Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1398/2014Dangos y teitl llawn

CHAPTER 1 U.K. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter

This Regulation lays down standards regarding candidate volunteers and EU Aid Volunteers with respect to the following matters listed in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 375/2014:

(a)

a competence framework used for the identification, selection and preparation of volunteers as junior or senior professionals;

(b)

provisions to ensure equal opportunities and non-discrimination in the identification and selection process;

(c)

provisions to ensure compliance of sending and hosting organisations with relevant national and Union law and law of the hosting country;

(d)

standards governing the partnerships between sending and hosting organisations; and

(e)

provisions for recognition of the skills and competences acquired by EU Aid Volunteers, in line with existing relevant Union initiatives.

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 and the definitions provided for in the Commission Implementing Regulation to be adopted on the basis of Article 9(3) of Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:

(a)

‘Competences’ mean according to the definition laid out in the European Reference Framework on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning(1) a combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to the context, allowing EU Aid Volunteers to contribute to the provision of needs-based humanitarian aid;

(b)

‘Transversal competences’ mean competences required in many sectors of volunteering and employment and which are not specific to humanitarian aid;

(c)

‘Specific competences’ mean competences required for the EU Aid Volunteers initiative and humanitarian aid more widely;

(d)

‘Technical competences’ mean competences resulting from specialized knowledge relevant in the context of humanitarian aid;

(e)

‘Learning outcomes’ mean according to the definition laid out in the European Qualifications Framework(2) statements of what a learner knows, understands and is able to do on completion of a learning process. They are expressed in terms of knowledge, skills and competences.

(1)

OJ L 394, 30.12.2006, p. 10.

(2)

OJ C 111, 6.5.2008, p. 1.