Spanish report: voluntary work
Who is a voluntary:
Person who dedicate part of his time to a solidarity action, usually,
without payment. Most of the activities done by the volunteers have as aim
to stop and prevent social wrong situations.
Some of the main reasons behind this decision:
1. Ideological, religious, ethic reasons
2. For personal reasons: to be useful to the other, know and live new
experiences, self development, friendship, ...
3. Professional reasons: it is a very positive background to have worked as
volunteer and is very positive appreciate by the enterprise, because it is
supposed that the candidate is able, not only to work but to collaborate
with the other and have other interest
SPANISH SITUATION:
There are several laws related to the theme at national level:
1. Ley 6/1996, de 15 de enero, del Voluntariado
2. Plan Estatal del Voluntariado 2001-2004
3. Ley 23/1998, de 7 de julio, de Cooperación Internacional para el
Desarrollo
Local level
There is a training in Madrid
http://www.munimadrid.es/escuelavoluntariado/ that provide a basic
training for volunteers during 8 hours. The content of the programme is
Reality and sense of the volunteer action
Theoretical framework of the participation
Who is the volunteer
Motivation to be volunteer
Legal framework
Basic abilities
Autonomous level:
The Council of Family and Social Affairs of the Madrid Autonomy has also a
training programme
http://www2.madrid.org/volu_pub/menu5/menu.htm
SPANISH CASES:
We have taken organizations which are in Madrid
1. IUVE www.iuve.org University
2. Cooperación Internacional
http://www.cooperacioninternacionalong.org/ci/ Young people
(18-25)
3. CEAR (Refugies)
http://www.cear.es/home.php
4. ASAI (European Volunteer)
5. Manos Unidas
6. Asociación Española contra el Cancer
www.aecc.es
7. Acción contra el Hambre
8. Banco de Alimentos
VALIDATION:
Most of the organizations provide at least some basic training and if the
voluntary ask for a Certificate they provide it, but it is just a document
to be added to his/her portfolio.
There is not any official validation
STATISTICS:
1. Volunteers in the voluntary programmes
2. Male-Female
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