Transfair: Vienna project provides access to culture
The Hunger for Art and Culture initiative and KulturKontakt Austria have launched a new project: Kultur-Transfair promotes the cultural education of marginalised social groups and offers them access to culture more...
| Caritas demands more support for voluntary return projectFor ten years Caritas Austria has been helping migrants whose hopes for a better life in Austria have not materialised to return to their home countries. To mark the occasion of this anniversary Caritas more... |
| Making Migrants Feel WelcomeThe Kontaktepool project of the Station Wien association recently celebrated its third anniversary. Ferhan Umancan, director of Station Wien, and Martina Sinowatz, director of the Kontaktepool gave wieninternational.at some more precise details more... |
Concentrated power from six nations
Viennese immigrant children will be stirring up the early evening schedule of ORF from November 2008. The mini-series tschuschen:power deals with the everyday life of young immigrants, ranging from first love and stress at school to the fear of deportation. more...For a mixture of cultures
A colourful container has graced Urban-Loritz-Platz since 12 September 2008. The so-called Cafe Melange acts as a meeting place, and is a contribution to the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.more...
In the middle of the fringe
Until mid March, the Museum of Folklore in Vienna’s 8th district is inviting visitors to embark on a voyage of discovery to Europe’s “terra incognita” – a photographic journey more...Integration on Stage
A joint project of the City of Sofia and Viva Integrative Theatre of Vienna puts hearing-impaired children on the stage more...Brooklyn in Leopoldstadt
A delegation of the Jewish community in New York visited Vienna at the end of June. They got to know a city that confronts its own history more...
| Support for ethnic economiesThere are 16,000 enterprises in Vienna with an immigrant background. A recent study demonstrates their significance for the city more... |
| New technology for greater accessibilityAs part of the Vienna Enabled 2007 call for tenders the Vienna Centre for Innovation and Technology (ZIT) is subsidising projects to increase accessibility for persons with physical handicaps. more... |
