Colombia: Senior Volunteer Climate Change Adaptation and Ecosystem-based Management

Mar 23, 2017 | EU Aid Volunteers
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In the context of this vacancy, the EU Aid Volunteers initiative provides opportunities to European citizens and long-term residents, from a wide range of backgrounds and with a diversity of skills and professional experience, to get involved in humanitarian aid projects, support the provision of needs-based humanitarian aid in third countries, and engage in volunteering opportunities, through deployment and online-volunteering.

Information about EU Aid Volunteers initiative:

The Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps created the basis to develop the EU Aid Volunteers initiative. Being supported by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and Education, Audio-visual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), one of the main objectives of the initiative is to contribute to efforts to strengthen the Union's capacity to provide needs-based humanitarian assistance and to strengthen the capacity and resilience of vulnerable or disaster-affected communities in third countries.



The EU Aid Volunteers Initiative (EUAV) brings together volunteers and organisations from different countries, providing practical support to humanitarian aid projects and contributing to strengthening the local capacity and resilience of disaster-affected communities.



The EU Aid Volunteers programme offers:

  • Opportunities for European citizens to become EU Aid Volunteers in humanitarian projects worldwide, showing solidarity with those who most need it,
  • Professional support by trained and well-prepared volunteers to communities affected by disaster,
  • Capacity building for local staff and volunteers of organisations in countries hit by disasters,
  • Technical assistance for organisations based in Europe to strengthen their capacity to participate in the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.

In the context of this vacancy, the EU Aid Volunteers initiative provides opportunities to European citizens and long-term residents, from a wide range of backgrounds and with a diversity of skills and professional experience, to get involved in humanitarian aid projects, support the provision of needs-based humanitarian aid in third countries, and engage in volunteering opportunities, through deployment and online-volunteering.



After the success of two pilot- and one first official- deployment projects, a second round of deployment projects sets the ground for this vacancy.



More information available here:

http://ec.europa.eu/echo/what/humanitarian-aid/eu-aid-volunteers_en  

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/eu-aid-volunteers_en