Austria

ACTIVE offers a broad spectrum of cultural activities ranging from free time activities via games and sports through to intercultural events for 150 learners per year. Types of events and activities are also ranging from focused on young people through migrants to generation spanning events. Secondly, it covers a broad range of continuing education. ACTIVE offers occupational training seminars in the field of outdoor sports and language lessons, eco-friendly courses for senior citizens and migrants, and education and recreation courses for youngsters and seniors too. Participants acquire recognized training certificates and are qualified as multipliers. ACTIVE provides safe space and necessary equipment for a number of active citizens which like to be physically active and enjoy sports in nature. The activities are inclusive and participatory as well as tailored to the specific needs
and interests of young children, youth, adults or senior citizens.

ACTIVE designs its activities to be in line with promoting active citizenship and youth entrepreneurship. The organization gives young people a chance to attend various projects, youth exchanges and seminars where they can improve their skills, better understand common values and civic engagement and develop a sense of initiative. Improvement of digital skills of young people is also one of ACTIVE’s priorities since it contributes to their employability. During international and local activities, different technologies are used and provided to participants. Since ACTIVE organizes a lot of sport events, those are also enriched by implementing the newest technologies. The organization is also active on social media, using it to raise awareness about the main topics of interest (youth participation, active citizenship, Erasmus+ program, sustainability, sports, youth work etc.)

To ensure social inclusion of all groups, ACTIVE’s volunteers regularly provide online language classes, focusing mostly on German language. The classes are free to attend and encompass a range of language levels and topics of interest depending on the demand of the participants.

ACTIVE team members have participated in multiple trainings and initiatives under the Erasmus+ and ACTIVE has experienced Erasmus+ Sport projects through volunteer activities implementing eco-friendly workshops and activities in Vienna woods. ACTIVE was not included in Eco-friendly sport as an official partner. The members of the organization joined the challenge and organized a clean-up of natural areas used for practicing sports in 7 EU countries.

All ACTIVE’s activities are in line with eco-friendly approaches and we take advantage of any chance to promote environmental protection and conservation. Organizing nature clean-ups, eco-friendly sport activities, supporting digital transformation and sustainable way of managing the organization all make ACTIVE an environmentally conscious and friendly organization.

ACTIVE regularly organizes hiking events in Vienna woods led by our members and volunteers. Events are open, available for anyone to join, but especially targeting young people and migrants living in Vienna and surrounding areas. The aim is to promote physical activity of young people, give them an opportunity to escape from their sedentary lifestyle and help them to integrate into the society by participating in the events. Events are many times attended by people new to the city and country and it is a great chance to meet new like-minded people and join a slowly growing network of young hikers. The hikes are always designed in an inclusive way, choosing appropriate difficulty, length and usually the are also combined with other activities such as plogging, herbal hiking, planting trees etc. Hiking itself is promoting social inclusion by not giving barriers to participation in physical activity.

2010 - Moon Ride. Interactive installation. Group exhibition “Warsaw Under Construction”, Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej. Warsaw (PL).
2010 - Bump – Asia / Europe. Telematic installation. Istanbul 2010 – European Capital of Culture. Üsküdar IDO, Istanbul (TR) / Eminönü IDO, Istanbul (TR).
2008 - Freedom. Documentation. Film “Sneaker Stories”, Katharina Weingartner, Vienna (AT).
2007 - Airlines. Installation. Group exhibition “Agorafolly Inside”, Europalia 07. La Centrale Électrique, Brussels (BE).
2007 - Red Carpet. Installation. Group exhibition “Agorafolly artist trail”, Europalia 07. Place des Palais / Paleizenplein, Brussels (BE).

• The Austria Baroque Academy Gmunden: master courses and summer courses with international participants and teachers.
• The Austria Baroque Academy Moskau, in collaboration with the Tschaikovsky University of Moscow, the Gnesin-Music-Academy and the Austria Cultural Forum Moskau.
• The Austria Baroque Academy Belgrade, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Austrian Embassy in Belgrade and the University of Belgrade: Master Courses, Advanced Training Classes and Courses for beginners, for students coming from the Ex-Yugoslavia and Albania.
• ABA Music Awards, financed by Telekom Austria: public competition in the three musical field of “vocal“, “instrumental“ and “ensemble”.
• International concerts and performances, The Academy’s program is rounded off by numerous concerts and performances given by the lecturers.

• academic course in Islamic and oriental studies
• language courses in Arabic, Turkish, Persian and German
• lecture series and conferences on oriental issues
• scholarships for students from oriental countries
• information centre / Islamic Orient

Ensuring the implementation of UNESCO programmes and concerns, serving as a “hub” at national as well as international level.
Focal points are selected within the field of UNESCO focal points, to date: adult literacy, fostering UNESCO Associated Schools, education for sustainable development, biosphere reserves, intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity, intangible heritage
Statutory Tasks:
• advising the federal and provincial governments;
• establishing and maintaining contacts between UNESCO and interested institutions and individuals in Austria;
• co-operating with UNESCO-relevant regional initiatives;
• participating in the organisational preparations for UNESCO events
• informing the public of UNESCO goals and programmes
• co-operating with NatComs of other countries

The work of the oiip is based on three fields of research. The research area „Global Security Governance“ focuses on the conceptual and epistemological level of international security. The field „Power Transition and Diffusion“ concentrates on the distribution of power and the power diffusion process on various levels. The third research area, „Comparative Foreign & Security Policy Analysis“, analyzes and compares the concrete drafting of policies on a regional, state and sub-state level. The research of the oiip is based on the current debate on International Relations Theories. 1. Global Security Governance At the beginning of the 21st century, the world is going through a far-reaching transformation process. Events and developments have become increasingly interdependent. As a result, the multi-layered, and often new challenges, cannot be solved unilaterally. This leads to a transformation of the international and regional power structure power as numerous state and non-state actors gain in significance. This contains both a discourse on the theoretical approaches as well as the practical political analysis of topics, such as humanitarian intervention, nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, as well as cyber-security. The scope of topics dealt with in this subject are: •Global Strategy •International Institutions •Humanitarian Intervention/Protection of Civilians/Responsibility to Protect •Disarmament, Nuclear non-proliferation, Arms control •Internet Governance •State Building/Peace Building/Resilience 2. Power Transition and Diffusion The research area „Power Transition and Diffusion“ focuses on the analysis of process-lead shifts of power structures on various global, state and regional levels. On one side this leads to the development of new global players, as well as a diffusion of power to social movements and non-state actors via political reform and transformation processes. The scope of topics dealt with in this subject are: •The Global Role of the USA •European Security •Emerging Powers •Social Movements and Non-State Actors •Islamism •Political Reform and Transformation Processes •Negotiation Processes in Post-Conflict Situations •Changing Geography of Science, Technology and Innovation (BRICS) •Science, Technology &Innovation and International Relations 3. Comparative Foreign & Security Policy Analysis On a methodological level, the area of „Comparative Foreign and Security Policy Analysis“ focuses on the implementation of concepts in the realm of policy making. The analyses of the concrete regional, state and sub-state policies are based on and supported by a comparative approach. The scope of topics dealt with in this subject are: •Austrian Foreign, Security Policy Analysis •EU-Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy •Comparative Regional Research •Security Concepts •Comparative Research on the Causes of Wars and Conflicts •Democratization

The main research areas are „Intelligent Vision Systems“ on the basis of hard- and software engineering in due consideration for todays trends regarding miniaturization and integration on their dedication in critical infrastructures, „Highly Reliable Software and Systems“ with the focus on future testing and validation technologies for autonomous systems such as robots or intelligent driver assistance systems, as well as „Future Networks and Services“, where research focuses at maintaining the long-term safety and security of huge amounts of data as well as the security in distributed networks for digital libraries (Federation and Preservation of cultural heritage) and next generation health care (eHealth) and medical care systems (AAL).

ARC is active in the field of ambulance service, health and social services, blood programmes, disaster relief and development cooperation, tracing services, education and training, humanitarian law, youth and first aid.

The ASPR conducts and evaluates research, engages in training and education and conducts scientific courses. It also publishes several periodicals (Dialog, Friedensforum, Friedensbericht). Several major conferences are organised each year, including a “Sommerakademie” and an annual international meeting of peace researchers on “The State of Peace”. The ASPR was the founder of the European University Centre for Peace Studies (EPU) and established a European Peace Museum in Schlaining Castle in the year 2001. Since 1992, the ASPR has become active in preparing civilian experts for crisis management activities in field missions of the UN, the OSCE, the EU and of non –governmental organisations.