Voluntary/Community Organisation in European Union

Voluntary/Community Organization in European Union

Introduction

The European Union is an "economic and political association" of 27 countries on the European continent. It is a political community of law regime that is constituted internationally as an organization sui generis that is born to encourage and accommodate the integration and governance of common states of Europe. It is working for the people of the countries that are part of the EU. Thus, the following essay is the evaluation of the workings of the voluntary and community organization in three out of the twenty seven EU countries.

Discussions

European Union and the Member Countries

The values,?on which the European Union is founded, are respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law and respect for human rights. This enshrined in the Treaty on European Union values ??are further strengthened by the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Countries wishing to join the EU must respect human rights - as well as countries which have concluded with the EU trade agreements or other agreements.

The European Union is "economic and political association" of 27 countries on the European continent. Union members have grown from six founding states (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands). These countries are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Romania, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.

The following essay is picking three countries out of twenty seven countries that are registered at European Union. It will be the analysis of the voluntary organizations and their workings in these three countries. (www.icnl.org)

Voluntary/Community Organization

Voluntary organizations are one of the forms of expression of civil society. The most widespread term is the non-governmental organizations (NGOs), an expression used to define those organizations that are being born outside the will of the government, aims to carry out activities of general interest or public, who have obtained consultative status accredited against national or international agencies. The volunteer organizations are associations or institutions often provide public bins and serve the common good. Its funding comes from contributions from its partners, fund raising or public subsidies, and they are characterized by the objective of providing a service without it represents the profit. (www.thebigproject.co.uk)

Thus, the three chosen countries whose workings of the Voluntary Organizations are:

United Kingdom

Germany

Italy (www.volunteermatch.org)

Workings of Voluntary/Community Organization in EU Countries

United Kingdom

In the vast number of voluntary organizations in Great Britain operate approximately 500 000 employees, and this sector is growing faster than many others. British charities support groups, and these are very strong financial and international organizations, which employ hundreds of people. The range of their activities is wide, from the manifestations of social exclusion, political issues and challenges children to animal protection, cultural heritage and medical research in the UK and abroad. (www.direct.gov.uk)

British charities work in hot spots around the world, including Sudan and Bangladesh, where there is reconstruction work following the devastation caused by cyclone "Sidr". Some of the best known UK charities:

“Oxfam "- focuses ...