Apply to the placement offer you are interested in via this page.

If you meet the requirements of the offer, we will be happy to share your profile with the host organisation.

If you are generally interested in participating in an IVY experience but you haven’t seen an offer that interests you, get in touch with us all the same and let us know what you would like to do.

The IVY team at AEBR is responsible for helping the host organisation find a volunteer. To do so, for each programme or project we identify about 6 candidates and share their profiles with the host organisation.

The profiles are chosen by taking into account the host organisation’s specific needs in terms of language skills and other competences that are essential to be able to support the planned activities. Candidates are included in one pre-selection only at the same time. However, if a candidate is not selected for one placement offer, we include them in new ones that are of their interest and match their skills.

After maximum two weeks, the host organisation sets up a call to get to know all or some of the pre-selected candidates to choose the successful one(s).

In some cases, if the first pre-selection was not successful, we open again the placement offer and look for more candidates.

We strive to select volunteers in a period of 4 to 6 weeks once we publish a placement offer.

Normally, we share the candidates with the host organisation about two weeks after having published the offer. After this, we ask them to identify the candidates they would like to get in touch with within two weeks.

This timeline is just an indication: the process can be faster or slower, depending on everyone’s availability.

You can, but please note that candidates are included in one pre-selection only at the same time. We include each candidate in the selection for which they best respond to the needs of the host organisation.

However, if a candidate is not selected for one placement offer, we include them in new ones that are of their interest and match their skills.

Yes, IVY is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. You can volunteer in the territorial cooperation field across Europe (and beyond!) through IVY for a single period. 

Yes! If you have already participated in an experience funded by the European Solidarity Corps or Erasmus+, you can take part in IVY – and vice versa.

No, this is not possible: IVY is focused on volunteering, and the personal experience of the environment of the host organisation as well as the local dimension of programmes and projects are essential. Meeting with partners and beneficiaries is a relevant aspect of the initiative, which we want volunteers to experience.

Volunteering is not only about only fulfilling tasks, which can be achieved remotely, but rather the personal experience that you will gain in collaborating with the host organisation and partners, which is essential to being deployed as an IVY volunteer in order to grasp the beneficial impact of Interreg in the local community. For these reasons, we do not accept requests volunteer remotely.

Exceptions are made if legal restrictions to travel and gatherings are in effect at the hosting location.

Yes, you can! You are eligible to apply until you turn 31.