The European edition of the ‘Discover e-volunteering’ Competition
25th May 2011 was the starting day of collecting applications for The European edition of the
‘Discover e-volunteering’ Competition. This is the only competition in Poland and Europe aimed at
awarding and promotion of the most interesting projects engaging virtual volunteers.
Competition is organized as one of the flagship projects of the European Year of Volunteering
2011.
On-line volunteering has many faces, e.g. free-of-charge consultancy in the network, forming
assistance and self-help groups, cooperation in promotion, searching for information or on-line
language courses. Through this Competition we want to popularize such activity and show that there
are many active, pro-bono initiatives in the internet!
The Competition shall proceed through the following stages:
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May, 25 – July, 31, 2011 - Call for appliactions.
August, 22 – September, 5, 2011 – The Competition Selection Committee selects 9-12 best
projects.
September, 12 – October, 12, 2011 – On-line voting.
November 2011 – Final Gala in Warsaw.
Call for proposals from e-volunteering organisers.
All organisations from the European Union cooperating with volunteers through the Internet may
take part in the Competition. Application form is available at http://www.evolunteering.eu/competition. The deadline for applications is July 31, 2011.
Meeting of the Competition Selection Committee.
Members of the international Selection Committee shall select 9-12 best projects that shall be put to
the open on-line voting.
On-line voting.
Finalists’ profiles (descriptions of organisations and e-volunteering projects) shall be presented at the
Competition Internet website. Winners of the Competition shall be selected by internauts in the
open on-line voting to be held from 12th September till 12th October 2011, http://www.evolunteering.eu/competition website.
Final Gala.
The Final Gala summarising the European edition of the Competition shall be organised in November
2011, in Warsaw. During the Gala results of the Competition shall be announced and Winners – shall
be awarded and honoured.
Prizes
The total sum of prizes in the Competition is 5 000 euro, and may increase during the Competition.
They are funded by Fundacja Orange nad Fondation Orange.
More information on the Competition
www.e-volunteering.eu/competition.
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For more information please contact:
[email protected]
‘Discover e-volunteering’ Competition is organized by the Good Network Foundation and Fundacja
Orange, in cooperation with the Partners of the Competition. ‘Discover e-volunteering’ competition
is pursued under the project "Values and activities of volunteering and e-volunteering" co-financed
by the European Union. The European Union is not responsible for any content generated by the
project.
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