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.