What are the competences that you can acquire in voluntary activities – besides those that depend on the actual voluntary placement. This was one of the leading questions in the research phase. The partners built a first repository and consolidated it with extensive research activities. The resulting list contains 23 competencies. These are :

• Autonomy
• Communication
• Conflict management
• Creativity
• Dealing with diversity
• Decision making
• Flexibility
• Intercultural competence
• Leadership
• Learning to learn
• Group facilitation
• Managing relations
• Mediation
• Negotiation
• Problem solving
• Project management
• Reliability
• Resilience
• Self-confidence
• Self-Reflection
• Taking the initiative
• Teamwork
• Time management