European Solidarity Corps
![Pixabay. Interested people can participate mainly as volunteers or by starting local solidarity projects.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/europe-1264062_1280.jpg?itok=u3iiXAxO&c=886e13a41a6b668dd919bbed9c654f58)
It is a program to promote volunteering and solidarity among European youth through funding to cooperation organizations.
![Pexels. Volunteering plays a fundamental role in social cohesion.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/pexels-julia-m-cameron-6994992.jpg?itok=-SP47h0b&c=7d12da10a0090777894575ed22665e83)
Volunteering is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and protecting and developing European values. The context and policies need to reflect and facilitate this.
![On 5 December 2018, Padova was announced as a European Volunteering Capital 2020. Source:CEV](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/evc_padova.png?itok=5mY4KAbe)
CEV calls for applications for the title of European Volunteering Capital Competition 2021.
![Source: EVC Sligo 2017](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/cev.jpg?itok=G-j0vw3F)
CEV calls for applications for the title of European Volunteering Capital Competition 2020.
![Manon Levrey, first European Solidarity Corps volunteer.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/unnamed.png?itok=c9cqHWqS)
The IVY's (Interreg Volunteer Youth) first volunteer explains her experience as an Interreg Reporter.
![European Solidarity Corps participants.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/eusolcorp.jpg?itok=Tb6MEYtD)
The European Solidarity Corps, a new European Union initiative, brings young people to build a more inclusive society, supporting vulnerable people and responding to societal challenges.
![European Solidarity Corps / Image: ESC Facebook page](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/esc.png?itok=lwGJuATl)
More than 24,000 youngsters have already registered online to be part of a solidarity-related project.
![European Volunteering Capital 2019 / Photo: CEV](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/evs_0.png?itok=2LgvFMX6)
CEV calls for applications for the European Volunteering Capital Competition 2019.