Summer Work Camp Expo
If laws had any weight, volunteering at Expo wouldn't even be possible. Because companies can only organize volunteering for tasks outside their scope of activity, and only under the condition that such activities do not generate profit.
TL;DR
- The EXPO 2027 project budget is estimated at 21 billion euros, covering investments beyond the exhibition itself.
- The project plans to enlist 20,000 volunteers.
- Proposed incentives for volunteers include 1-3 ESPB points for students volunteering over 15 days, and "priceless" experience for others.
- These volunteer plans appear to contradict Serbian volunteer laws, which permit compensation only for continuous engagement of at least three months and restrict company-organized volunteering to non-profit activities outside their core business.
- Public opposition to the EXPO and related projects is significant, especially among the 18-40 age group.
- The organizers have approached high schools to recruit students, though some student parliaments have rejected the offer.
- University officials have not been consulted regarding the ESPB points for volunteer work, and such credits cannot substitute mandatory student obligations.