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All the outputs are available in 6 different languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Polish, Italian. These are practical tools that can be used by organizations which host young volunteers to enhance these experiences in the best possible way. The last documents published on the website are the Outputs O4 and O5. Output O4 is aRead more

On 20 th and 21 st of September is going to take place in Rome the final event of Voyce Project. Two are the appointment organised by the Italian organisations of our project, Cesv and Cpia3. On Thursday 20 th of September, at Cemea del Mezzogiorno (via Fortebraccio 1a), starting from 18.00, weare going toRead more

The VOYCE project aims to formalise approaches and tools for evaluating learning and training content necessary to guarantee the quality of support for young volunteers. It has also explored the effects of volunteering on the life path of young people. A focus has been placed on social inclusion. Today in Europe, more than one inRead more

VOYCE staff will take part with its stand in the European Validation Festival organized by the European Commission in Bruxelles from 14 to 15 of June 2018. The Festival will gather around 250 practitioners, experts, policy makers, and users from the worlds of employment, social partners, adult education and VET, youth, higher education, to showcaseRead more

The Manual for the validation of volunteers’ competences created by Voyce Project is now available in six languages. You can find and download it from this link, selecting the language you prefer once you are on the resources page. The manual, one of the main output of our project, focuses on the validation of theRead more

Following the first training workshop developed for 25 youth workers last November in Rome, it’s now time for testing the validation model with focus groups of young volunteers in 5 countries of the EU. The testing phase will reach more than 100 young volunteers from Spain, Italy, Poland, France and Portugal until February 2018. The mainRead more

From 23rd to 27th of October 2017, is going to take place in Rome the first training of  Voyce Project: “Innovative tools for the validation of competences in volunteering”. At the training will participate 25 youth workers coming from Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Poland. The participants are going to learn how to use twoRead more

With the second transnational meeting – which took place on 3 and 4 July 2017 at the University of Warsaw (Poland) – the VOYCE Project is getting to the heart of the matter: how to validate young volunteers’ competencies in a simple and effective way. Two were the main issues discussed by partners  during theRead more

The research which represents the first step of the VOYCE project is in full swing and will end in July 2017. The issue of the research is the validation of the volunteers’ skills, a crucial matter for the European Union and the Member Countries. Over one young European in five is a volunteer (Source: EurofoundRead more

By now there are 700 youths who have received a document certifying the important skills acquired, after having carried out a year of volunteering in Italy. And by 2017 there will be 1,000 volunteers with this certificate enabling them to enhance their CV and their employability. It is one of the most significant good practicesRead more