The European Solidarity Corps is the European Union programme which creates opportunities for young people to volunteer or work in projects in their own country or abroad that benefit communities and people around Europe. It brings together young people to build a more inclusive society, supporting vulnerable people and responding to societal challenges. It offers an inspiring and empowering experience for young people who want to help, learn and develop.

The 2021-2027 European Solidarity Corps (worth more than 1billion Euros) will be a significant upgrade in the value it provides for volunteers compared to previous iterations. The new programme features improvements to the insurance policy and health and safety guarantees covered by the programme, as well as increased requirements for hosts to ensure a meaningful learning experience for participants.The European Solidarity Corps for 2021-2027 will for the first time be a stand-alone volunteering programme with its own budget (activities covered by the programme were previously covered by the 'Youth' section of Erasmus+).

European Solidarity Corps

The European Solidarity Corps is the European Union programme which creates opportunities for young people to volunteer or work in projects in their own country or abroad that benefit communities and people around Europe. It brings together young people to build a more inclusive society, supporting vulnerable people and responding to societal challenges. It offers an inspiring and empowering experience for young people who want to help, learn and develop.

The Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (MFF) proposal follows through a number of issues that the European Parliament had highlighted. The Commission proposes that the European Solidarity Corps 2021-2027 would be a stand-alone programme, with its own budget, and no longer depend on the budget of Erasmus and other EU programmes. The European Solidarity Corps 2021-2027 regulation absorbs the European Voluntary Service, which currently falls under the 'Youth' section of the Erasmus+ 2014-2020 programme.

European Solidarity Corps (2019-2020)

LEX Signing ceremony: - signature of ten COD LEX by David SASSOLI, EP President and by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs, on behalf of the Presidency of the Council

EP Plenary session - European Solidarity Corps Programme

Press conference on Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps

David SASSOLI, EP President, and Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs, participate in a Lex signing ceremony. The signatures will be placed on ten agreements: Report by Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens/EFA) on the Control of exports, Report by Marisa MATIAS (The Left, PT) on EIT Regulation, Report by Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ) on the European solidarity corps, Report by Maria da Graça CARVALHO (EPP, PT) on the EIT agenda 2021-2027, Report by Massimiliano SMERIGLIO (S&D, IT) on Creative Europe, Report by Milan ZVER (EPP, SL) on Erasmus +, Sven GIEGOLD (Greens/EFA, DE) on Fiscalis, Report by Clare DALY (GUE/EFA, IE) on Pericles IV, and Report by Rasmus ANDRESEN (Greens/EFA, DE) on the European Cybersecurity Centre. This ceremony is followed by the signature of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory Transparency Register adopted by the EP in April 2021.

LEX Signing ceremony: signature of ten COD LEX by David SASSOLI, EP President and by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs, on behalf of the Presidency of the Council

During the plenary session, Parliament is set to approve the new Erasmus+, the EU’s education, training, youth and sports programme and the European Solidarity Corps programme, supporting volunteering activities for young people in the EU and beyond, for the period 2021-2027. Extracts from the debate - statements by Mariya GABRIEL, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Laurence FARRENG (Renew, FR),, Petra KAMMEREVERT (S&D, DE),, Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE),, and Niklas NIENASS (Greens/EFA, DE). Extracts from the vote, and statements by Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ), rapporteur, and Milan ZVER (EPP, SI), rapporteur.

EU Solidarity Corps / Erasmus +: extracts from the debate and the vote, and statements by Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ), rapporteur, and Milan ZVER (EPP, SI), rapporteur

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (17-20 May 2021), MEPs debate on the European Solidarity Corps Programme: opening statements by Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ), rapporteur and by Mariya GABRIEL, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

European Solidarity Corps Programme: opening statements by Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ), rapporteur and by Mariya GABRIEL, European Commissioner for Education and Youth

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (17-20 May 2021), MEPs debate on the European Solidarity Corps Programme: closing statements by Mariya GABRIEL, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.

European Solidarity Corps Programme: closing statement by Mariya GABRIEL, European Commissioner for Education and Youth

Milan ZVER (EPP, SI), rapporteur on Erasmus+, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO (S&D, IT) rapporteur on Creative Europe, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ) rapporteur on European Solidarity Corps, and Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) give a joint press conference in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Press conference on Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps by Milan ZVER (EPP, SI), Massimiliano SMERIGLIO (S&D, IT), Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ) rapporteurs and Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), CULT Chair

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (17-20 May 2021), MEPs debate on the European Solidarity Corps Programme.

European Solidarity Corps Programme: MEPs debate

Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT), Milan ZVER (EPP, SL), rapporteur for Erasmus+ programme, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO (S&D, IT), rapporteur for Creative Europe programme, and Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ) speak to the press on the negotiations on Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Solidarity Corps programme – state of play and where next?, after the debate on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Press conference on the negotiations on Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Solidarity Corps programme by Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), Milan ZVER (EPP, SL), Massimiliano SMERIGLIO (S&D, IT) and Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ)

In the European Parliament in Brussels, Culture and Education committee (CULT) vote on the budget and new priorities for the 2021-2027 European Solidarity Corps programme. The programme would include humanitarian aid activities outside the EU and should allow at least 350 000 young Europeans to support communities in need through volunteering, traineeships and job placements. Statements by Michaela SOJDROVA (EPP, CZ), rapporteur.

Establishing the European Solidarity Corps programme: extracts from the vote, statement by Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ), rapporteur, and illustrative shots

During the plenary session of the European Parliament (10-13/09/2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on establishing the EU Solidarity Corps, which will offer volunteering opportunities for young people around the EU for activities relating to education, health, protecting the environment, disaster prevention, provision of food and non-food items, reception and integration of migrants and asylum seekers. Statements by Helga TRÜPEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Brando BENIFEI (S&D, IT), Eleonora FORENZA (GUE/NGL, IT), Tibor NAVRACSICS, Member of the EC in charge of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, and Tiemo WÖLKEN (S&D, DE).

European Solidarity Corps: extracts from the debate

This infoclip provides illustration images of the first European Solidarity Corps volunteers in action: young French woman Manon volunteering with the Danube Transnational Programme in Budapest, and a group of young volunteers participating in the project 'European Youth for Norcia', Italy. The volunteers help reconstruct historic buildings heavily damaged by earthquakes, and also do social and cultural work with the young and the elderly of Norcia

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