Volunteering provides good qualifications for employment. Pavel Trantina from the EESC discusses his background with volunteering and the EESC. He helped organize hearings and conferences on volunteering in 2011. These events brought stakeholders together and proposed recognizing skills gained from volunteering. Employers value interpersonal skills, practical skills, communication skills, and loyalty - which volunteering helps develop. Companies should recognize volunteering in their mission statements. Awareness from businesses and universities, tools for self-assessment, and a mutual understanding of skills are needed to help volunteers and employers communicate volunteering experience and qualifications.

1. Volunteering
is a good qualification
Pavel Trantina, EESC

2. My background

3. EESC and Volunteering in 2011
4 hearings
- on topics related to the themes of EYV 2011
Alliance WGs
- trying to bring all stakeholders together
Co-hosting of events:
2nd EU Level Thematic Conference
2nd Volunteering Convention and Stakeholder
Conference

4. Some proposals from 2nd EU-level
Thematic Conference on Volunteering
• Create a space for dialogue between NGOs
and business and other employers to reach
greater understanding
• Support employees to do long-term
volunteering (extra paid holidays etc.)
• Need for tools for assesing and
validating/recognizing skills acquired
through volunteering, provison of coaching
to understand what a volunteer has
learned

5. Employers’ needs
• Good interpersonal relationships and skills to
negotiate
• Practical skills and knowledge of practice
• Ability and self presentation
• Communication skills
• Independence
• Loyalty to the employer
• Ability to deal with stressful situations
• Empathy

6. Mission statement of a company
Our company adheres to the following values:
•open and honest communication with colleagues, customers and partners,
•loyalty to the company and your colleagues,
•willingness, commitment, initiative,
•helpfulness and courtesy towards colleagues, customers and partners,
•professionalism at all times, tact and courtesy,
•respect for the environment,
•respect for the work of others,
•voluntary self-discipline and respect for the responsibilities of their
colleagues,
•optimism and joy of creative work,
•efficiency on a global scale in every step,
•moral integrity, rejection of corruption and all other unfair practices.

7. • open and honest communication with colleagues, customers
and partners
A Scout is to be trusted
• loyalty to the company and your colleagues
A Scout is loyal
• willingness, commitment, initiative
A Scout is useful and helps others
• helpfulness and courtesy towards colleagues, customers and
partners,
A Scout is friendly to all other people
• professionalism at all times, tact and courtesy
A Scout is courteous

8. • respect for the environment
A Scout protects the nature
• respect for the work of others
... and valuable human products
• voluntary self-discipline and respect for the responsibilities of
their colleagues
A Scout is obedient to parents, superiors and leaders
• optimism and joy of creative work
A Scout is of cheerful mind
• efficiency on a global scale in every step
A Scout is thrifty
• moral integrity, rejection of corruption and all other unfair
practices
A Scout is clean in thoughts, words and deeds

9. • AWARENESS (by business and Academia)
• SELF-CONFIDENCE and SELF-ASSESSMENT
(of volunteers)
• MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE

10. AWARENESS
• Keys for Life (CZ)
– Round tables with employers and Academia on
recognition of non-formal learning
– Creation of new qualifications within the
framework of National System of Qualifications
– Analysis of approach of employers and educators
towards recognition of non-formal learning

12. SELF-CONFIDENCE and SELF-ASSESSMENT

15. Valorise-toi! / Empower yourself!
http://goo.gl/2CMN0

16. MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE
Instruments of evidence - portfolios:
•CH-Q method,
•Council of Europe Portfolio of Youth Leaders
and Youth Workers,
•Personal Competence Portfolio developed
within the Keys for Life Project
•Future European Skills Passport/Europass
Experience

17. Volunteering is a good
qualification!
Thank you for your
attention.
pavel@trantina.cz