Legal basis

The formal and legal framework is provided by the Act to the Federal Voluntary Service (Federal Voluntary Service Act (BFDG)) of April 28, 2011. According to the specifications for a BFD a voluntary service agreement is made between the volunteer, the Federal Office of Family and civic duties (BAFzA), the deployment site and SoFiA e.V.

It regulates essential framework conditions under which a voluntary service in Germany takes place.
For volunteers who are promoted via the ‘South-North Component’ of the “Weltwärts Support Program” of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the corresponding additional requirements of the concept of South-North component and the Conveyor Guideline are to consider and to comply with.

South-North component in the ‘Community Work Weltwärts’ Concept and information on cooperation with the BFD

Conveyor Guideline ‘Weltwärts’