Article 21 Mentoring
United Kingdom
The hosting organisation shall designate one or more mentors for the EU Aid Volunteer to provide support in areas such as:
development of professional skills and improvement of performance and knowledge;
cultural integration and acclimatisation;
coaching related to the task assignment; and
dealing with psychosocial issues.
The designated mentor(s) shall have access to, and base their support on, the EU Aid Volunteer's learning and development plan and task assignment. The mentor(s) shall meet regularly with the EU Aid Volunteer to reflect on their progress and help solve any placement-related and personal issues.
The mentoring shall take account of local realities and shall, where possible, be appropriate for local volunteers as well.
The sending organisation shall facilitate the provision of the mentoring by working in partnership with the hosting organisation to provide analytical, training and other capacity building support, and by identifying in their own structures and networks suitably and complementarily skilled designated individuals in case of low local skills availability.
Where appropriate, remote mentoring may be considered, in particular by using the network for the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.