Who is the Quality Label for?

The Quality Label is for organisations that want to be involved in Volunteering activities, Traineeships or Jobs. Depending on the type of Quality Label (for Volunteering/Traineeships/Jobs) and role of the organisation, there are different requirements in order to obtain the Quality Label. 

The following organisations must hold a Quality Label to participate in European Solidarity Corps projects:

• All Supporting Organisations in Volunteering activities;
• Host Organisations hosting volunteers;
• Organisations applying for grants for Traineeship and Job placements.
  
  

In addition, an Umbrella application can be submitted by an organisation, on behalf of organisations linked to it by statutory links, which are considered its Affiliated Entities. In this case, the applicant organisation must monitor, and accept to be responsible for, the quality and safety of the placements offered by the Affiliated Entities on which behalf it is applying, as well as responsible for the appropriate skill development and learning opportunities of the young participants.

A Quality Label is not needed for solidarity projects.

When should an organisation apply for the Quality Label?

Organisations can submit their applications at any time.

Since organisations must have a valid accreditation at the date of the project application deadline, interested organisations are advised to submit the form well before they plan to take part in their first European Solidarity Corps project.

It takes about eight weeks to process a Quality Label application, but organisations should plan for more time before project application, to minimise the risk of a possible delay, jeopardising the eligibility of their project application.