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Civilian Service Regulations (Principles of National Service and Community Volunteering), 5781-2020

תקנות שירות אזרחי (עקרונות השירות הלאומי וההתנדבות הקהילתית), תשפ"א-2020

Published: 2020-12-30Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-09-01 · Last amended 2021-03-21
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Chapter VII: Volunteers in Service Outside Israel

Tariff for a Volunteer in Service Outside Israel§

8e.

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulations 8a and 8b, a foreign operating body shall pay to the recognised body that referred a volunteer to service outside Israel an annual payment in the amount of NIS 20,660, for each volunteer, for the components of expenses as set out below:

(1)employee flights, meal, beverage and accommodation expenses (per diem) and stay expenses – NIS 384;
(2)selection processes for candidates for volunteering in service outside Israel – NIS 829;
(3)flight of a volunteer for service outside Israel who replaces a volunteer whose service outside Israel was discontinued before the end of the period of service – NIS 74;
(4)the following insurance, for the entire period of service of the volunteer outside Israel, by an authorised insurance corporation in Israel: travel insurance outside Israel including medical and baggage insurance, life insurance, personal accident insurance and third-party insurance – NIS 6,187;
(5)holding of seminars in Israel and outside Israel – NIS 2,797;
(6)wages of employees of the recognised body – NIS 6,555;
(7)national insurance and health insurance for volunteers – NIS 1,956;
(8)administrative and general expenses – NIS 1,878.

Duties of a Foreign Operating Body towards a Volunteer in Service Outside Israel§

8f.
(a)Without prejudice to regulation 8e, a foreign operating body shall provide volunteers in service outside Israel with all of the following conditions of service, in kind or by way of financing the expenses involved therein, and all having regard to the place of performance of the service outside Israel and the conditions of service outside Israel:
(1)travel arrangements to the place of service outside Israel and back to Israel, including flight tickets at the commencement and at the conclusion of the service year, as well as visas for entry, stay or volunteering; should a first-degree family member of the volunteer pass away, the foreign operating body shall finance the cost of an additional flight ticket, to Israel and back to the place of service;
(2)suitable and adequate residential accommodation, including connection to infrastructure, such as electricity, water and gas, as well as financing of taxes and payments applicable to the place of residence or to the stay therein;
(3)travel arrangements from the place of residence to the place of service, and back;
(4)a local cellular communications package, as well as internet connection in the residential apartment and wireless infrastructure (WiFi);
(5)laundry services;
(6)equipment and furniture to be used by the volunteer during the service outside Israel, as detailed in the Second Schedule.
(b)A foreign operating body may accommodate a volunteer in the residential apartment of a local family, provided that such accommodation does not infringe upon the privacy of the volunteer and the volunteer has given prior consent thereto before departing from Israel for service; if the said residential apartment includes a condition from among the conditions of service enumerated in sub-regulation (a), the foreign operating body shall not be required to provide them to the volunteer.
(c)The foreign operating body shall pay the volunteer monthly pocket money, and the following provisions shall apply in this regard:
(1)The foreign operating body shall pay a volunteer in service outside Israel, each and every month, pocket money and reimbursement of expenses in the amount of 620 United States dollars; the pocket money shall be paid in the local currency of the state in which the service outside Israel is performed, according to the representative rate of that currency on the day of actual payment; the foreign operating body shall bear tax payments and additional charges, if imposed on the pocket money in the state of service; the Director may instruct an operating body to increase the pocket money to an amount of up to 720 United States dollars, or to reduce the pocket money to an amount of up to 520 United States dollars, having regard to the cost of living in the state or city in which the volunteer serves; the obligation of the operating body to pay the increased or reduced amount, as the case may be, shall apply from the month following the giving of the Director's instruction as aforesaid, provided that the amount paid to any volunteer shall not be reduced during the service outside Israel;
(2)the pocket money shall be transferred by means of a bank transfer to a bank account in the name of the volunteer maintained in the state in which the service outside Israel is performed, or by cheque to the order of the volunteer;
(3)notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) with respect to bank transfer, the operating body may transfer the pocket money to the volunteer in cash, if all of the following conditions are met:
(a)the volunteer is not entitled to open a bank account in the state in which the service outside Israel is performed;
(b)the recognised body has approved the operating body to transfer the pocket money to the volunteer in cash, after it has been satisfied that the matter set out in sub-paragraph (a) applies; the recognised body shall update the Authority regarding such approval, shortly after it has been given, and shall set out in its notice to the Authority the reasons for granting the approval;
(c)the volunteer shall confirm by signature, each and every month, receipt of the amount in cash and the date on which it was received, and the foreign operating body shall send to the recognised body a copy of the said confirmation.
(d)The Director may make approval of a foreign operating body to serve as an operating body in the state of service conditional upon the fulfilment of the obligations applicable to it under sub-regulations (a) and (c).

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Chapter VIII: Commencement

Commencement§

9.

These Regulations shall commence on the 24th day of Elul 5781 (1 September 2021).

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First Schedule (regulation 8b)

The following is a summary of the monthly tariff amounts to be paid by an operating body to a recognised body in respect of the operation of a volunteer:

Table
Column AColumn B
(1) A volunteer residing at home who personally bears the expenses of nutrition at a scope of at least two meals per dayNIS 2,225
(2) A volunteer residing at home who personally bears the expenses of at most one meal per dayNIS 2,083
(3) A volunteer residing in a service apartment who personally bears the expenses of nutrition at a scope of at least two meals per dayNIS 3,453
(4) A volunteer residing in a service apartment who personally bears the expenses of at most one meal per dayNIS 3,270
(5) A volunteer residing in an apartment maintained by the operating body who personally bears the expenses of nutrition at a scope of at least two meals per dayNIS 2,399
(6) A volunteer residing in an apartment maintained by the operating body who personally bears the expenses of at most one meal per dayNIS 2,011
(7) A special volunteer, excluding an at-risk youth, residing at homeNIS 2,903
(8) A special volunteer, excluding an at-risk youth, residing in a service apartmentNIS 4,020
(9) A volunteer who is an at-risk youth residing at homeNIS 2,946
(10) A volunteer who is an at-risk youth residing in a service apartmentNIS 4,063

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Second Schedule (regulations 8a(5)(c) and 8f(a)(6))

(1)furniture – a bed, mattress, chair, wardrobe, table;
(2)electrical appliances – a refrigerator, cooking oven, hob, microwave, electric kettle, air conditioner;
(3)eating and cooking utensils – a pot, frying pan, plates, glasses, cutlery – dairy and meat, a warming tray, water urn;
(4)cleaning implements – a mop, broom, bucket, floor cloth, toilet brush, rubbish bins, kitchen towels, toilet paper, cleaning materials;
(5)a fire extinguisher.

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