Volunteering has always played important role in many sectors of the European economy and especially in the non-profit sector but for a very long time its contribution was not officially recognised at EU level. In 2012 the role of volunteering in the EU was highlighted in a resolution adopted by the European Parliament. The resolution stated that "the competences and knowledge gained by volunteers should help them find jobs or be recognised as part of their training". Although different target groups can have different motivation for volunteering, depending on their age, gender or life aspirations, as a result they all develop new competences or improve existing ones, gain work experience and boost their personal development. These are competences and experiences which could be used in a variety of different jobs, help achieve new qualifications, build a career or simply gain personal satisfaction. Unfortunately, they are often not properly validated in a way that would be recognised by public institutions, certifying bodies or potential employers. Our partnership aims to develop a methodology for validation of different competences acquired through volunteering. The EQF was developed to make qualifications more readable and understandable all over Europe. Different European countries are developing different NQF and are on different levels of implementation. Finding different validation tools and comparing the structure of them with the NQF and also the EQF will on the one hand show the differences between NQF but on the other hand support the comparison of NQF and gives a chance to include a new European validation tool for volunteers. Within these project nine different states/organisations are working together. On the one hand it is a mixture of organisations who are experts in the field of competence validation (f.e. University of Paderborn) and organisations who are dealing with social inclusion (f.e. Fundación CV Pacto Empleo Valencia). On the other hand it is a combination of partners who are experienced, little-experienced and not experienced in European Union projects. The aim of this project is the visualisation, documentation and recognition of formally, non-formally and informally acquired competences in the field of volunteering. Based on that, the development of an online tool for validation of volunteering competences is made. The project objectives are creating an online tool for validation of volunteering competences, which makes the management of human resources of organisations easier, who are working with volunteers by providing them with an online and multilevel validation methodology helpful during recruitment, training and referencing. The access to validation tools for disadvantaged groups will be improved by creating a website which includes a personal and multilevel competences endorsement mechanism and information about different NQF and the validation in another countries. We are supporting awareness raising of public body and policy makers about the importance of a common validation framework for the competences acquired through volunteering in third-sectors and facilitating the recognition of volunteering competences by relevant stakeholders by engaging them in national seminars and transnational conference. The outcomes within this project will be: - information through a structure analysis about the NQF in the partner countries and validation tools for competences, - a guideline of validation methodologies from different countries in different languages available on a website, - an online tool for validation of competences (tested and improved) available in different languages, and - an ebook available for everyone containing all information from the project and additional one. Project short term targeted group is composed by volunteers first job seekers, volunteers unemployed, volunteers switching sector, career changers, third sectors freelancers, human resources managers of NGOs, volunteering associations and social services public body. Long term targeted group is composed by universities ECTS programme managers, certification institution, VET provider in the field of social operators and social services.