The Quality Label for Humanitarian Aid Volunteering certifies that an organisation is able to carry out high quality solidarity activities in compliance with the principles, objectives and requirements of the action ‘European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps’.

Types

There are two main types of Quality Label for Humanitarian Aid Volunteering:

• Support role – entails supporting, preparing and/or training participants before departure, mediation between them and their host organisations and/or providing support to participants upon return from their activity. The support role also entitles the organisation to submit project applications and coordinate partnerships for Humanitarian Aid Volunteering projects;
• Host role – covers the full range of activities related to hosting a Solidarity Corps participant, including the development of a programme of the young person’s activities and providing guidance and support to the participant during all the phases as appropriate.

Recognition 

The Quality Label is valid for the whole duration of the programming period 2021 – 2027, subject to compliance monitoring and periodical reassessments which will be carried out by EACEA.

After the end of the 2021-2027 programming period, the Quality Label remains valid until the end of the last activity in which the organisation is involved. The Quality Label for lead organisations remains valid until the end of the last grant agreement signed by the beneficiary organisation.

In order to facilitate partner-finding and the setting up of project consortia, profiles of all organisations holding this Quality Label are published in a database of Quality Label organisations on the European Solidarity Corps Portal. To identify potential partners, partner searching tool on the Funding and Tender Opportunities Portal can be used.

Who can apply 

• Quality Label for support role – international organisations and any organisation legally established in an EU Member State or a third country associated to the Programme.
• Quality Label for host role – any organisation operating in those regions of third countries where humanitarian aid activities and operations take place and where there are no ongoing international or non-international armed conflicts.

Where to apply

To the Education and Culture Executive Agency via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System.

Deadline: Applications can be submitted on a continuous basis. 

Organisations willing to participate in the Humanitarian Aid Volunteering projects under the 2025 call must submit their applications by 24 September 2024, 17:00 (Brussels time).

For further details, please check the European Solidarity Corps Guide.