Professional Volunteering (ProVol) is a partnership consisting of partner organisations from different European countries. Our aim is to professionalise volunteering by developing an accessible, flexible, and sustainable European model for training volunteer coordinators and volunteers. We want to improve the effectiveness of volunteering activities and the quality of services delivered.
Professional Volunteering through digitalisation
With “ProVol Digital” we support organisations to use digitalisation in their work. We developed an online training for volunteer coordinators.
Inclusive Methods in Professional Volunteering
Volunteering is for everyone! With the follow-up project “ImProVe 2.0”, we want to help organisations to become more inclusive.
Inclusive Methods in Professional Volunteering
Volunteering is for everyone! With “ImProVe 1.0”, we want to make volunteering more accessible to people with disabilities.
Volunteer Organizations’ Input to Community Education
In the “VOICE” project we provide practical tips on icommunity education, non-formal learning and training opportunities in local communities.
Professional Volunteering Crossborder
In the second international ProVol project, the ProVol concept was rolled out, quality criteria for training and a version in easy language were created.
Professional Volunteering
The first international ProVol trainings took place between 2015 and 2017 in Germany, the Czech Republic, Romania and the United Kingdom.
ProVol Network
We aim to support the professionalisation of volunteering by establishing a European ProVol nproetwork. The partners benefit from their membership by using the established training model and materials, receiving support from experienced trainers, and taking advantage of the network’s connections.
Voices of participants
Natalia Shulgina, Germany/Russia
I enjoyed the ProVol 2023 online training a lot. It was a global course with participants from different countries. We learned theory and practice of project coordination through group work and case studies. We also designed our own projects and events for volunteers and got individual feedback. The course gave me a portfolio of ready-to-use project activities. I recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn or improve their project management skills in volunteering.
Zainab Yousofi, Germany/Afghanistan
As a participant of this training, I found all the topics useful and can participate as a volunteer in her or his life and for me. As I have newly started my work as a volunteer in Germany, all topics were important and related to my work and it showed me the way how it will be? How can my volunteering be useful and effective? And What should I pay attention to as a volunteer?
Panoulis Panagiotis Kalaitzis, Greece
As Volunteer Coordinators we are architects of a more resilient and compassionate society. With the youth we stitch together the fabric of equality and solidarity leaving a mark on the community. We are shaping the future for a more inclusive world. As long as there are volunteers, there will be inclusion and help to community.
Adrienn Bucci, Germany/Hungary
I learned a lot at Provol Training 2023. The most important thing for me was that I learned practical things about project management. Not only was this possible, but I was also able to exchange ideas with people from different countries. The course gave pictures of perfect and/or realistic project management and financing, which I found very important. I would recommend this course to anyone who is interested in the topic.
Gabi Guadamillas, Germany
Before the volunteer training programme, I had the vision of offering German training by women for women in our shared accommodation in Waldkirchen. But I didn't know how I could organise this and whether I should take it on. Being surrounded by like-minded people, the training not only gave me the necessary knowledge, but also gave me the confidence to start my project.
Daniela Kováčová, Czech Republic
I remember wonderful group of people, we went through well prepared training. I feel like this training ProVol is important for further education of volunteers coordinators, or for someone who is working in NGOs. The huge advantage was accessibility for interested persons.
Ondřej Thor, Czech Republic
The ProVol project was a great contribution, I improved my communication skills, teamwork, self-presentation and other skills. I think this project is successful and I would recommend it to anyone. After participation in this project, I used theoretical knowledge in real life and we manage to establish Student´s volunteering centre on University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně.
Anton Süß, Germany
The intention and necessity of setting up a volunteer organisation in Waldkirchen was like a high mountain in front of me. The volunteer course helped me to organise my thoughts, formulate goals and think through the necessary steps theoretically. I also experienced what a group feels like when you want to develop something together. Experiences between enthusiasm and conflict, which then helped me a lot in practice.
Oana Muresan, Romania
I found the seminars really useful for my work. I get to organize a lot of volunteers in my day to day life, and achieving some practical background, on how to structure and coordinate the activities for them it was a very interesting and important point that I think this project offered me. The international approach was also an asset, since we had the opportunity to exchange good practices and methods withy a lot of people from very different backgrounds.