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Key facts at a glance

• Promotions of voluntary organisations, a volunteer passport and a periodic volunteer report (Section 1).
• The establishment of a Voluntary Social Year, a Voluntary Environmental Protection Year, Holocaust Memorial Service, Peace and Social Service Abroad and a Voluntary Integration Year, as well as the legal protection of the participants (Sections 2,3 and 4).
• The establishment of the Austrian Voluntary Council (section 5).
• The establishment of a Recognition Fund for Voluntary Engagement (Section 6).