# Volunteering and voluntary activity in Europe

European Parliament procedure 2013/2064(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee CULT). Stage: Procedure completed. 107 committee amendments tabled by 17 Members between 2013-09-05 and 2013-09-05.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns volunteering and voluntary activity in Europe. The amendments describe volunteering as a facet of active citizenship, democracy and social cohesion, note bureaucratic, financial and legal barriers and disparities between Member States, and call for legal recognition, a European statute for voluntary organisations, validation of skills via tools such as the European Skills Passport, measurement of volunteer work along ILO lines, and address gender disparities in participation.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas HARTONG | Netherlands | NI | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/103132.md |
| Katarína ROTH NEVEĎALOVÁ | Slovakia | NI | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96653.md |
| Malika BENARAB-ATTOU | France | Verts/ALE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96732.md |
| Marie-Christine VERGIAT | France | GUE/NGL | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96858.md |
| Monika PANAYOTOVA | Bulgaria | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/116663.md |
| Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ | Spain | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96729.md |
| Mikael GUSTAFSSON | Sweden | GUE/NGL | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/109649.md |
| Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID | France | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96746.md |
| Silvia COSTA | Italy | S&D | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96917.md |
| Marek Henryk MIGALSKI | Poland | ECR | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96800.md |
| Marusya LYUBCHEVA | Bulgaria | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/37524.md |
| Lorenzo FONTANA | Italy | ENF | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96993.md |
| Heinz K. BECKER | Austria | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/107041.md |
| Piotr BORYS | Poland | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96799.md |
| Hans-Peter MARTIN | Austria | NI | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4238.md |

## Official source documents

- PE516.903: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.903+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-2064-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-2064-INI.json

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