Appendix 4 Interview questions

Appendix 4

Interview questions

Please tell your views on the challenges involving volunteers and how to solve them.

Please describe the supportive structures of volunteerism in your organisation (on which activities lies steadfastly) and which you think will remain strong for the next 10 years.

Please describe current best practices in involving volunteers.

Please describe unfunctional practices which are difficult to remove from the working culture (concerning cooperation between volunteers and authorities).

How is your organisation/ country involved in international cooperation and via which organisations and forums?

What are the actual benefits of international cooperation and membership(s) in international organization(s)/ forum(s) for example for the members of volunteer organisations? Please give concrete examples.

How would the interviewee develop international cooperation to increase volunteer involvement?

In which ways would the interviewee’s organisation be ready to develop international cooperation?

How does the interviewees see their organisation involved in possible further activities/ project? How do they see themselves as actors in this field giving their contribution to the field?

Country specific questions, depending on the answers of the questionnaires