- Finland
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- There is no legal definition of volunteering and a range of
different definitions are being used. The key words uniting most
definitions are: unpaid activity, for the benefit of others and
action undertaken out of free will.
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- For further information, see the report of the European
Commission about volunteering in Finland.
KEPA
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- The Service Centre for Development
Cooperation - known by its
Finnish acronym KEPA - is an
umbrella organisation of Finnish NGOs active in development work
and concerned by global issues. Founded in 1985, KEPA has now over
200 member organisations. They include trade unions, aid
organisations, youth and women's movements, fair trade, peace and
social sector organisations, solidarity movements, religious
organisations, environmental groups and friendship
societies. KEPA's activities are supported by public funding from
the NGO budget of the Foreign Ministry's Department for
International Development Cooperation. KEPA's task is
to encourage, support and organise Finnish civil society.
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- KEPA
- Sörnäisten rantatie 25 A
- 00500 Helsinki
- Tel. : +358 9 584 233
- Fax: +358 9 5842 3200
- E-mail: info@kepa.fi
- Web site : http://www.kepa.fi
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- Maailmanvaihto ICYE
- Pitkänsillanranta 11
- 00530 Helsinki
- Tel.: +358 9 7741101
- Fax: +358 9 73104146
- E-mail:
maailmanvaihto@maailmanvaihto.fi
- Web site :
http://www.kaapeli.fi
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- Allianssin nuorisovaihto
Olympiastadion
- Eteläkaarre
- 00250 HELSINK
- Tel.: +358 (09) 348 24 309
- Fax: +358 (09) 491 290
- E-mail: vaihto@alli.fi
- Web site:
http://www.nuorisovaihto.fi
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- Finland Citizen Forum
- Sörnäisten Rantatie 27 A, 2nd floor
- 00500 Helsinki
- Tel: +358 9 7744080
- Fax: +358 9 77440828
- E-mail:
kansalaisareena@kansalaisareena.fi
- Web site:
http://www.kansalaisareena.fi
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- Finnish Federation for Social
Welfare
- Kotkankatu 9
- FIN-00510 Helsinki
- Tel.: +358 9 774721
- Fax: +358 0 738123
- E-mail:
sosiaaliturvankl@stkl.fi
- Web site: http://www.stkl.fi
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- Service Civil International (Finland)
- E-mail :
ulrich.jeltsch@surfeu.fi
- Web site:
http://www.kvtfinland.org
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- Tinku
- Web site:
http://www.kaapeli.fi/~tinku
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