台灣於2001年頒行《志願服務法》，2013年《志願服務法》修法新增「中央主管機關應至少每五年舉辦志願服務調查研究，並出版統計報告。」反映出對志願服務基本現況調查與相關議題研究的重視。台灣對志願服務議題的研究多集中於實務議題之探究，對國際志願服務潮流的討論相對較為欠缺。而2010年適有「歐盟志願服務研究」報告出版，歐盟亦訂2011年為「志願服務年」（European Year of Volunteering），大力倡行志願服務並將之與歐盟整合及國家發展相結合。本文從「歐盟志願服務研究」出發，探討歐盟會員國的志願服務現況及議題趨勢；以及分析歐盟國家志願服務政策的新架構，並闡析不同類型會員國家的志願服務法制架構，進而對台灣的志願服務法制進行反思。

The importance of volunteering has long been acknowledged by EU. This research contains the key finding of a Study on Volunteering in the EU and the main outcome of some national reports from EU member countries on volunteering policies. From the cross-national perspectives of EU, we will see clearly how the concepts related to volunteering are constructed under the European goals: social, economical and political integration. The education and training strategies related to volunteering are discussed so as to have a better understanding of the transformation from ideas to practices in cross-national and, national levels. The paper offers some reflections on Taiwan's newly revised Volunteering Act from the EU points of strategies and member states action experiences. Suggestions have been made to Taiwan's social development regarding volunteering issues to focus more on the educational and training perspectives and to create learning transformation in the services offered by volunteering organizations.