As part of initiatives to address this deficit, CEV in 2026 will publish the first State of European Volunteering Report (SEVR2026), in collaboration with the Portuguese Volunteer Confederation (CPV) and with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (CGF). This report will contribute to a more comprehensive and complete understanding of volunteering in Europe. It will not be an index of country rates or types of volunteering, but rather a self-reflection exercise of the CEV members that will build on existing work to sustain future action.  The already available information in the CEV European Volunteering Country Factsheets, the 2026 updates and additional Country Factsheets and the "Volunteering Infrastructure in Europe" country reports, compiled largely by CEV member organisations, represent the primary sources. Data and evidence on volunteering trends has been analysed together with information about progress in different European countries towards the envisaged outcomes in the Blueprint for Volunteering 2030 (BEV2030). Tapping into this existing practitioner knowledge provides a "picture of the whole" with useful benchmarks and indicators that are needed for the design of the policy responses that will enable volunteering across Europe to truly flourish.