Volunteer statistics (ILO)*
Source: ILOSTATS. The data is collected by ILO from national statistical offices. As national statistics on volunteer work are produced using a variety of approaches and tools, direct and cross-country comparisons are not recommended. For more information, visit https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/volunteer-work/
2015
Total volunteering by gender
Direct volunteering by gender
Organization-based volunteering by gender
Measurement work
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Laws, Policies, Schemes on Volunteering
Does the country have a piece of legislation on volunteering?
Ley 45/2015, de 14 de octubre, de Voluntariado / Law no. 45/2015 on Volunteering
Does the country have a national policy, scheme, plan or strategy specific to volunteering?
No data
Does the country have a sectoral and cross-sectoral policy, scheme, plan or strategy that mentions volunteering?
NoVNR Reporting
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In an outstanding exercise of shared construction, on 9 April the Congress of Deputies hosted the most important event in this process, organized by thirteen networks and platforms, three nationwide trade unions, twenty-five civil society organizations and four university research institutes and study centres. Noteworthy among these organizations is the Third-Sector Platform, which includes Spain’s Volunteering Platform, the European Anti-Poverty Network in Spain, the Social Action NGO Platform, the Spanish Committee of Representatives of Persons with Disabilities, the Coordination Body for Non-Governmental Development Organizations, (NGDOs), the Platform for Children, the Spanish Red Cross, Caritas, and Spain’s National Organization of the Blind (ONCE).
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For example, the Platform of the Third Sector is composed of 20 organizations and represents about 30,000 entities, of which 645,000 workers and 1,300,000 volunteers form part.
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Measures implemented by the Community of Madrid: Volunteering Strategy of the Community of Madrid (2017-2021)
No mentionINFORME DE PROGRESO Y ESTRATEGIA DE DESAROLLO SOSTENIBLE 2030
View sourceReporting positive contribution of volunteering to the SDGs
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The autonomous communities and local authorities have a wide range of measures aimed at reducing poverty, inequality and social exclusion. However, similar to the central Government, many of these actions are framed within the COVID response. [...] Plans for volunteering and participation, as a mechanism for tackling inequality and social exclusion.
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Cantabria – Promotion of education for social transformation by empowering the associative structure, volunteering and active participation of civil society through various grant schemes. [...] Castile and León – Grants to promote education for global citizenship by developing education and social awareness, volunteering and the active participation of society.
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Contributions from the autonomous communities and local entities [...] Home volunteering programmes for elderly people and creating spaces, environments and networks for caring for people in vulnerable or isolated positions and/or who lack autonomy.
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Promotion of the transformative role of an active, critical citizenship committed to social change by strengthening education for sustainable development and global citizenship, and promoting volunteerism in global affairs, providing sufficient resources, in line with the areas of action prioritized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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The institutional commitment that frames the definition of the 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy would not have been possible without the drive of multiple wide-ranging civil society groups and organizations. These organizations are key players in bringing global frameworks for action for sustainable development closer to the public and ensuring they relate to people’s concerns, increasing their knowledge and raising awareness to promote transformational behaviour in pursuit of sustainable development, as well as initiatives and practices such as volunteering, acting from the local to the global.
No mentionEXAMEN NACIONAL VOLUNTARIO 2024 SOBRE LA IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE LA AGENDA 2030
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Reporting positive contribution of volunteering to the SDGs
Reporting on volunteering connected to matters of gender equality, women's empowerment or similar
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La doble jornada laboral de las mujeres contempla la suma de cargas relativas a tres aspectos: empleo, familia y hogar. Como puede observarse, el trabajo no remunerado en las mujeres es la principal ocupación de las mismas (un 26,5%, frente a un 14% en los hombres). Este trabajo no remunerado incluye el cuidado y educación de sus hijos/as o nietos/as, cocinar y realizar tareas domésticas, cuidado de familiares ancianos o con alguna discapacidad, hacer un curso o formación, actividades deportivas, culturales o de ocio, políticas o sindicales, actividades de voluntariado o caritativas.
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Destaca, por ejemplo, Andalucía con el proceso de diálogo social y participación ciudadana en la reciente elaboración del Pacto Económico y Social por el Impulso de Andalucía o el I Plan Estratégico Integral de Voluntariado y Participación Ciudadana en Andalucía, Horizonte 2026 que contempla como meta el fortalecimiento de la sociedad civil, la participación ciudadana, el voluntariado y la solidaridad en Andalucía.
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La reforma del Estatuto de los Trabajadores, nuestra legislación laboral fundamental establecida en 1980, para adecuarla a las demandas y realidades del siglo xxi. El mundo laboral está siendo objeto de transformaciones en el conjunto de sus actividades, productivas y no productivas. Como consecuencia, la protección que ofrecen los diferentes y dispersos estatutos jurídicos es, en muchos casos, insuficiente. En la hora de la transición ecológica, la digitalización, la globalización y el cambio demográfico, es ineludible adaptar el marco regulatorio de nuestro mercado laboral para asegurar la rotección de todas las personas trabajadoras y mejorar sus condiciones laborales. Esta reforma garantizará un conjunto de derechos comunes para todos los tipos de trabajo, desde el trabajo por cuenta ajena o propia hasta otras actividades como el trabajo asociado, el trabajo de cuidados, el voluntariado o la cooperación.
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Destaca, por ejemplo, Andalucía con el proceso de diálogo social y participación ciudadana en la reciente elaboración del Pacto Económico y Social por el Impulso de Andalucía o el I Plan Estratégico Integral de Voluntariado y Participación Ciudadana en Andalucía, Horizonte 2026 que contempla como meta el fortalecimiento de la sociedad civil, la participación ciudadana, el voluntariado y la solidaridad en Andalucía.