How is the European Union supporting Ukrainian pupils, teachers and people fleeing from Ukraine?

Let’s have a look at the initiatives.

The Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE)

The Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE) allows Member States and regions to provide emergency support to people fleeing from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as it:

1. Swifts reallocation of available funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Fund for the European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) to finance a wide range of measures supporting people fleeing Ukraine.
2. Provides emergency support covering the basic needs of people fleeing Ukraine. These needs include access to services such as temporary accommodation, food and water supplies or medical care.

The Erasmus Plus Programme

There are many ways the Erasmus Plus programme is helping Ukrainian people:

1. Ukrainian young people and pupils can be welcomed quickly by education and training institutions involved in Erasmus+ cooperation projects, with flexible use of project funding.
2. If you are a Ukrainian teacher or trainer, you can receive financial support to facilitate your integration.
3. If you are a qualified staff, you may be sent, on a temporary basis, to regions where refugees are accommodated.
4. Institutions benefiting from ongoing Erasmus+ projects in areas such as inclusion, diversity and integration of refugees can, on a voluntary basis, reallocate part of their funds in support of activities for Ukrainian refugees.

The School Education Gateway

The European Commission will also set up an EU Education Solidarity group for Ukraine to pool the expertise of every Member State on the continuing training of young Ukrainian refugees. 

Read the full statement.

See also

Ukraine: How To Manage European Projects as Provided by the European Commission

L'articolo EU Support to Ukrainian Students, Young People, Teachers and Educators proviene da Youth Networks.

It is off recent news on the Erasmus Plus Guide 2021-2027 that the initiative EU Aid Volunteers is now part of the European Solidarity Corps. The European Solidarity Corps offer a funding for public and private organisations to run volunteering projects in their own country or abroad. Such projects address societal challenges, environment protection, social inclusion, and much more. ⁣⁣Besides giving an access to the EU funding, the Corps allows your organisation to bring new ideas into your working environment, boost your green credentials & step up your European and international profile.

EU Aid Volunteers

EU Aid Volunteers is an opportunity to promote:

• cooperation among active European citizens,
• working together with communities in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or post-crises.

At the same time, it encourages partnerships between local, national and global organizations.

Unfortunately, despite the great outcomes of the initiative, EU Aid Volunteers has seen a stop due to the pandemic. Recruitment, training and deployment were suspended until further notice. Indeed, the initiative provides that European volunteers go undertake their experiences on post-crisis or critical countries. Which means that part of projects happen in extra-EU countries, where security and safety might have been tough to manage during the most uncertain times.

However, thanks to the situation easing all over the world, the initiative will start back in letting organisations propose their project from January 2022.

Sending and Hosting Organisations

Each organisation wishing to take part in EU Aid Volunteers needs to meet the high quality standards of volunteer management of the EUAV legislation. This guarantees the certification.

• EU-based Sending organisations submit an evidence self-assessment form. It shows that they comply with and commit to all the standards and procedures of the EUAV initiative.
• Hosting organisations based in non- European Union (EU) countries complete a self-assessment form and submit it together with three references. It is to demonstrate their capacity to comply with and commit to the requirements of the initiative.

More information on Hosting and Sending Organisations.

if your organisation has already received the certification, you can start looking for partners.

What To Expect

• Volunteering Opportunities in humanitarian aid projects worldwide (online or in presence);
• Technical Assistance, for European organisations working in the humanitarian sector in third countries, to strengthen their capacities to participate in the initiative;
• Capacity Building, for local staff and volunteers of organisations in countries hit by disasters or crises to foster a more effective and principled humanitarian response.

Read also

European Solidarity Corps 2021-2027: First Call for Proposals

How To Write A Project: Erasmus+ Writing Challenge

L'articolo EU Aid Volunteers For Organisations In Need proviene da Youth Networks.