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Short term volunteering offers
The parks and institutions involved in the Learning Partnership "European volunteers in parks" offer a wide variety of short-term volunteering opportunities for foreign volunteers. If you are interested in short-term volunteering abroad you must be recommended and sent by the institution responsible for the Learning Partnership in your home country.
| Country (#) | Park/Institution | Activity | Date |
| Germany (1) | Nature- and Geopark TERRA.vita | Work on hiking- and cycling trails, GPS data logging, guided tours as co-tour guide | August/September 2009 (2 weeks) |
| Germany (2) | National Park “Saxonian Switzerland” Information Centre | Visitor’s information, translation and improvement of written or digital media, environmental education activities | Preferred October, summer months also possible (2-6 weeks) |
| Germany (3) | Biosphärenreservat Rhön | Accompanying of guided tours with schoolchildren and adults (as co-tour guide of our Rangers) | 2009/05/03 – 2009/05/16 (2 weeks) |
| Germany (4) | Biosphärenreservat Rhön | Translations in English, France or Italian (working in our office) | September - October 2009 (3-5 weeks) |
| Iceland (1) | Umhverfisstofnun (The Environment Agency of Iceland) | Trail construction and repair in national parks | 2009/06/20-2009/07/04 (2 weeks) |
| Iceland (2) | Umhverfisstofnun (The Environment Agency of Iceland) | Trail construction and repair in national parks | 2009/06/27-2009/07/11 (2 weeks) |
| Iceland (3) | Umhverfisstofnun (The Environment Agency of Iceland) | Trail construction and repair in national parks | 2009/06/13-2009/07/18 (5 weeks) |
| Iceland (4) | Umhverfisstofnun (The Environment Agency of Iceland) | Trail construction and repair in national parks | 2009/06/20-2009/07/25 (5 weeks) |
| Italy (1) | Po Delta Regional Park Emilia Romagna | Ringing operation of Great Flamingos | between 2009/07/01 and 2009/07/31 (1 week) |
| Italy (2) | Parco Naturale Regionale della Gola della Rossa e di Frasassi | Public information, wildlife surveys, trail maintenance etc | 2009/05/18-2009/06/06 (3 weeks) |
| Italy (3) | Parco Nazionale del Pollino | Monitoring, fauna and flora management, environment control | from November up to December 2009 |
| Italy (4) | Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park | Working with Park operators, researchers, technicians and rangers in their various activities | in spring and summer (one, two or three weeks) |
| Latvia (1) | Kemeri National Park | Visitors’ information, habitat management, repair of foothpaths, development of educative material etc. | between June and October 2009 (1-2 weeks) |
| Latvia (2) | Gauja National Park | assistance in Visitor Centres, camps and events; preparation of a key-book (taking pictures etc.), maybe translation and work on homepage; working outside, e.g. fixing signs, trail management, guided walks, clean-ups etc. | 2009/06/01 -2009/10/20 and 2010/05/01-2010/06/01 (2 to 4 weeks or longer if preffered) |
| Lithuania (1) | Kurtuvėnai Regional Park | Bird monitoring, assessment of plants, work with tourists etc. | 2009/05/18-2009/06/08 (3 weeks) |
| Lithuania (2) | Curonian Spit National Park | Forest and beach clearing jobs (tearing little mountain pines) | between April and Nov. 2009 (2-3 weeks) |
| Lithuania (3) | Curonian Spit National Park | Forest and beach clearing jobs (tearing little mountain pines) | between January and March 2010 (2-3 weeks) |
| Lithuania (4) | Curonian Spit National Park | Nature monitoring (e.g. White-tailed Eagles, Eryngium maritimum) | between April and Aug. 2009 (2-3 weeks) |
| Lithuania (5) | Curonian Spit National Park | Photo monitoring and photo hunting | between April and Nov. 2009 (2-3 weeks) |
| Lithuania (6) | Curonian Spit National Park | Photo monitoring and photo hunting | between January and March 2010 (2-3 weeks) |
| Lithuania (7) | Curonian Spit National Park | Sign maintenance | between April and Aug. 2009 (2-3 weeks) |
| Lithuania (8) | Curonian Spit National Park | Marking walking paths | between June and Sept. 2009 |
| Romania (1) | Rodna Mountains National Park | Field research, monitoring | between end of July and Aug. 2009 (2-5 weeks) |
| Romania (2) | Rodna Mountains National Park | Public relations work, translations in German | between Oct. and Nov. 2009 (2-5 weeks) |
| Romania (3) | Rodna Mountains National Park | Remarking the national park limits | between Aug. and Sept. 2009 (2-5 weeks) |
| Spain (1) | Regional Park of Sierra Espuña | Work camp: documentation and information activities, environmental conservation tasks, planting, cleaning up and so on | 2009/07/17 – 2009/07/31 (2 weeks) |
| Spain (2) | Consorci del Parc de Collserola | Maintenance and improvement of a natural area: habitat management, construction work, monitoring, etc. | 2009/10/15-2009/10/26 (12 days) |
| Spain (3) | Rural Park of Teno | Cleaning up of paths, ravines and/or beaches; Inform to the local population, tourists and visitors of the zone on the natural values of this natural space | 2009/08/03 – 2009/08/17 (2 weeks) |
| Spain (4) | Rural Park of Anaga | Advising the citizens who come by road of the risk of a forest fire because of meteorological conditions | 2009/08/02-2009/08/16 |
| UK (1) | Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park | Practical conservation tasks | between Sept. 2009 and May 2010 (avoiding Easter) (1 week, maybe 2 weeks) |
| UK (2) | Northumberland National Park | Practical conservation tasks, Public Rights of Way management, management of general public | summer 2010 (2 weeks) |