Volunteer work is closely linked with social, civic and intercultural competences, with critical thinking and with the fight against discrimination, segregation, racism and violence. Volunteer work has an economic value, increases social well-being and social prosperity. Lots of volunteers live the European values and stand for it. They are active citizens and contribute to the civil society in Europe. Democracies thrive from the engagement of their citizens, their readiness to help in society, to feel a part of it and to take over responsibility. With other words: Democracies need volunteers! In 2011 the European Year of Volunteering was designated. Since then the number of volunteers grew up, but by far not as much as expected. There are remarkable differences of volunteering between the european countries, influenced by their tradition, politics and history. Statistical data about volunteering are different in the european countries and often not sufficient to reflect the real situation. There exist already European programmes like the European Voluntary Service that provide opportunities for volunteering for young people. Nevertheless, further transnational exchange, promotion and education campagnes are needed in Europe in order to raise awareness among people of all ages, organisations and companies for voluntary activities and its great benefits. It was the main objective of the project to support this approach. The five project partners documented interesting voluntary activities in their region: they made photo reportages, interviewed volunteers and representatives of organisations active in the field of volunteering. Different kinds of voluntary activities and volunteers of all ages were taken into consideration. Many situations, where volunteers could be active in society, became visible and the work of many volunteers could be honoured by the project. Transnational exhibitions of photos and photo collages from volunteering as a tool of non-formal education were conducted in all partner countries to provide informations, increase awareness and encourage people of all ages to become active as volunteers. Meetings with volunteers and representatives of organisations for volunteers allowed an interesting exchange of knowledge and provided possibilities to enlarge the networks. The partners were from Estonia (Eesti People to People, Tallinn), France (Mitra France, Nice), Germany (European Photo Academy, Rastatt), Italy (Acquamarina Associazione Culturale, Trieste) and Sweden (More Mosaic, Stockholm), came from countries with different traditions in volunteering. The three NGOs and two education providers contributed to the project with different backgrounds and skills: they already were involved in projects with volunteers, some of them organise voluntary work, they provided high qualifications in PR, journalism, photography and the organisation of exhibitions, meetings and conferences. Nevertheless during the Volunteers4Europe project each of the project partners learned a lot about the volunteering sector in the partner countries and in his own country. The main tangible result of the project is an e-book containing more than 100 photo reportages on volunteering in the partner countries, reports of the 5 V4E-exhibitions and further information on the topic. It contributes not only to more transparency of the voluntary sector in Europe, but also to the impact and sustainability of the project, The Volunteers4Europe e-book is an OER. A permanent free download can be found on the Internet platform of OERcommons ( https://www.oercommons.org/courses/volunteers4europe-an-insight-into-the-world-of-volunteering-in-europe). The comprehensive work can be used in many areas, for example as educational material in all educational sectors, as information material for individuals and groups wishing to volunteer, or as input for new ideas and methods in the voluntary sector in Europe. Additionally the results of the project were summarized in a transnational webinar at the end of the project.