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"I voted in favour of Mr Scurria’s report since it concerns a sector which, despite involving 100 million citizens and 5% of GDP, was virtually unregulated at EU level until last year and therefore needed better regulation. Volunteering is essential to the sectors of sport, protection of the environment, crisis prevention and management, and for defending artistic and cultural heritage.
The communication from the Commission on EU policies and volunteering: Recognising and promoting cross-border voluntary activities in the EU, was an excellent starting point for the preparation of the report that we have adopted today, which praises the role of volunteering in the EU. The report envisages the establishment of several positive instruments, including a portal informing citizens of volunteering opportunities in the various Member States and how to participate in them, a European Skills Passport so that the skills acquired through volunteering may be officially recognised, and measurement of volunteer work based on the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Manual and the United Nations’ Handbook, with a view to obtaining comparable statistics and data providing a clear picture of the significant contribution made by volunteering and of the needs of volunteers throughout the European Union."@en1
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