ESC: CNV - C'moN Volunteers!

The National Volunteering Center (CNV) is a mixed second-level association. As of today, there are more than 100 Members belonging to every category: voluntary organizations, service structures, Local Authorities, Regions and also people who have played an active role in the promotion of volunteering in Italy, ranging from social and health sector, to cultural, to environmental. The number and variety of members makes the CNV unique in its kind at national level. The Center is enrolled in the Regional Volunteering Register of Tuscany (since 1994) and in the Register of Legal Entities of the Prefecture of Lucca (since 2007). It is a first class institution accredited for the Universal Civil Service. The CNV aims at: - offering a "Forum" promoted by joint initiative of the Public Institutions and the "Social Private", to achieve an organic connection between initiatives of solidarity promoted by volunteers, at the service of all citizens - in particular of the marginalized ones - as well as between these institutions and the structures of the State, at all levels, implementing services for the same; - carrying out training, study, research and documentation activities on volunteering; - promoting exchanges of experience between associations to grow and qualify their activities, linking social realities and initiatives in the country; - carrying out initiatives with national volunteering organizations operating in Europe and other continents and offering participation in the coordination of the sector; - creating a greater knowledge of volunteering and private social organizations, carrying out an information service to the population and improving relations between citizens and volunteering organizations.