08A13 - Volunteering as a route to Employment

N DA 2014 12th European Week of Regions and Cities 25 of 36

Wednesday 08 October 2014, 14:30 - 17:00

Organisers:

VERSO - Volunteers for European Employment

Venue:

The Danish Church in Brussels

Speakers:

• Dr. Sellick Jessica, (External Expertise on contract for P6)
• Mr. Johansen Kaj, (Co-chair of the Project Political Board)
• Ms. Klarup Voetmann Vibe, (Chair of the Project Political Board) – presentation of the VERSO political recommendations
• Mr. Sequeira Ignacio (CEO invited to speak about one of the best VERSO good practices, as Barcelona was nominated as the European city of Volunteers 2014)

Chair(s):

• Ms. Watts Claire (Chair) (Project Manager from Partner 6, East Riding) Introducing the VERSO project.
• Ms. Anette Eriksen (Coordinator, Lead Partner)

Program

13:00-14:30
Registration - Free lunch with beverage and coffee for all workshop participants

14:30                 
Welcome – presentation of the program for the afternoon

14:40-14:55     
Volunteers as a route to Employment with VIDEO by Mr. Ignacio Sequeira, CEO of Fundacao Exit

14:55-15:05     
The VERSO Good Practice Catalogue by Anette Eriksen and Claire Watts

15:05-15:20     
Policy recommendations for volunteers for employment by Vibe Klarup Voetmann and Kaj Johansen

15:20-15:35     
Discussions                       

15:35-15:45     
The British Toolbox for implementation of policies by Dr. Sellick Jessica (name of company

15:45-16:00     
Video                

16:00-16:40      
Workshop – testing the toolkit – social return on investments

16:40-16:50     
Questions

16:50-17:00     
Announcement  - future VERSO events – learn more 

Presentation of the workshop

After three years of joint data collection, data analysis and pooling of experience, the VERSO partnership has concluded that volunteering can help the unemployed back into work/education – in ways that make a valuable contribution to social inclusion and improve quality of life.

Learn more about Volunteers for European Employment and join the debate as representatives of the VERSO project introduce their policy recommendations, share four forms of good practice that are easily transferrable and introduce a toolkit for measuring the social return on investment in volunteering or other community-based projects.

VERSO is funded by INTERREG IVC.

Target audience:

• EU, national, regional and local policy/decision makers
• Authorities managing and evaluating cohesion policy programmes and projects
• Other stakeholders: private companies, financial institutions, European and national associations
• Academics, students and researchers