Requirements of applying:

With the exception of members of the military and police forces, young people, without distinction of gender, who, on the date of submission of the application, have reached the age of 18 and have not exceeded the age of 28, may participate in the selection, if they are in possession of the following requirements:

• Italian citizens
• citizens of other countries of the European Union;
• non-Eu citizens legally residing in Italy;
• not having been sentenced, even if not final, to imprisonment of more than one year, or less in case of crime against the person or related to the illegal possession, use, transport, import or export of weapons or explosive materials, or for crimes related to terrorism or organized crime.

The participation requirements must be held on the date of submission of the application and, with the exception of the age limit, maintained until the end of the service.

Young people cannot apply if:

• they serve in military and/or police forces;
• they have withdrawn from a previous community service project before the scheduled completion;

• they are employees or paid collaborators of the entity that leads the project, or have had such relationships lasting more than three months in the 12 months before the publication of the call; paid internships are also included in these cases.

Young people can apply if:

• during 2020/21, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they suspended their service voluntarily or because their project was stopped;

• they have suspended their service due to a sanctioning procedure against the leading entity determining the revocation of the project, or due to the stop of the project if the period of service did not exceed six months;

• they have interrupted the community service due to the exceeding of the sick days, if the period of service did not exceed six months;

• they have already participated in the past in a project funded by the PON-IOG “Garanzia Giovani” and intend to present their candidacy for other community service projects;

• they have already participated in a community service project and intend to submit their application for a project funded by the PON-IOG “Garanzia Giovani”;

• they have already taken part in a community service project as part of the European “International Volunteering Opportunities for All” and the “Civil Peace Corps”;

• they have already served in the regional community service, established by a regional law or by an autonomous province.