Five online sessions. A small, committed working group. And a shared question worth spending months on together: what is the real impact of volunteering — on young people, organisations, and communities — and how do we actually measure and strengthen it?

SALTO EuroMed is rebooting its ESC Community of Practices for 2026 — expanding the scope to focus on volunteering and its impact across the Euro-Med region. This is not a webinar you attend passively. It is a working group of practitioners who share, reflect, co-create, and produce something concrete together.


What Is This Community of Practices About?

The CoP will focus on the impact of volunteering on organisations, communities, and volunteers themselves — across both European and South-Mediterranean contexts. Members take an active role in defining, assessing, and disseminating practices and approaches connected to their local realities.


Topics

🌱 Impact on young people — skills, empowerment, and inclusion

🏢 Impact on organisations — capacity-building and sustainability

🏘️ Impact on local communities — relevance and long-term change

🌐 Euro-Med dynamics — partnerships, equity, and mobility


Objectives

🔍 Develop a shared understanding of volunteering impact on young people, organisations, and communities in the Euro-Med context

🛠️ Co-create a practical tool to assess and strengthen volunteering impact, based on real practices

🤝 Foster Euro-Med cooperation by connecting practitioners and encouraging future partnerships and joint initiatives


Outcomes

📦 A practical resource — toolkit, framework, or guidelines

📋 Concrete case studies

🌐 A network for future collaboration


Session Dates

⚠️ Attendance to all five meetings is required for the CoP to reach its aim.

📅 12 June 2026 — 3pm to 5pm CEST

📅 01 July 2026 — 3pm to 5pm CEST

📅 15 July 2026 — 3pm to 5pm CEST

📅 09 September 2026 — 3pm to 5pm CEST

📅 23 September 2026 — 3pm to 5pm CEST


Who Should Apply?

🔹 Practitioners involved in volunteering — with hands-on experience

🔹 Based in Europe or South-Med countries

🔹 Open to co-creation and critical reflection

🔹 Willing to reflect on practice, gain tools and perspectives, build partnerships, and contribute to a shared Euro-Med vision

🔹 Youth workers, youth project managers, and volunteering mentors

⚠️ If selected, the Zoom link and further details will be provided.


Practical Details

📅 Duration: 12 June 2026 – 23 September 2026 (5 online sessions of 2 hours each)

💻 Format: Fully online

👥 Capacity: 10 to 15 participants

🗣️ Working language: English

💶 No participation fee — fully free, no travel or accommodation costs

💬 Want to understand what the European Solidarity Corps is and how it connects to volunteering work like this? This complete guide to ESC covers everything you need to know: https://youthworkshub.org/15101/


Contact

👤 Pauline Giraudet — SALTO EuroMed

📧 pauline.giraudet@service-civique.gouv.fr

🔗 Training overview: http://trainings.salto-youth.net/14797


Activity Details

📅 Activity Period: 12 June 2026 – 23 September 2026

📍 Location: Online

👤 Activity Type: Seminar / Community of Practices

📋 Date of selection: 03 June 2026


Deadline

⏰ 26 May 2026


Eligible Countries

This CoP is open to participants from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries and Southern Mediterranean countries— including Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia, alongside EU programme countries.


Apply

🔗 http://trainings.salto-youth.net/14797