in partnership with MDF Training & Consultancy Brussels, Gesellschaft für Organisations, Planung und Ausbildung mbH (GOPA) Consulting, The Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict resolution (ASPR) and Scoula Superiore Sant’Anna (SSUP).

PuntoSud is acting as subcontractor, providing its vast experience in training services for Humanitarian Aid workers and volunteers.

This contract consists of different tasks:

Manage all logistic arrangements for volunteers’ participation, including setting up training facilities and managing volunteers travel and accommodation

• Manage all logistic arrangements for volunteers’ participation, including setting up training facilities and managing volunteers travel and accommodation
• Development of all the training modules, both online and in class
• Delivery of the training modules, update of the courses and materials when needed and evaluation of the training programme
• Development and implementation of the assessment of candidate volunteers’ competences before, during and after the training course

Individuals can apply to be deployed to humanitarian projects worldwide, consulting the specific vacancies page. Once the candidate has been selected by a hosting organisation, she/he will be able to participate to the offered training program: first by following the mandatory online courses, which are then followed by the classroom courses. The classroom lessons are a unique opportunity to meet other candidates and exchange ideas and experiences.