Austrian cultural forum

Austrian Cultural Forum Austrian Authority
State level	Federation
Position of the authority	subordinate agency
At sight	Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA)
founding	different uniform than since 2001 Austrian Cultural Forum named
Headquarters	various, mainly located at the foreign representations of the host cities
Authority management	various, civil servants or contract agents of the higher service
Website	at the respective diplomatic mission or your own website

Österreichisches Kulturforum (spelling: austria kultur ^int ) is the collective name of several cultural institutes in various cities around the world, which are operated as a subsidiary of the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA). Their task is the cultural and scientific dialogue with artists and scientists from the respective host country. The respective leaders have diplomatic status.

A cultural forum is geared towards the specific requirements of the respective local users and partners and works independently in terms of content. The Kulturforum positions Austria as a modern and cosmopolitan cultural nation. The international network of Austrian culture abroad currently consists of 29 cultural forums in 27 countries.

Austrian foreign cultural policy

Principles of Austrian foreign cultural policy:

• Austrian foreign cultural policy is active and formative. The "Foreign Culture ConceptNEU" has been in effect since 2001, in which the tasks and goals of foreign cultural policy are formulated. Since the culture of Austria offers the chance of worldwide awareness, international moments of attention should be created for Austria through cultural activities.
• The goals of Austrian foreign cultural policy are therefore:
  • The location Austria in Europe should be made understandable and perceptible through cultural means.
  • The international activities in the field of art, culture and science must be supplemented by educational projects, because the future European knowledge area depends on the success of European educational ideas.
  • Commitment to a Europe of diversity is intended to counteract excessive identity politics, because, as Stefan Zweig already formulated, Austria allows both a patriot and a global citizen.

In addition, the goals of Austrian foreign cultural policy are determined by the following tasks:

• Austria wants to contribute to Europe becoming more cultural, because Europe's strengths also lie in its cultural diversity.
• Our neighbors should be won as allies in realizing the opportunities of the cultural area of ​​Central Europe.
• Southeast Europe should be fully integrated into the cultural dialogue of Europe so that the strengthening of civil society in these countries facilitates stabilization.
• The dialogue between cultures and civilizations is to be strengthened in concrete terms, because Austria has had historical experience with the clash of languages ​​and cultures and with totalitarian ideologies.

List of Austrian cultural forums

Partly founded as a cultural institute or set up as a cultural department of an Austrian embassy , all locations were renamed in March 2001 as a cultural forum in the language of the host country. The abbreviation of the city in which the Kulturforum is located is attached directly to this name, in superscript in each case.

Country	city	founding	Name in local language	annotation
Serbia	Belgrade	2001	austrijski kulturni forum
Germany	Berlin	1991	Austrian cultural forum ber
Switzerland	Bern	2001	Austrian cultural forum
Slovakia	Bratislava	1990	rakúske kultúrne forúm
Belgium	Brussels	2001	forum culturel austrian bru , oostenrijks cultuurforum bru , austrian culture forum bru
Hungary	Budapest	1976	osztrák kulturális forum
Romania	Bucharest	1999	forumul cultural austriac
Turkey	Istanbul	1974	avusturya cold door ofisi
Egypt	Cairo	1959	austrian cultural forum
Ukraine	Kiev	1994	австрійський культурний форум
Poland	Krakow	1990	austriackie forum kultury	Not listed on the BMEIA website as of June 26, 2016.
Slovenia	Ljubljana Laibach	1990	avstrijski kulturni forum
United Kingdom	London	1956	austrian cultural forum
Spain	Madrid	1992	foro cultural de austria
Italy	Milan	1993	forum austriaco di cultura
Mexico	Mexico city	2002	foro cultural de austria
Russia	Moscow	2001	Австрийский культурный форум в Москве
India	New Delhi	2007	austrian cultural forum
United States	new York	1956	austrian cultural forum nyc	New building by Raimund Abraham , opened in 2002 during the tenure of the then manager Christoph Thun-Hohenstein .
Canada	Ottawa	2001	austrian cultural forum
France	Paris	1954	Forum Culturel Austria
People's Republic of China	Beijing	2004	(中国) 奥地利 文化 论坛 [Zhōngguó] Àodìlì wénhuà lúntán
Czech Republic	Prague	1993	rakouské kulturní forum
Italy	Rome	1935	forum austriaco di cultura
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	2018	Austrijski kulturni forum Sarajevo	Part of the Austrian Embassy Sarajevo.
Iran	Tehran	1958	انجمن فرهنگی اتريش	The only cultural forum where German is also taught.
Israel	Tel Aviv	2001
Japan	Tokyo	2001	オ ー ス ト リ ア 文化 フ ォ ー ラ ム
Poland	Warsaw	1965	austriackie forum kultury
United States	Washington	2001	austrian cultural forum what
Croatia	Zagreb	1974	austrijski kulturni forum

See also

• List of representative authorities of the Republic of Austria - list of embassies and their departments
• Österreich Institut GmbH - offers u. a. German courses abroad
• Austria libraries abroad

Web links

• List and description of the 27  cultural forums in 29 countries on the BMEIA website (as of June 26, 2016).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the Austrian Cultural Forum Brussels.
2. ^ Website of the Austrian Cultural Forum Moscow.
3. ^ Anne Midgette: A Quiet Cultural Force Leaves New York Richer as He Returns to Austria. In: The New York Times . August 30, 2007, accessed June 26, 2016.
4. ↑ Accueil . In: Forum Culturel Austria . ( austrocult.fr [accessed February 14, 2017]).
5. ^ Website of the Austrian Cultural Forum Beijing.
6. ^ Website of the Austrian Cultural Forum Tokyo. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .