ESC – Volunteering in support of humanitarian aid operations – 2025

Objectives

• To facilitate the transition from the humanitarian response to long-term sustainable and inclusive development
• To contribute to strengthening the capacity and resilience of vulnerable or disaster-affected communities
• To reinforce disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction
• To link relief, rehabilitation and development
• To ensure a high level of safety and security for volunteers

Priorities

• Priority 1: To promote equal opportunities and access, inclusion and fairness
• Priority 2: To incorporate green practices in all facets
• Priority 3: To complement and add value to their activities
• Priority 4: To support all participating organisations in improving the quality of their projects by integrating a participatory dimension

Among financed actions

• Individual volunteering
• Volunteering teams
• Complementary activities

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be established in one of the EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
• A consortium composed of at least 3 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: between 12 and 36 months
• Contact: EACEA-SOLIDARITY-CORPS@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 9 million euro
• Amount of the grant: up to 650.000 euro