SMART Volunteering_Learner Pack- Business Organisations

6 ▪ Most participants believe that their companies ensure easy access to their programmes to disadvantaged and diverse groups, including migrant women. ▪ 57 out of 90 companies provide internship or volunteering opportunities. However, volunteering is not common since the law does not allow volunteering in profit making entities. ▪ Target groups of these programs show variability, but students and young people are the main target groups of internship/volunteering programmes in partner countries. ▪ 78 % of participants have not taken any training programme about working with disadvantaged groups and ethnic minorities. ▪ Only 22,2% have training experiences in cultural awareness, disability/accessibility, diversity strategies, disabled migrants and intercultural education. ▪ Almost 54% have experience in working with ethnic minorities. Only 11% have specific strategies to connect to ethnic minorities. ▪ Communication is encountered as a challenge for companies, as well as for the interns, however, the internship programs do not provide them with such skills. ▪ Internship programmes focus on professional, technical skills and the number of coaching/mentoring programs remains low. You can find the full report on the website of the project : http://www.smartvolunteering.eu/en/news-events/22-the-volunteering- competence-framework