Austrian Society for Political Education

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The Austrian Society for Political Education ( ÖGPB ) is a professional organization for political adult education in Austria founded in 1977 .

Austrian Society for Political Education - ÖGPB
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legal form non-profit association
( ZVR : 353092820)
founding 1977
Seat Vienna, Austria
Website www.politischebildung.at

task

The purpose of the non-profit association is to promote political education in the field of adult education in Austria .

The two main tasks of the ÖGPB are

  • the support of political education in adult education in Austria through educational offers, project advice and other further training measures,
  • the financial support of projects for political education within the framework of Austrian adult education in the member states.

history

The ÖGPB was founded in 1977 on the initiative of the Austrian Minister of Education Fred Sinowatz ( SPÖ ) and is the only state-initiated specialist organization for political education in Austria to date. It acted as the sponsoring association for the “Austrian Institute for Political Education (ÖIPB)”, which was founded in 1978 in Mattersburg, Burgenland . In 1991 the ÖIPB was closed, the ÖGPB repositioned itself and the office moved to Vienna . As part of the restructuring, the annual project funding was set up in the member states.

In 1993 the “Information Center Political Education” was formed within the ÖGPB, which was converted into the “Educational Offers and Project Consulting” division in 2006. Thus, the ÖGPB today comprises two business areas: "Educational offers and project advice" and "Project funding".

structure

Members of the ÖGPB are eight federal states , the federal government and the ten associations of the KEBÖ ( Conference of Adult Education in Austria ). The board consists of two representatives from the federal government, two from the member states and from KEBÖ. Gerhard Bisovsky (VÖV) is the current CEO.

The staff of the ÖGPB consists of seven employees, the managing director is Rahel Baumgartner and the scientific director Hakan Gürses.

Areas of activity

Project funding

The Austrian Society for Political Education provides funding for political education projects within the framework of Austrian adult education. Events from adult education institutions that are active at the municipal , regional or state level are funded . The funds are awarded to educational institutions and NGOs in the member states of Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The member states and the Ministry of Education provide the funds in equal parts. The board of the ÖGPB decides on the project award.

From 1992 to 2016, 5200 projects were submitted and 3750 projects were funded, with a little more than 5.5 million euros in funding.

Educational offers and project advice

The main activities of the ÖGPB in the area of ​​"educational offers - project advice" include conception, development, preparation, implementation and follow-up of learning arrangements. Workshops , trainings , seminars , conferences and lectures are held several times a year across Austria in cooperation with adult education institutions. The aim is the further training of adult educators in the field of political education.

The educational offer of the ÖGPB includes, among other things, the “Argumentation training against regular slogans” in the form of a two-day trainer training as well as the programs “Basics - Contents and Methods of Political Adult Education”, “Basic Political Education” and “Equality and Difference in Political Adult Education”. The workshops “Narrated Identities” and “Critical Media Competence. Political adult education in the digital age ”as well as formats such as the“ political-literary quartet ”or an annual lecture series on political adult education are also offered by the ÖGPB.

The area of ​​responsibility also includes advising the submitters in the context of project funding by the ÖGPB. This takes place within the framework of the events “Political Education Free Home” and “Jour fixe of Political Adult Education”.

In the years 2006 to 2016, 4816 people took part in the ÖGPB educational programs.

In addition to brochures and articles in books and magazines, the ÖGPB also publishes video recordings of its own events. Between 2016 and 2018, the ÖGPB produced several educational videos on the subject of "Politics in Austria".

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About the ÖGPB - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ 40 years of the ÖGPB - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ 40 years of the ÖGPB - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  4. ^ Project funding - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  5. ^ Board of Directors - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  6. ^ Team - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  7. ^ Project funding - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  8. ^ Project funding - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Call for tenders - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  10. ↑ 40 years of the ÖGPB - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  11. ↑ ÖGPB: Activity Report 2018. In: www.politischebildung.at.
  12. ^ Educational offers - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  13. ^ Educational offers - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  14. ↑ 40 years of the ÖGPB - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  15. ^ Publications - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Video and Audio - Austrian Society for Political Education. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .