Fundació Catalunya Voluntària

The Fundació Privada Catalunya Voluntària- FCV was founded in October 2007, though its origins are to be found in the
non-profit association Barcelona Voluntaria, established in 1999.
FCV aspires to be a tool for non-formal learning by managing and participating in projects of social interest and by offering to young adults the opportunity to learn and gain competences through their active participation in social projects that directly affect the community they live in.
Our commitment is to foster volunteering, to develop activities of social benefit, cooperation and to enhance the internationalisation of Catalan organisations, being our regular activities to give information, support, training and assistance to individuals and NGOs and to promote and manage international projects and initiatives.
The Foundation operates in the frames of 2 programmes:
- Catalans in the World, which serves as a tool for international mobility of the Catalans
- Clamour for Peace seeks to promote culture of peace among people through non formal learning initiatives, international and intercultural cooperation.
With these 2 programmes, the FCV hopes to reinforce and support youth participation, paying special attention to young people with fewer opportunities. We work to promote participation of youth in the Euro-Mediterranean region - its socio-cultural cohesion and cooperation.
We work with different sectors and actors in different levels (public and private instituations, companies, etc) to encourage the society to recognise the positive impact of young people’s social involvement and to value the strategic importance they have as key actors in developing and improving their communities, providing answers to their social needs and being agents of social transformation and peace.
The FCV is member of the International Association for Volunteer Effort-IAVE, the European Center for Volunteering-CEV, European Youth Foundation-EYF and the Spanish Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures-ALF, the Forum of Local Authorities for social inclusion and participative democracy-FAL, and United Network of Young Peacebuilders-UNOY.