European Voluntary Service for Young People

Contents : Hans Koschnick: Foreword - Wilhelm Mader: Institutionalised Voluntariness? Youth Voluntary Services in Civil Society - Ulrich Beckers/Klaus Sieveking: European Voluntary Service for Young People - An Introduction to the Present Debate - Maria de Graça Barbedo: Is There a Need for National and European Regulation of the European Voluntary Service? - Claire Fitzsimons: The Effects of the European Voluntary Service - First Results (Tables) - Heike Brandes: Acquiring Competence in the Context of "European Voluntary Service" - Hans Georg Wicke: On the Situation of European Voluntary Service in the Federal Republic of Germany - Michel Ph. Mattoug: Working on Europe - Working in Europe. Strategies and Dilemmas. Report and Reflections on European Voluntary Service in France - Tony Vickers: Country Report England - Regine Schröer: Voluntary Services in the Netherlands - Martina Iannizzotto: The European Voluntary Service Within the Italian Voluntary Service and the Third Sector - Knut R. Steenberg: Country Report Norway - Rolf Schuler: Concept of European Voluntary Service and the Status of Young Volunteers in Terms of Labour, Social and Tax Laws - Nathalie Stengel-Deroide: How Do Host Projects and Projects Sending Out Young Volunteers Organise the Educational Aspect of European Voluntary Service? - Werner Wüstendörfer: Transnational Conflicts in Voluntary Service Activities - Performance Standards - Theobald Rieth: The European Voluntary Service: Situation and Experience in the "Third Countries Programme" - here: in Central and Eastern European Countries.

The Editor: Klaus Sieveking is professor at the Centre for European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen. He is a member of the law faculty of Bremen University. Present research fields: National and European Immigration Law and Social Security Law.