Austrian integration award
The Austrian Integration Prize is a prize that was distributed for the first time in 2010 for initiatives that made a special contribution to the integration of immigrants in Austria. The award is jointly donated by ORF and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and coordinated by the Business for Integration Association . The winners of the prizes can be private initiatives as well as companies or state institutions from all over Austria.
Categories
The prizes will be awarded for four categories. The four categories are:
- tackle & take the initiative
- educate & empower
- promote & support
- company & work
Jury members
The members of the independent jury are:
- Eva Grabherr, historian and Judaist
- Kenan Güngör , expert on integration and diversity issues
- Aleksandra Izdebska , Management and Human Resources DiTech
- Brigitte Jank , President of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce
- Franz Küberl , President of Caritas Austria
- Silvana Meixner , head of the ORF minority editorial team
- Ali Rahimi, Deputy Chairman Business for Integration
- Christoph Ronge, Wiener Stadtwerke , Public Affairs
- Dwora Stein, Vice President of the Chamber for Workers and Salaried Employees Vienna
- Erika Tiefenbacher, headmistress of the Cooperative Middle School Vienna 18
Award winner 2010
The prizes were presented in the House of Industry in Vienna.
- Category I: Youth and cultural association "Culture Factor Y" from Vorarlberg
- Category II: Cooperative Middle School Vienna 18
- Category III: MA17 City of Vienna
- Category IV: Spar Academy Vienna
A total of 362 projects were submitted.
Award winner 2011
The award ceremony took place in the Vienna City Hall.
- Category I: Roma youth of the Lions Club Murau
- Category II: HIPPY home visit program by beratungsgruppe.at
- Category III: KunstSozial Raum Brunnengasse of Caritas Vienna
- Category IV: lived diversity of living partners in Viennese municipal housing
An honorary award was given to the Viennese entrepreneur Hans Staud .