Enéo worries about government proposal for compensation of volunteers in Belgium

AGE Belgian association Enéo seized the momentum of the International Volunteer Day on 5^th December to express disagreement with the recent decision of the Belgian government to allow volunteering activities to be remunerated up to a maximum of 6000 euros annually. Together with two other social non-for-profit organisations, Enéo warns against changing the basic nature of which should remain free and solidarity driven. The Belgian organisations mention a 2005 legislation which refers to volunteer activities as activities pursued without compensation nor accountability.
Volunteering is essential to the non-market sector, whose work could be strongly affected by the proposal of the Belgian government.

Read more in French in Enéo’s joint press release