Lectures took place in the auditorium of the University of Freiburg
Fourth session of the EUV 2001, Freiburg, Germany
Voluntary Service forms Europe: Cooperation in Theory and Practice
“Voluntary Service forms Europe: Cooperation in Theory and Practice”. Lectures were given by Lord Ralf Dahrendorf (London) about the contribution by the society of citizens to the shaping of Europe, Konrad Deufel (Hannover) about volunteering activities supporting civil societies, Alfred Grosser (Paris) about Voluntary service as cultural challenge and Leo Penta (New York / Berlin) about churches acting in society – international aspects. 300 participants from 26 countries attended the fourth meeting of the UEV in Freiburg; 30 persons came from 10 countries of Eastern Europe (eg. Russia, Baltic States, Georgia, Balkan States); there were also participants from the USA, Latin America and Africa. Organizing the UEV was the main activity and the international contribution of the German Caritas Association to the International Year of Volunteers 2001. In addition to lectures and seminars the participants also had a chance to visit in workshops various local volunteer projects. Experiences were exchanged with the help of examples taken from practice and research in several countries and this was reinforced with lectures about basic questions referring to honorary posts, volunteering and civil engagement. After that, results and consequences were shown for social practice in associations, for qualification of volunteers, and professionals at training places for social professions and for research at universities. All lectures and a selection of greetings, presentations and projects are published.
Organizers: German Caritas Association, the Catholic University for Applied Sciences Freiburg, the Department for Religious Education at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.
Speakers: Lord Ralf Dahrendorf (London), Konrad Deufel (Hannover), Alfred Grosser (Paris) and Leo Penta (New York / Berlin).
Conference Programme, English version
Publication: Eugen Baldas, Helmut Schwalb, Werner Tzscheetzsch (Hrsg.), Voluntary Service forms Europe. Cooperation in Theory and Practice. 4th meeting of the European University of Voluntary Service, Freiburg 2001.
Publication with lectures and seminars, Freiburg 2001
