European Volunteering Capital 2016 and 2017 Candidates Announcements

During the CEV policy conference “Helping Hands” Hope for Europe reception the candidate municipalities for the European Volunteering Capital 2016 and 2017 were announced. There are 11 candidates from 5 countries for 2016 and 8 candidates from 5 countries for 2017.

CEV is proud to share the names of the candidate municipalities:

      1. Belfast (2016, 2017)

      2. Bruges (2016, 2017)

      3. Cagliari (2016, 2017)

      4. Cascais (2016)

      5. Edinburgh (2016)

      6. London (2016, 2017)

      7. Lucca (2016)

      8. Perm (2016, 2017)

      9. Rome (2016)

      10. Sligo (2017)

      11. Varese (2016, 2017)

      12. Viterbo (2016, 2017).

 

Jury

Joaquin Durany, Employee Volunteering European Network (EVEN) (La Caixa)

Jutta Gützkow, Council of Europe (Head of Civil Society Division)

Jutta Koenig-Georgiades, European Commission (DG Home Europe for Citizens Programme)

Fernando Medina, Committee of the Regions (Mayor of Lisbon)

Cristina Rigman, CEV President

Ariane Rodert, European Economic and Social Committee (Vice President Group III)

Ivo Vajgl, European Parliament (Slovenia)

 

Il 04 dicembre 2015 saranno proclamate a Lisbona le città Capitali Europee del Volontariato sia per il 2016 che per il 2017.