What is volunteering for the Alliance

The Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations is an International Non-Governmental Youth Organisation. It represents national voluntary service organisations that promote intercultural understanding, peace, democratic participation and equality, in the spirit of respect for universal human rights.

The Alliance, founded in 1982, is presently made up of 53 members from 31 countries in Europe, Asia and America. Each member organisation runs an annual programme of International Volunteer Projects in their own country and exchanges volunteers with each other following the Alliance Quality Charter. Every year an average of 12.000 young volunteers participate in more than 1.200 local community projects organised by member organisations.

The Latest News from The Alliance

Here you can follow the latest developments in International Voluntary Service from Alliance activities and initiatives.

International Day of Solidarity with Palestine

Published: 29/11/2022

In the International Day of Solidarity with Palestine as IVS movement, we choose to take a common stand with the Palestinian people. In September 2022 Representatives of different International Voluntary Service (IVS) organizations and networks, participated in a 10 days study visit to Palestine, organized by the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS), hosted […]

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Alliance General Assembly 2022

Published: 29/11/2022

On the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of November, the 40th Alliance General Assembly (GA) took place in Antalya, Türkiye hosted by our member organisation Gönüllü Hizmetler Derneği 46 delegates from 26 member organisations took part in the GA and made decisions that will shape our network starting from 2023. This was also the last General […]

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Alliance Technical Meeting 2022 (31st March – 05 April 2022)

Published: 28/04/2022

After 2 years of break due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Alliance Technical Meeting has taken place physically between 31 March – 05 April 2022 hosted by EstYES in Tallinn, Estonia. 74 participants from 38 member, partner and guest organisations of Alliance joined the TM! Due to lower number of participants this year, we had more […]

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Alliance Joint Meeting #1 (24 February – 02 March 2022 )

Published: 15/03/2022

The first Alliance Joint Meeting in 2022, had been held between 24 March – 02 February 2022 hosted by Egyesek in Hollókő, Hungary. 21 participants from 10 member organisations joined to the meeting physically and online! During the meeting we were working on improving the cooperation among different bodies of Alliance (Necessary Action Groups (NAGs) […]

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Calendar of Alliance’ Activities