Call: EU Aid Volunteers Deployment

Programme	Humanitarian Aid
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "Humanitarian Aid"	The European Commission’s Directorate-General Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG ECHO) does not intervene directly on the ground. The implementation of humanitarian aid actions is done by humanitarian organisations, such as humanitarian Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), with which DG ECHO enters into a partnership.
Link	Link to Programme
Description of programme "EU Aid Volunteers"	The EU Aid Volunteers initiative provides opportunities to European citizens and long-term residents, from a wide range of backgrounds and with a diversity of skills and professional experience, to get involved in humanitarian aid projects, support the provision of needs-based humanitarian aid in third countries and engage in volunteering opportunities, through deployment and online-volunteering. The initiative focuses on strengthening the European Union's capacity to deliver needs-based humanitarian aid by providing professional support through the deployment of trained volunteers to people in need. Furthermore, it aims to strengthen the capacity and resilience of vulnerable communities in third countries, through the implementation of joint projects between experienced humanitarian operators and local organisations in third countries.
Call	EU Aid Volunteers Deployment
Description of call "EU Aid Volunteers Deployment "	The objective of the call is to fund projects involving the selection, preparation and deployment of EU Aid Volunteers to contribute to strengthening the Union's capacity to provide needs -based humanitarian aid aimed at strengthening the capacity and resilience of vulnerable and disaster - affected communities in third countries. It also supports actions aimed at strengthening the capacities of implementing sending and hosting organisations participating / intending to participate in the initiative.
Link	Link to Call
Thematic Focus	Social affairs, Development Cooperation, Capacity Building
Funding area	EU Member States Candidate Countries EEA Countries EFTA countries Neighbouring Countries Potential Candidate Countries Austria / Österreich Belgium / Belgique-België Bulgaria / България Croatia / Hrvatska Cyprus / Κύπρος Czech Republic / Česká Republika Denmark / Danmark Estonia / Eesti Finland / Suomi France Germany / Deutschland Greece / Ελλάδα (Ellada) Hungary / Magyarország Ireland / Ireland Italy / Italia Latvia / Latvija Lithuania / Lietuva Luxembourg / Luxembourg Malta Netherlands / Nederland Poland / Polska Portugal / Portugal Romania / România Slovakia / Slovensko Slovenia / Slovenija Spain / España Sweden / Sverige United Kingdom
Origin of Applicant	EU Member States
Eligible applicants	International Organization, NGO / NPO, Association, Public Services
Applicant details	Projects are designed and implemented by transnational partnerships involving at least two certified sending organisations from two different countries and two certified hosting organisations.
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	All consortium members acting as sending or hosting organisation for volunteers, including affiliated entities having legal or capital link with certified sending organisations, must be certified or must have applied for certification under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative no later than 11 June 2020, 17h (Brussels time).
Project duration max	24 months
Further info	Projects start at the earliest when the last party signs the grant agreement and can last for a maximum duration of 24 months. Within the project duration: Deployment placements of EU Aid Volunteers can range between 1 month as a minimum and 18 months as a maximum. Before being deployed a volunteer must successfully undergo the selection phase; In the case of support to emergency operations, deployment of EU Aid Volunteers can range between 2 weeks as a minimum and 3 months as a maximum; Apprenticeship placements prior to deployment (only for junior volunteers) may last a maximum duration of 6 months.
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	The total budget: 13,5 million € Amount per project: min. 60 000 € and max. 1,4 million €
Submission	e- Form
Contact Details	ECHO-CP-P&P@ec.europa.eu