YYC Austria

National Network
Austria
Address

Hebragasse 1/7, 1090 Vienna
Vienna
Austria

Telephone
00436504458488
E-Mail
ycc_austria@gmx.at
Organisation Type
Other
Year of Establishment
2009
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
YCC Austria was founded in 2009 in collaboration with YCC Ghana - our partner organization in Africa. All members of the board are working in an honorary capacity. Currently projects are conducted by members voluntarily, but the organization will be applying for funds from governmental institutions in Austria. We welcome all young people with interest and motivation to join the organization´s activities. Thus, the open structure is of major importance. Apart from our projects described below we organize network meetings, discussion groups and other events for exchange.
Mission and Objectives

Our main objectives are to raise awareness and support young people to engage with the possibilities of a multicultural, globalized world. We consider the personal reflection of identity as well as social and global conditions as the basis for a responsible and understanding engagement with diversity. Young people shall thus be encouraged to participate and contribute to social change. The organization opposes all kind of discrimination based on social, religious, ethnice, cultural differences or sexual orientation.

Main Projects / Activities

Currently YCC Austria puts an emphasis on intercultural and anti-racist education. There are two major projects conducted in Austria:
BewusstSein: Members of YCC Austria organize workshops at Austrian schools concerning topics like Asylum and Migration, Diversity, Racism in the Media, Africa beyond Clichés
BilDUng: YCC Austria encourages students at the universities of Austria to engage with anti-racist and intercultural education. The students are thus multiplicators who in the course of the project organize workshops and other events at schools and with young people in Austrian society.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We hope that the ALF Network will give us the chance to meet organizations engaged with similar work across Europe for exchange and future cooperation.

Contact (1) Full Name
Hanna Klien
Contact (2) Full Name
Anna Jonas