Volunteers help to implement projects under EU-funded initiatives such as the LEADER (rural development) programme, INTERREG (linking European regions) and the Northern Ireland PEACE Programme, notes the report, which calls on the Commission to put in place a system across all funds that recognises the contribution of volunteering towards co-financing EU-funded projects, and to devise mechanisms for costing and using it as a means of matching funding for them.
Lai iesaistītu gados vecākus cilvēkus, kas ir gatavi piedalīties brīvprātīgo kustībā, deputāti aicina Eiropas Komisiju izstrādāt programmu „Seniori darbībā”, kas varētu darboties paralēli jau esošajai programmai „Jaunatne darbībā”.