Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Langfristig (> 5 Jahre)
Mikro (Individuum)
Sozial

increased offer, outreach and quality of activities of participating organizations

Entwicklungsprozesse in Organisationen der Jugendarbeit

EVS participation has a direct, positive impact on youth workers and other project leaders involved in the EVS projects, usually in terms of skills development and intercultural learning. While these impacts are also mentioned by the representatives of EVS organisations, the latter focus mostly on organisational gains including the capacity-building and internationalisation, which again help the organisation to increase the offer and outreach of its activities and develop their quality.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

European Voluntary Service (EVS)
European Voluntary Service (EVS) provides young people from all across Europe and beyond with unique opportunities to volunteer abroad to develop their personality and skills, to reinforce the work of nonprofit organisations and to support communities.
international
Einrichtungen/ Träger der Kinder- und Jugendarbeit
Freiwillig engagierte Jugendliche

Evaluierung der Aktivität

Prior to the data collection, an extensive literature review of the impact of volunteering on individual volunteers as well as on organisations and local communities hosting volunteers was conducted, comprising a total of 15 EU monitoring reports and 47 academic articles, research studies, reports and publications. The study itself covers the entire period 1996–2016. For the quantitative part of the study, the data collection has included all programmes as well as partner countries. For the qualitative part of the study, case studies were conducted in 15 countries. The results drawn from the quantitative and qualitative analysis were discussed in a stakeholder meeting in Brussels.The qualitative data collection comprised 100 targeted interviews and 15 in-depth case studies. The quantitative data collection consisted of online surveys designed to capture information from EVS volunteers, EVS alumni and EVS organisations, as well as from a control group of non-EVS volunteers. Overall, 10 480 individuals responded to the surveys. This includes responses from 8 600 individuals and almost 1 900 organisational representatives.
8600 volunteers participated in the survey
1996-2016