# Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (‘EU Aid Volunteers initiative’), Article 8: Actions under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The EU Aid Volunteers initiative shall pursue the objectives referred to in Articles 4 and 7 through the following types of actions:
development and maintenance of standards and procedures regarding candidate volunteers and EU Aid Volunteers;
development and maintenance of a certification mechanism for sending and hosting organisations;
identification and selection of candidate volunteers;
establishment of a training programme and support for training and apprenticeship placements;
establishment, maintenance and updating of a database of EU Aid Volunteers;
deployment of EU Aid Volunteers to support and complement humanitarian aid in third countries;
capacity building of hosting organisations;
establishment and management of a network for the EU Aid Volunteers initiative;
communication and awareness raising;
ancillary activity that furthers the accountability, transparency and effectiveness of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/375/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-375/article-8
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