The Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations is an International Non-Governmental Youth Organisation that represents
national organisations which promote intercultural education,
understanding and peace through voluntary service. The Alliance, founded
in 1982, is presently made up of 53 full, associate and candidate
member organisations.
38 of our members are based in 20 EU E+ programme countries; 7 in
Armenia, Bielorussia, Ukraine, Russia and Switzerland; 8 in Canada,
Japan, India, South Korea, Mexico and Nepal.Each member organisation runs an
annual programme of International Voluntary Projects in their own
country and exchanges volunteers with
each other following the Alliance Quality Charter that stresses on the added value of volunteering, its educational
aspect and on following quality standards agreed by members.Working
Groups and Committees apart from promoting Alliance main principles, are
also responsible for the implementation of the Plan on
Action of the network as well as to develop initiatives and bring their
ideas to the GA to be voted. Currently over 90 volunteers, representing
member organisations, are members of the network’s Working Groups and
Committees with a 1-2 year mandate depending on the position they have
in the group. The originality and innovation of the Alliance lies therefore in the fact that it has managed to guarantee its internal
democratic function creating a structure that allows the widest
participation on behalf of its member organisations.