The poverty conference

The Poverty Conference is an Austrian network of social aid organizations that advise, look after and support around 500,000 people seeking help each year.

history

The Austrian Poverty Conference was founded in 1995 in Salzburg in Bildungshaus Salzburg St. Virgil . There the first Austria-wide meeting on the subject of poverty of various civil society groups such as charities, umbrella organizations of social initiatives, church and trade union organizations, educational and research institutions and group initiatives took place. The poverty conference sees itself with its members as a lobby against authorities and politics. For this purpose, conferences are organized to present research results as well as measures against poverty in general, and further publications are issued.

In addition to the individual members, there are also regional networks in the federal states of Carinthia , Upper Austria , Salzburg and Vienna . The working group Women and Poverty is dedicated to the specific topic of women's poverty . At the international level, the Poverty Conference is a member of the European Anti Poverty Network .

Finally, a Scientific Advisory Board is also a member of the conference.

Member organizations

The Poverty Conference is a registered association in Austria. The following organizations are members of the Poverty Conference at national level in 2018:

• Action group of the autonomous Austrian women's shelters
• Anton Proksch Institute
• Poverty plus - social enterprise Austria
• Workers Samaritan Association of Austria
• ASB debt counseling
• Federal Youth Representation
• Nationwide network of open youth work
• Caritas Austria
• Professional integration umbrella organization
• Diakonie Austria
• European Center for Welfare Policy and Social Research
• Evangelical Academy Vienna
• FIAN
• Forum Church and Working World
• The Salvation Army
• Youth Council of the Islamic Faith Community
• Catholic Action Austria
• Catholic family association of Austria
• Catholic women's movement in Austria
• Catholic youth group Austria
• Catholic Social Academy of Austria
• Child friends Austria
• Kolping Society Austria
• Lebenshilfe Austria
• No to sick and poor
• Network of Austrian advice centers for women and girls
• New start - probation, conflict resolution and social work
• Austrian student body
• Austrian platform for single parents
• Austrian professional association of social workers
• Austrian Trade Union Federation / Women's Department
• Austrian red cross
• Austrian association for drug specialists
• Platform become visible
• Pro mente austria
• SOS fellow human
• St. Virgil Salzburg, education and conference center
• Telephone counseling
• Association of Austrian Food Banks
• Representation Network - adult representation, patient advocacy and resident representation.
• Vincent Network Austria
• Volkshilfe Austria
• Viennese aid organization

In addition, numerous organizations at state level are members of the respective state conference.

Publications

• Poverty Conference, Verena Fabris, Alban Knecht , Michaela Moser et al. (Ed.): Caution. Devaluation has a system. The struggle for recognition, appreciation and dignity. Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-99046-395-6 .
• Martin Schenk (editor): "And you're out ...!" Social and spatial exclusion in the midst of a rich society. Documentation, 4th Austrian Poverty Conference, October 23-24, 2000, St. Virgil, Vienna 2001.
• Karin Küblböck et al: What riches can do. Winners and losers of European welfare states. Congress 2001 in Vienna, Mandelbaum, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-85476-059-0 .
• Karin Küblböck et al: What riches can do. Why rich societies save on pensions, health and social benefits. Collection of articles, 2nd updated edition, Mandelbaum, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85476-128-7 .
• Margit Appel (Editor): Duty to take risks? Documentation, 5th Austrian Poverty Conference, March 20-21, 2003, St. Virgil Salzburg, Vienna 2004.
• Josef Mauerlechner (editor): Money. Power. Happy. Distribution struggles, chances of realization and quality of life in times of crisis. Documentation, 8th Austrian Poverty Conference, February 23-24, 2010, St. Virgil (Salzburg), Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-200-01842-6 .
• Eugen Bierling-Wagner (editor), What belongs to everyone. Commons - New Perspectives in Combating Poverty. The book for the 9th Poverty Conference. Publishing house of the Austrian Trade Union Association, Vienna 2013 ISBN 978-3-7035-1609-2
• Verena Fabris (editor), For a Politics of the Social. Action plan 2013-2018 , 2014
• Regina Amer, Karl Frank, Claudia Krizmanic, Traude Lehner, Florian Riffer, Martin Schenk, Sonja Taubinger (editor), barriers and gaps in the Öster. Health system , 2015
• Martina Brandstätter, Philipp Hammer, Lisa Sterzinger (editors), Mit Menschenrechte gegen Armut , 2016

Web links

• Official website
• Report in ORF about the poverty conference 2017 Social Network in Need
• Study on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection on the importance of Austrian non-governmental organizations in combating poverty: 2015

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.armutskonferenz.at/ueber-uns/die-armutskonferenz.html, accessed on November 9, 2018
2. ↑ http://www.armutskonferenz.at/ueber-uns/die-armutskonferenz.html
3. ↑ http://www.armutskonferenz.at/impressum.html
4. ↑ http://www.armutskonferenz.at/ueber-uns/lösungen.html
5. ↑ http://www.armutskonferenz.at/ueber-uns/regionale-netzwerke.html