Article 17 Communication and awareness raising

The Commission shall support public information, communication and awareness raising actions, to promote a visible EU Aid Volunteers initiative and to encourage volunteering in humanitarian aid within the Union and its Member States as well as in the third countries benefitting from the actions under that initiative.

The Commission shall develop a communication plan on the objectives, actions and visible results of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative which shall define communication and dissemination activities towards the public, in particular towards future potential candidate volunteers and beneficiaries of the actions under that initiative. That communication plan shall be implemented by the Commission and by beneficiaries, particularly sending and hosting organisations, as well as EU Aid Volunteers.