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🇱🇹 Lithuania

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Legal acts	Republic of Lithuania law on volunteering , 22 June 2011 – No XI-1500Vilnius	https://tinyurl.com/4wdhpcvb	The purpose, definitions, peculiarities, principles, requirements for a volunteers, rights and duties of a volunteer, types of organizations, organization of voluntary activities, insurance for a volunteer and reimbursement of expenses, recognition of volunteering are introduced in this Law.
Study	Effects of Volunteering on the Well-Being of Older Adults	https://tinyurl.com/ykjtx9nu	The research pointed out the benefit of volunteering as important factor for successful aging. This study tests the effects of volunteering on the well-being of older adults, including the effect of level of engagement, the moderating effects of demographic and social factors, and the effects of the nature of the volunteer experience.
Research study	Senior Adults’ Participation in Volunteering	VDU, 2013Genute Gedviliene, Salomeja Karaseviciute https://tinyurl.com/5ury6t8w	The study consists of theoretical assumptions about volunteering and accomplished various empirical studies from 2 countries: Greece and Lithuania. The authors tried to reveal the importance of volunteering in ageing society as one of the ways of being involved in society’s life, taking part in solving various problems like poverty, unemployment, community’s safety, organizing purposeful leisure time, health, environment protection, nurture problems and others.
Volunteer host organizations	Volunteers program in Europe	https://www.gooverseas.com/volunteer-abroad/europe	There is a long list with descriptions about different opportunities to volunteer in different European countries.
Inspirational material:A review	Benefits of formal voluntary work among older people	https://tinyurl.com/2jzaerke	This review focuses on formal volunteering. The aim of this review is to conduct a systematized literature research on quantitative data to examine the association of formal voluntary work and personal well-being among older peopled oing the voluntary work and those being served.
Inspirational material:Success story	How To Volunteer As A Senior?	May, 2021 https://aginginplace.org/how-to-volunteer-as-a-senior/	Rhe article reveals the importance of volunteering and provides answers to questions: how to get involved volunteering as an elderly persons, why elderly people should volunteer.
Inspirational material:Video story	Thanks to volunteers, Elderly Can Age in Place	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alORoCYwKa0	Inspirational video
Inspirational material Video story	A story about a Volunteer and his elderly friends	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30fJgFdhHaU	Inspirational video

🇱🇻 Latvia

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Legal acts	Brīvprātīgā darba likums.Law about Voluntary Work.	https://likumi.lv/ta/id/275061-brivpratiga-darba-likums	Legislation – Law about Voluntary work , Latvia Published Latvijas Vēstnesis, 127, 02.07.2015.
Guidelines	Brīvprātīgā darba organizēšana pašvaldībā.	http://jaunatneslietas.lv/sites/default/files/editor/Brivpratiga-darba-organizesana-pasvaldiba.pdf	How to organize volunteer work in local community
Information general	Volunteering.	https://www.daba.gov.lv/lv/volunteering	Volunteering in specially protected areas in Latvia
Information general	Volunteer abroad in Latvia	https://www.goabroad.com/volunteer-abroad/search/latvia/volunteer-abroad-1	How to volunteer in Latvia from abroad
Guidelines	Guidelines ”Senior volunteering – Involving and activating seniors in local community”	https://www.age-platform.eu/publications/senior-volunteering-involving-and-activating-seniors-local-community-guidelines	In English, Estonian, Latvian and Finnish
Publikācija	Volunteer programme	http://lnmm.lv/en/lnma/visit/activities_events_guided_tours/adults/464-volunteer-programme	The National Museum of Art’s volunteer programme
Web page	Grannies.lv	http://erasmuspluska1prague.weebly.com/go-get-award-latvia.html	NGO Grannies.lv project experiences
Volunteer host organizations	Volunteers program in Europe	https://www.gooverseas.com/volunteer-abroad/europe	There is a long list with descriptions about different opportunities to volunteer in different European countries.
Book	From the top down	Susan J. Ellis, 1996ISBN 0-940576-17-1	The executive role in volunteer program success.

🇸🇮 Slovenia

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Scientific Article	VOLUNTEERING AS RECIPROCITY: BENEFICIAL AND HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SOCIAL POLICIES TO ENCOURAGE CONTRIBUTION IN OLDER AGE	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0890406515000171	Social policy applications of ‘active ageing’ ideals have recently focussed on volunteering as a beneficial and valuable contribution that older people can make to their communities.
Scientific Article	FACTORS AFFECTING VOLUNTEERISM AMONG OLDER ADULTS	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0733464803022002001	This study examines whether employment status has an effect on a person’s decision to volunteer and the number of hours volunteered.
Scientific Article	VOLUNTEERING AND HEALTH AMONG OLDER PEOPLE: A REVIEW	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2003.tb00468.x	This paper presents a review of the available literature on the relationship between volunteering and health among older people. There is consistent evidence that morbidity rates, functional health indices, self reported health and life satisfaction are affected by formal and informal volunteering.
Scientific Article	VOLUNTEER DECISION MAKING BY OLDER PEOPLE: A TEST OF A REVISED THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15324834BASP2203_11	The article reports the findings from a study that investigated volunteer intentions and behavior in a random sample of older people aged 65 to 74 years living in an Australian capital city.
Scientific Article	A REASON TO RISE EACH MORNING: THE MEANING OF VOLUNTEERING IN THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS	https://www.jstor.org/stable/44877547?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents	Volunteering by older adults is fascinating both for the value it brings to individual lives and for the benefits that accrue to society. While not every older adult chooses this non-compensatory activity, for those that do, it provides a way to give meaning to their lives.
Scientific Article	‘PAYBACK TIME’: COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING AMONG OLDER ADULTS AS A TRANSFORMATIVE MECHANISM	https://www.proquest.com/openview/75bd4407769e6abc73d82d6507e66968/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=37022	This qualitative study explores the conditions and experiences of older adults’ ‘formal’ volunteering through non-profit organisations (NPOs) in Toronto from both organisational and individual perspectives. In spite of the ageing population and the need for NPOs to expand their services, the participation of Canadian seniors in community volunteering has been stagnant for 15 years. What organisational and structural supports might encourage the expansion of volunteering among this group?
Scientific Article	TO VOLUNTEER OR NOT: THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS, RESOURCES, AND SOCIAL FACTORS ON THE LIKELIHOOD OF VOLUNTEERING BY OLDER ADULTS	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0899764014556773	The study examines a hybrid theory containing individual characteristics, resources, and social factors and volunteering of older adults living in Belgium. As scholars have pointed out the under researched importance of taking the recruitment potential of older adults into account, this study investigates whether potential volunteers, actual volunteers, and non-volunteers in later life are different from each other in terms of individual characteristics, resources and social factors.
An Interview	JULIE BENTLEY: ‘SAMARITANS’ SERVICES HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL DURING THE PANDEMIC’	https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/dec/09/julie-bentley-samaritans-services-crucial-pandemic-covid-suicide	The charity’s new chief executive on the impact of Covid on mental health and why it’s important not to wait until someone becomes suicidal.
Newspaper Article	OLDER PEOPLE ARE AN ASSET, NOT A DRAIN	https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/mar/02/older-people-net-contributors-volunteering	Debate about our ageing society is conducted typically in terms of the problems and costs of supporting growing numbers of older people. But a study published today turns that premise on its head. Far from being a burden on the economy, it says, older people are in fact net contributors.
Best practices	VOLUNTEERING AT SLOVENIAN THIRD AGE UNIVERSITY	http://www.utzo.si/en/volunteering/	Evidenced practices.
Scientific article	RAJKA BRAČUN SOVA, NIVES LIČEN, DUŠANA FINDEISEN, URŠA KRAMBERGER: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF EDUCATION FOR FORMALLY ORGANISED OLDER VOLUNTEERING	http://www.utzo.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BracunSova_Licen_Findeisen_Kramberger2015.pdf	About organized volunteering scientifically grounded.
E-book	The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations	David Horton Smith et al. The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations. ISBN: 978-1-137-26317-9 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-137-26317-9	Theories of Associations and Volunteering

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

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Legal acts	National Comprehensive Strategy for Active Ageing in Bulgaria (2016 – 2030)	https://mlsp.government.bg/uploads/1/draft-national-comprehensive-strategy-project-en.pdf	This Analysis presents the specific national challenges to and opportunities for promoting active ageing in different social life domains including volunteering.
Legal acts	Bulgarian national report on the third review and appraisal of the implementation of the Madrid international plan of action on ageing and its regional implementation strategy (MIPAA/RIS), 2012 – 2017	https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/pau/age/country_rpts/2017/BGR_report.pdf	Part I Executive summary General information 1. National ageing situation 2. Method Part II 1. National actions and progress in the implementation of MIPAA/RIS 2. Conclusions and priorities for the future
Research, studies	Consolidated Research Report of the Situation with Volunteering in the Bulgarian-Serbian Border Areas, Comparative Analysis	http://4volunteering.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CONSOLIDATED-RESEARCH-REPORT-OF-THE-SITUATION-WITH-VOLUNTEERING-IN-THE-BULGARIAN-SERBIAN-BORDER-AREAS-Comparative-analysis.pdf	Definitions, legal documents and research on youth volunteering in the Bulgarian-Serbian border areas.
Research, studies	Study on Volunteering in the European Union. Country Report Bulgaria	https://ec.europa.eu/citizenship/pdf/national_report_bg_en.pdf	General Information about Volunteering in Bulgaria. Institutional Framework. Regulatory Framework. Economic Dimension of Volunteering. Social and Cultural Dimension of Volunteering. Volunteering in the Context of Education and Training. Challenges and Opportunities for Volunteering.
Research, studies	PrepAGE Project: Enhancing disaster management and preparedness for the older population in the EU	https://ec.europa.eu/echo/sites/default/files/prepage_final_report_guidelines.pdf	The PrepAGE project identified the needs, structures and measures to prepare and reach older people in emergencies and disasters.
Research Report	Research Report. Impact of transnational exchange experiences on senior volunteers and organisations	http://www.alliance-network.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Final-Report-SEVEN-copia.pdf
Book	Promotion of the Active Life of the Elderly in Bulgaria. Collection of good practices.	https://www.mlsp.government.bg/uploads/52/vazrasni-hora/ageing-v4-digital-covered-4-1.pdf	Presenting some of the best practices in promoting the active life of the elderly in Bulgaria.
Book	Volunteering in the European Union	https://ec.europa.eu/citizenship/pdf/doc1018_en.pdf https://issuu.com/jevgenisemtsisin/docs/volunteering-in-the-european-union-english	Final Report on the Study on Volunteering in the European Union. Report of the Educational, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency; Directorate General Education and Culture of the European Commission
Handbook	Facilitate Access to Education and the Labour Market Through Guidance for Persons from Training. Handbook FairGuidance	http://www.fairguidance-project.eu/handbooks/hb_en.pdf	Modul 8: Disadvantaged Target Groups Guidance on Volunteering and Practical Training for Disadvantaged Groups
A Plan of Action	A Plan of Action. Synthesis Report on Integrating Volunteering Into the 2030 Agenda in the United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Region	https://www.unv.org/sites/default/files/POA_UNECE_Synthesis%20Report_2019.pdf	Key trends in volunteering in the UNECE region
Volunteer host organizations	TimeHeroes	https://timeheroes.org/bg/	TimeHeroes is the bridge between the two groups: many people who want to donate their time and skills but don’t know where and how; hundreds of organizations that need support for their causes. TimeHeroes is a volunteering organization that publishes information about all current volunteering initiatives in the country.
Volunteer host organizations	Bulgarian Red Cross – Ruse	https://www.redcross.bg/contacts/contact2/ruse	It is a volunteer organization with a wide range of activities. There are more than 20 companies such as the Resource Center for Elderly Support”With care and love for the elderly”.
Volunteer host organizations	Bulgarian Red Cross	https://en.redcross.bg/	The moral code of the Red Cross Movement are Voluntary Service, Humanity, Unity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Universality
Volunteer host organizations	National Alliance for Volunteer Action (NAVA)	http://navabg.com/en/	The mission of NAVA is to revive the tradition of volunteerism in Bulgaria and to improve the public’s perception of volunteerism through organizing various initiatives, which include a large number of people from society, and promoting the values of volunteerism.
Volunteer host organizations	tulipfoundation	https://www.tulipfoundation.net/	Mission: To encourage social responsibility in Bulgarian society
Inspirational material: motivating volunteers	Support us	https://www.tulipfoundation.net/en/donate/	Donate Funds, Time, Property, Services, Goods & Materials, etc.
Inspirational material: presentation	National Strategy for Active Ageing in Bulgaria (2019 – 2030)	https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/pau/age/WG.12/Presentations/2_National-Strategy-Active-Ageing-Bulgaria.pdf	The working group on ageing, UNECE, presentation
Inspirational material: motivating volunteers	Together against COVID-19	https://en.redcross.bg/campaign/active_campaigns/nationalcampaign_covid_engl	In support of the efforts for coping with the epidemic situation in the country
Inspirational material: motivating volunteers	European Project: EU – PrepAGE	https://en.redcross.bg/projects/active_projects/prepage_project	Enhancing disaster management and preparedness for the older population in the EU.
Inspirational material: motivating volunteers	Do more good.	https://timeheroes.org/en/browse?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzeyukb2F8QIVC7h3Ch1DsQOmEAMYASAAEgJW8_D_BwE	Many volunteering causes of the TimeHerous organization
Inspirational material: DESTEVA project	Showcasing Volunteering Skills	https://www.ok-sivis.fi/media/hanke-materiaalit/showcasing_volunteering_skills.pdf	The aim of this project is the visualisation, documentation and recognition of formally, non-formally and informally acquired competences in the field of volunteering. Based on that, the development of an online tool for validation of volunteering competences is made.

🇳🇱 The Netherlands

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Legal acts	Business.gov.nl	https://business.gov.nl/regulation/working-volunteers/	This information is provided byNetherlands Enterprise Agency, RVO Business.gov.nl collaborates with several Dutch governmental and semi-governmental organisations to provide information about laws, rules and regulations, subsidies and more.
Research, studies	Movisie is thé national knowledge institute	https://www.movisie.nl/	Movisie is thé national knowledge institute offering a comprehensive approach of social issues. Together with people in practice we develop and implement knowledge of what really works well. Movisie’s unique contribution is in accelerating learning processes. We are not satisfied until we effectuate sustainable positive change in the lives of people in vulnerable situations.
Research, studies	Video	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDzXQ6yyvyQ	Close to you: Active aging in the Netherlands
Research, studies	Professor Joost van Hoof video	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNZnWJ6VciI	Age-friendly cities in the Netherlands
Research, studies	Article	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11266-018-0041-8	Volunteering and Wellbeing Among Ageing Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis
Books	Article	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299881906_Older_Volunteers_in_the_Netherlands_New_Challenges_to_an_Old_Tradition	Older Volunteers in the Netherlands: New Challenges to an Old Tradition
Books	Book	https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1ggjk6v	Active ageing: Voluntary work by older people in Europe
Volunteer host organizations	Volunteeringin The Netherlands	https://volunteering.nl/	Find impactful, fun and social volunteer work based on your interests and causes you care about!
Volunteer host organizations	Volunteeringin The Netherlands	https://access-nl.org/dual-careers-netherlands/volunteering-netherlands/	Volunteeringin The Netherlands support services
Volunteer host organizations	Volunteeringin The Netherlands, Den Haag	https://www.volunteerthehague.nl/volunteer/opportunities	A non-profit initiative founded by the Municipality of The Hague and PEP, Volunteer the Hague connects internationals with meaningful volunteer opportunities at local non-profit organizations. By empowering internationals to contribute their skills, we strengthen capacity at local non-profit organizations to create a lasting change in the community. Our platform combined with our team of volunteers offer a variety of support services that internationals and organizations can utilize.