European Solidarity Corps Projects in Neighbouring SouthMed Countries

In EVS, there was a focus on learning in an exchange process between volunteers and host communities. European Solidarity Corps now focuses more on service and less on learning.

This new narrative suggests that European young people are offering service by performing solidarity acts to communities who are in need. That community-focussed narrative shift has implications. This paper discusses the European Solidarity Corps in the context of the EU SouthMed neighbouring countries and this new narrative. The paper highlights some possible implications of the narrative shift from a learning focus to solidarity-focused mobility programmes with SouthMed neighbouring countries.