النمسا

Freundeskreis der Friedensglocke des Alpenraumes

National Network
النمسا
Address

Rathaus
Untermarkt 5+7

6410 Telfs
النمسا

Telephone
0043 (0)5262 6961 1109
Fax
0043 (0)5262 6961 1109
E-Mail
ewald.heinz@telfs.gv.at
Mobile Phone
0043 676 83038 109
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1997
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
General Information
The friends of the bell of peace of the Alpine Region is a symbol of cooperation across the borders in the alpine region. It means an important link between the member states by seeking joint solutions in the fields of culture and economy, agriculture and traffic. Beside this internal meaning the international cooperation in the whole world is a regulation of this symbol of peace.
Mission and Objectives

Aim is the international cooperation, the meetings of people from different countries in spirit of the peace and the reconciliation.
In our municipality live 20% of Muslims (mostly from Turkey). For the meeting of the religions the peace bell is a special place of the tolerance and the respect.

Main Projects / Activities

Since the foundation of the peace bell symposia, meetings of all kind are carried out during the whole year between generations and citizens of all countries.
Prominent personalities are appointed yearly "ambassadors of the Friedensglocke", for example Kardinal Franz König, Erwin Kräutler, representants of cultur, economy and arts.
Yearly more than 200,000 people visit the bell and find meditation and good thoughts for the peace in the family, the native country and all over the world. Yearly youngsters from Israel (Jewish and Palestinian children) meet to a contemplative meeting with the peace bell.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Yearly more than 200,000 people visit the bell and find meditation and good thoughts for the peace in the family, the native country and all over the world.
We can offer the varied interlinkings all over the world about your endowment to the visitors

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

It is very important to us to be in the contact with people and organisations who maintain the peaceful meeting of the people and cultures in the same manner and deepen.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mag. Ewald Heinz
Head of the organisation
Old Major Helmut Kopp

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Gain&sustain:europe; Verein zur Förderung von Kulturaustausch und Nachhaltigkeit

National Network
النمسا
Address

Kernstockgasse 11/58
8020 Graz
النمسا

Telephone
0043 650 6348883
E-Mail
office@gainandsustain.eu
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2009
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Heritage
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Youth and education
General Information
The association "gain&sustain:europe" was founded in 2009 in Graz, Austria, and exists at the moment of ten enthusiastic young people at the age between 18 and 30 years. We don't have permanent staff, it is lead by 2 people that are engaged in international training affairs, Sabrina Schifrer & Martina Maria Linzer. We are very much involved in Erasmus+ projects and organize international training courses here in Austria and send youngsters to our partner seminars in other countries. Our partner network is huge and we are working with NGOs and youth initiatives all over the world.
Mission and Objectives

The organisation aims to support social, economic and ecological sustainability in Europe and also developing countries all over the world. In the centre of our activity stands the desegregation of politics, society and economy with youngsters in the global context and the step in to an open dialogue and a generation of valuable common strategies for the present and the future. As our major task we see the interlinking and consultation of youngsters in connection with international, multicultural events and EU projects to promote awareness in the direction of tolerance, EU citizenship and cultural diversity with the generation of tomorrow. The main objective of the association is the interlinking of single organisations and individuals, above all youngsters, around subjects like sustainability and social entrepreneurship in order to give space to innovation & creativity and to allow a cultural exchange.

Main Projects / Activities

The projects are diverse and in a high number. Just to mention a few of them: Miracool is our newest project about missions for people that want to do great things every day. Please visit our website: http://www.gainandsustain.eu/projektboerse/ there you find all our projects.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We can use our international contacts to promote the Anna Lindh Foundation. Furthermore we are willing to contribute in local events.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We want to join the network because we see it as an opportunity of the expansion of our network and the application for grants that are available for innovative projects. We are always developing international projects in order to create a society based on the values of trust and happiness.

Contact (1) Full Name
Sabrina Schifrer
Head of the organisation
Martina Maria Linzer

Gamification for Environmental Sustainability

الصورة
Gamification

Climate anxiety has become an increasingly central issue among young people today and, according to a Eurobarometer survey, 34% of them identify fighting climate change as one of their top priorities. At the same time, however, particularly due to acts of vandalism caused by some climate groups, many young people have turned away from climate activism. It is precisely from the necessity to work towards an alternative and playful approach to these issues and to create a platform of dialogue for young Europeans that Emotic's professional training course “Gamification for Environmental Sustainability” was born.  Thanks to the support of the European Union and the ERASMUS+ programme, 30 elected participants from Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia will also be able to obtain a reimbursement for their travel and accommodation costs and participate in the course this summer. 

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Grazer Büro für Frieden und Entwicklung

National Network
النمسا
Address

Wielandgasse 7
Graz
النمسا

Telephone
+43 316 872-2183
Fax
+43 316 872-2189
E-Mail
office@friedensbuero-graz.at
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1988
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
General Information
The Peace Centre is a registered association that was installed by the City of Graz. At present the staff consists of 8 persons. The association has an annual budget of ~€ 200.000,- provided by the City of Graz and national and EC project funding. The activities comprise seminars, workshops, a communal mediation service and concrete projects in housing areas. We cooperate mainly with local NGO's, local administration, house management etc.
Mission and Objectives

The Graz Bureau for Peace and Development, also known as the “Graz Peace Centre”, is a communally sponsored service for the promotion of peace-oriented thinking. It is a one-of-a-kind undertaking in German speaking countries, probably in all of Europe as well. The city municipality, backed by all of its political parties, has committed itself to continual and systematic engagement in the areas of peace, development, tolerance, reconciliation and human right protection. In doing so, Graz has made education and project work in these areas a matter of its own political and municipal concern.
Since 1988 the city of Graz has supported the Peace Centre through financial means and personnel. At the same time, however, the centre is given complete freedom in terms of its programming, organisation and administration.
Areas of Work:
1. Educational and informational work: Based on current issues or general topics such as identity, violent group dynamics, violence and media etc., the centre’s systematic educational and information work is especially geared towards educator training programs, universities as well as work in classrooms.
2. Networking: The Peace Centre is also a “switchboard” of sorts for the activities of the many organisations working in the area of peace and development policy. Through representation in the centre’s advisory board, over 40 such organisations are using our network for the coordination and improved efficiency of their work.
3. Active Programmes for communal peace: The Peace Centre has carried out several projects on various peace issues (peace talks on the Balkans, interreligious dialogues, non-alignment policy, anti-racism …), but has concentrated on concrete communal peace work in the last years.

Main Projects / Activities

School workshops/adult education on identity, violent group dynamics, violence and media, non-violent self-defence
Communal Mediation Service to support in neighbourhood conflicts in all cultural contexts
HASIF: The project develops and tests a transferable, citizen and community oriented scientific procedure model to increase subjective security through preventive measures in communal living space.
Hallo Nachbar: In the frame of this project new neighbours are welcomed in culturally mixed housing complexes to provide a communicative basis for future contacts.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We can contribute our experience and know-how in the field of intercultural communal and peace work and in relevant topics like identity and peace...

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

About 20% of our clients come from the Arab world requiring intercultural skills which we wish to enhance. We also hope to get a better insight in conflict resolution and concepts of communal peace in the partner countries.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mag. Jutta Dier, chief executive
Head of the organisation
Dr. Josef Wilhelm, chairperson
Contact (2) Full Name
Ursula Hauszer-Ortner

Grenzenlos Interkultureller Austausch

National Network
النمسا
Address

Latschkagasse 1
Heiligenstädterstrasse 2
1090 Wien
النمسا

Telephone
013157636
Fax
013157637
E-Mail
office@melange.at
E-Mail (2)
barbara.eglitis@grenzenlos.or.at
E-Mail (3)
office@grenzenlos.or.at
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1949
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Human rights
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Others
  5. Youth and education
General Information
Grenzenlos is an Austrian NGO based in Vienna. It is independent of religions and political bodies. Grenzenlos is a non-profit association. Its main purpose is to promote world peace and respect between people through intercultural non-formal education programmes abroad which combine cultural integration with engagement at non-profit initiatives worldwide. The German word „Grenzenlos“ means „no boundaries“ and also „no limits“. The word explains the basic mission of Grenzenlos: to promote the personal development of individuals (no limits!) and inter-cultural understanding  through international encounters, trainings, inter-cultural living and work experience (no boundaries!). Grenzenlos is a non-governmental organization (NGO) and a non-profit organization (NPO). The supreme organ is the annual assembly of members. It decides on statutary issues and elects the association’s board; usually, this consists mainly of returnees from various exchange programmes. The board supervises the performance of the management and decides on structural questions. The management consists of three functionaries (General Secretary, Programme Co-ordinator, Manager of Public Programmes). Furthermore, there are 7 other employees and more than 100 voluntary co-workers. Board 2015: Florian Kaulich (president), Martin Kainz (vice president), 5 further members Management team 2013: Birgit Fetty, Daniela Fellinger, Christoph Mertl
Mission and Objectives

The nowadays association started in 1949 as a co-operation programme of protestant youth organizations in Austria, Ger¬many and the USA (nowadays „International Cultural Youth Exchan¬ge“/ICYE). In 1970, the ICYE Austria  became an independent association. In 2001, it was renamed into “Grenzenlos – Inter-Cultural Exchanges”.
Between 1997 and 2001, the association started various new programme co-operations – such as the European Voluntary Service (EVS), the co-operation with the Alliance network and the Youth Action for Peace movement (YAP), as well as many bilateral partnerships.
In 2001, Grenzenlos opened its sending programmes for all generations, and also for short-time volunteers.  On the hosting side, Grenzenlos joined the international camp movement in 2003 and started its medium-term hosting programme for foreign volunteers in Austria in 2006 (“Experience Austria”).
In order to promote and develop Grenzenlos’ inclusion approach, Grenzenlos co-ordinated an international back¬up and trainings structure for inclusion trainers (“All Inclusive”, see www.allinclusiveproject.org) from 2005 to 2008. All international camps hosted by Grenzenlos include participants with special needs.
In 2009, Grenzenlos decided to give a high priority on the development of domestic programs, promoting a more harmonious relationship between Austrian citizens and immigrants. The result is a mentorship programme for immigrants to Vienna, and anti-racist awareness workshops for schools.
Since 2010, more EU programmes have become part of the Grenzenlos activities – so Grundtvig 50+;  Leonardo da Vinci student mobility and projects in cooperation with the European Youth foundation.

Main Projects / Activities

Mobility Programmes
Grenzenlos tries to offer a variety of international mobility programmes. These programmmes are dedicated to world peace through the promotion of inter-cultural exchanges.
• Traditionally, Grenzenlos organizes volunteering programmes (individual as well as in the frame of inter-national camps); additionally, we offer a work and travel programme in New Zealand, and we provide a support structure for European internships (Leonardo da Vinci)
• As an exchange organization, we send volunteers abroad and host volunteers in Austria.
• for people of all generations from 18 to 99 years. Right now, we work on special programmes for seniors (inter alia, the EU programme Grundtvig 50+)
• including stays from two weeks up to one year
• for skilled as well as for non-skilled people
• worldwide.
The Inclusion approach is a high priority for Grenzenlos:  special attention is given to pro¬moting the partici-pa¬tion of physically handicapped people in our European exchange programmes (MELANGE, that is EVS in Vienna).

Trainings
Grenzenlos understands its international volunteer programmes as holistic non-formal training measures for competence, language skills and personality development.
For its participants as well as for interested persons, Grenzenlos offers various trainings about foreign cultures, travel preparation, language preparation.
Furthermore, Grenzenlos hosts various international seminars and trainings in Austria.
 Domestic cultural integration programmes
This is the most recent development of Grenzenlos. Inter-Cultural Exchanges are not only connected to mobility. Wherever migration happens, they take place HERE and NOW. Sometimes in harmony, sometimes in conflict.
Grenzenlos implements a mentorship programme to promote the personal integration of immigrants in the city of Vienna (“Zusammen Leben – Living Together”). Austria-wide, Grenzenlos offers workshops for high school classes which raise awareness about racism and xenophobia (“grenzenlos@schools”).

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Grenzenlos was founded after the second world war and has a long experience in intercultural exchanges. We are part of the worldwide network ICYE (Intercultural Youth Exchanges http://www.icye.org) in which we have a partner organisation in Marocco (CSM). Before 2007 Grenzenlos was involved in many MEDA activities such as trainings and voluntary services as it was still priority within the former EU-Youth programmes in Austria.
From these times we still have a few contacts. One of our co-workers in the office has been a volunteer in Israel, later a mentor for EVS volunteers in Israel and Palestine and did her training education in the frame of SALTO-Euromed. Since 2009 we run a local mentoring programme for migrants in Vienna (Zusammen Leben) together with the organisation Interface. Many of our mentees are coming from MEDA countries and we would like to find a way to strenghthen partnerships on different levels again with MEDA partners.
We can on one hand share our experiences we had in MEDA projects and on the other hand shere the experiences we have through our ICYE programm. For more infos we attached our annual report.
 

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

As said above we would like to find a way to develop and strengthen partnerships with MEDA partners. Currently we only work on a regular base with Chantiers Sociaux Marocains CSM and exchange long-ter,-volunteers and with a partner in Israel (GoEco). We would like to discover new partnerships and ways how to put these partnership into concrete projects as well as refresh our old existing partnerships.
As we hardly had possibilities to run projects with MEDA partners due to a lack of funding possibilities we hope that we can change this for future cooperations and develop a sustainable partnership strategies.
Beeing member of the Austrian network would allow us to be part of a national exchange platform and give us the possibility to be in closer contact with Austrian organisations outside of our regular activities.
 

Contact (1) Full Name
Barbara Eglitis
Job Title
Project Assistance
Head of the organisation
Daniela Fellinger
Contact (2) Full Name
Daniela Fellinger
Job Title (2)
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Helping Hands Graz/Project Anti-Discrimination Office Styria

National Network
النمسا
Address

Stigergasse 2/3
8020 Graz
النمسا

Telephone
+43 316/714137
E-Mail
buero@antidiskriminierungsstelle.steiermark.at
E-Mail (2)
grabovac@antidiskriminierungsstelle.steiermark.at
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2012
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
General Information
The Anti-Discrimination Office Styria is a Helping Hands Graz project established in May 2012 and financed by the Styrian government and the city of Graz. The budgetary resources amount to  250,000 Euros per year. It is a single point of contact, clearing, advising and monitoring and has 5 staff member. Each case will be collected, documented and recorded in a database. One main objective beside the case consultations and the documentation is also raising awareness for the issues connected to discrimination in Styria through workshops for affected people or public campaigns. The Office is available to all people living in Styria, institutions and organisations that are active in the non-discrimination work (network partners), as well as responsibility makers in politics and administration. The innovation of such Antidiscrimination Office lies in the variety of grounds, gender, color, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion, belief, political or other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Mission and Objectives

The mission of the Anti-Discrimination Office Styria is to strengthen antidiscrimination work and to raise awareness of the Styrian population. People who feel discriminated against have the opportunity to lodge their complaints. The case is then recorded, possibilities of intervention pointed out, and support given by the Antidiscrimination Office and other specialized offices. The objectives are Low threshold: Our goal is that those who visit our office will not have to bother with admission prerequisites. The Antidiscrimination Office should, through its supervision work, serve as a contact point for the public. In that way, its activities, as well as concerns raised by individuals, will become evident. A second goal is searching, not to wait for people to come find us, but to make people aware of our counselling work as a preventative effort. Active contact with institutions, organisations, communities, etc. Extensive discrimination protection for everyone: We are the contact point for all people: for those who experience discrimination, and for those want to defend themselves against it. Regionally represented and also Networking, complementary and co-operational

Main Projects / Activities

The Anti-Discrimination Office Styria has set since its establishment several measures and created a sustainable basis for cooperation with consultative institutions. The Office carries out annually about 600 consultations. During the last 4 years the Office led more than 100 workshops, discussions and lectures on anti-discrimination achieving and encouraging so many people as possible to defend theirselves and offering protection and empowerment for those who are involved. The Office initiated also regularly public campaigns and actions in public spaces: 2012 the campaign "Show your face against racism" which aimed at promoting civic courage and a non-discriminatory everyday life in public transport. Around 3000 persons (some celebrities from sport, TV, Music and the large population) joined in the action! In 2014 followed the campaign "How are we doing? Together!“ in cooperation with the public television ORF Styria. 7 TV-spots for 7 discrimination grounds were developped and broadcast during 7 weeks. The goal of the campaign was to show the different grounds of discrimination and make people aware that we can all be affected by discrimination as well as we discriminate against and also to give concret impulses for the equal treatment of all and set an effective stand against discrimination. Actions like „45 ballons with suggestions against racism“ (2013), a video „Styria against racism“ with the song „Happy“ of Pharell Williams (2014) the flashmob „Dance against racism and discrimination“ (2015) or a Facebook action „Start living without racism“ (2016) were performed on the occasion of the International Day against Racism.
Our Homepage www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.steiermark.at and our Facebook page www.facebook.com/keinediskriminierung offer central plattforms for all the news about our campaigns and activities, but also provides updated informations on the issue of non-discrimination. Besides developing informationmaterial (leaflets, brochures) and attending to specialized events the Office publishes regularly press releases and statements on various topics around the theme of anti-discrimination.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

One of the four pillars of the Anti-Discrimination Office Styria is Networking Initiator and Engine. In order to address antidiscrimination collectively, as well as to strengthen the partners and build up competences, the Anti-Discrimination Office is establishing since 2012 a wide and sustainable antidiscrimination network with various Institutions in Styria and also other Austrian provinces. It has succeeded to sensitize relevant actors from politics, institutions and organisations but also civil society for the project methodology needed to reach the target groups. It can be considered that the participation of the Office in numerous events and other public relations contributed raising awareness for the topic.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Joining the Anna Lindh Foundation is for the Anti-Discrimination Office Styria a great opportunity to expand its network on an international level, as nationalistic and right wings movements worldwide show the importance to stand up together against racism and discrimination.
The ALF Network offers a platform for sharing information with other civil organisations or wining good practice examples for the work in the own country. Furthermore the Anti-Discrimanation Office Styria can transmit its know-how and expertise about the issues of Integration, intercultural dialog, equal treatment and non-discrimination

Contact (1) Full Name
Daniela Grabovac
Job Title
Head of the Office
Head of the organisation
Daniela Grabovac