EKOenergy is a network of environmental organisations focussing on the promotion of sustainable renewable electricity. We develop a lot of different actions. Our most visible tool is the not-for-profit EKOenergy ecolabel. It is the only international ecolabel for electricity. Its main aim is to help consumers choose climate-friendly and nature-friendly electricity. See www.ekoenergy.orgOur ambition is to become active in as many countries as possible. That means that we need a lot of hands, and a lot of language skills. EVS has turned out to be a perfect tool to serve this needs. Since the autumn of 2012, we have got help from 25 EVS volunteers from 12 countries. A lot of what EKOenergy achieved, happened thanks to them. E.g. see our Annual Report of 2015, at www.ekoenergy.org > annual report 2015. With this new project, we want to continue our cooperation with Italian and Spanish-speaking stakeholders. We will host 2 volunteers who will both stay 12 months. They will be our main contact persons for consumers, environmental NGOs and electricity companies in Italy and Spain. In both countries it is difficult to get things done without a native speaker. At the same time, we want to take new steps in our internationalisation process. We are developing contacts with Latin American stakeholders, but we need more time to develop a structural cooperation. This is another interesting task for the Spanish volunteer. This project is part of an ongoing process. It is a follow up of earlier EVS projects. And we hope it will be followed up by other EVS projects.