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France Volontaires is charged with a general interest mission, that is, “promoting and developing the various forms of involvement that fall under the remit of International Volunteering for Exchange and Solidarity (I.V.E.S.), and helping to implement them. This project is carried out in a spirit of respect for the values set out in the communal charter, upheld by the organisations sending out volunteers and the volunteers themselves.” (Article 1 of the statutes).
In practical terms, it is therefore a case of:
improving knowledge and recognition of the diff erent forms of volunteering;
helping to develop the number of I.V.E.S. in terms of quality and quantity, while
pursuing its mission of sending out International Volunteers for Solidarity;
supporting associations that send out IVES in their missions of mobilisation, preparation,
monitoring, management and reintegration of people when they get back;
making the I.V.E.S. sector more dynamic;
n helping strengthen public policy in France.
France Volontaires (and before AFVP) is a member of the French network of the Anna Lindh Foundation since 2008.It is natural that France Volontaires Egypte, committed since 2010 for the development of civic engagement in the country wants to join theEgyptian FAL network.
In a context marked by the changes, reforms and revolutions experienced by Arab societies, but also by the global economic and social crisis which raises new challenges for living together, synergies should be promoted between civil society actors who share same values and work for a common cause.
Through its volunteering spaces in Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, France Volontaires can encourage and facilitate the networking of volunteering actors in Mediterranean, by placing volunteering as a tool for dialogue and peace for youth whom desire an active participation in the construction of the society.
Through its action and its reflection in the Euro-Mediterranean area, France Volontaires joined the Foundation objectives considering intercultural dialogue as a factor in mobilizing civil society, to enhance the diversity, the promotion of the participation of society in the construction of open and pluralistic democracies, and promoting inclusive and sustainable human development.
In addition, for several years, with their international volunteers for solidarity, France Volontaires supports cultural and artistic cooperation projects in Euro-Mediterranean.
In Egypt, France Volontaires supports such projects since 2003 to raise awareness of alexandrian youth for the Alexandrian, Egyptian and Mediterranean Heritage in partnership with the Centre d'Etudes Alexandrines and cooperation between Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur and Alexandria.