Austrian Service Abroad

organization in Austria

Key facts

Type: Non-profit organization
Focus: Holocaust remembrance , antisemitism , anti-fascism , humanitarian aid , development aid , peace movement , environmental protection
Headquarters: Vienna , Austria
Region served: Global
Services: Volunteering service, national service alternatives
Method: Education, study trips, seminars, workshops, awards
Fields: Memoria ( remembrance ), misericordia ( mercy ), pax ( peace )
Chairman: Tobias Aigner
Website: www .auslandsdienst .at /en

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The Austrian Service Abroad (German: Auslandsdienst Österreichs) is a non-profit organization funded by the Austrian government which sends young Austrians to work in partner institutions worldwide serving Holocaust commemoration in form of the Austrian Memorial Service, supporting vulnerable social groups and sustainability initiatives in form of the Austrian Social Service and realizing projects of peace within the framework of the Austrian Peace Service. The Austrian Service Abroad is the issuer of the annually conferred Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award.

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