Article 11 Participating countries

volunteering, traineeships, jobs, solidarity projects and networking activities shall be open to the participation of the Member States;

volunteering, solidarity projects and networking activities shall also be open to the participation of:

1. (i)

   the acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates which benefit from a pre-accession strategy, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective framework agreements, Association Council decisions or similar agreements;

2. (ii)

   those EFTA countries that are party to the EEA Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of that agreement;

3. (iii)

   the Swiss Confederation, on the basis of a bilateral agreement to be concluded with that country;

4. (iv)

   those countries covered by the European neighbourhood policy which have concluded agreements with the Union providing for the possibility of their participation in the Union's programmes, subject to the conclusion of a bilateral agreement with the Union on the conditions of their participation in the European Solidarity Corps.