Youthpass and assessments in selection procedures: comparability with national civil service in public competitions

Question for written answer E-004360/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Giuseppe Antoci (The Left)

Youthpass recognises skills acquired in non-formal learning settings, through Erasmus+ youth programmes and the European Solidarity Corps, with an emphasis on quality. In parallel, some Member States have put in place specific measures for their national civil service: in Italy, for example, Law No 74 of 21 June 2023 reserves 15 % of posts in public competitions for volunteers who have successfully completed their universal civil service.[1] In practice, this means that when it comes to participation in competitions and assessment of skills, those who have volunteered in European programmes and the European Solidarity Corps, with Youthpass, are not treated in the same way as those who have completed their universal civil service.

In view of the above:

• 1.What is the Commission's view of the comparability in practice of EU volunteering, with Youthpass, and national civil service, in the light of measures such as the 15 % reserve that Italy has introduced?
• 2.Does it believe that it should put forward guidelines to facilitate functional equivalence across Europe?

Submitted: 5.11.2025

• [1] https://www.politichegiovanili.gov.it/comunicazione/news/2023/6/riserva-posti-15/.