摘要:Abstract The year of 2011 was declared the European year of Volunteering that Promote Active Citizenship, in recognition of the efforts made by volunteers from European countries and the organizations in which they are involved. Within the European Union, Romania registers one of the lowest percentages of participation of people in volunteering, and this activity is still poorly regulated and developed in the non-profit organizations (especially public ones). Volunteering is still an emerging practice in Romania, although this country has had a democratic government for the last two decades. Among explanations of volunteering underdeveloped we have to include the insufficient application of counselling and guidance to volunteers, as an essential component of this particular type of human resources management. This article aims to present the current state of volunteering in Romania (a brief history, findings of studies conducted at national level and its main features) and to approach issues relevant to psychological counselling and guidance of volunteers, as they are practiced today.