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Austria
National Coalition
In 2005 the Austrian national campaign “Nullkommasieben Kampagne” worked as part of GCAP, with the support from KOO.
Since early 2006, GCAP does not formally exist as such in Austria but benefits from the support of the Austrian EU-Platform of Non-Governmental Development Organisations (member of CONCORD).
If you wish to get involved, please contact:
Austrian EU-Platform of NGDOs
Gertraud Findl: gertraud.findl@eu-platform.at
Laudongasse 40, A 1080 Wien. Tel.: (+43) 01 / 405 5515. Fax: (+43) 01 / 405 5519.
Events in 2007
“Deine Stimme gegen Armut” (Your voice against poverty)
On 27 May 2007 Herbert Grönemeyer, one of the most famous German singers, was in Vienna for a huge concert – more than 40.000 people. The Austrian EU-Platform of NGDOs used this opportunity and collected signatures for the German GCAP-campaign DEINE STIMME GEGEN ARMUT in order to support its work during the German EU-presidency and the German G8-chair. At the end the Austrian signatures were part of more than 1.4 million signatures which DEINE STIMMER GEGEN ARMUT collected till the G8-summit in Rostock (June 2007).
Events in 2006
„Eine Welt ohne Armut / Svet bez Chudoby“ (world without poverty)
On 17 October 2006, the Austrian EU-Platform of NGDOs organized a cross-boarder activity between Austria and Slovakia . Together with the Slovak NGDO-Platform the Austrian EU-Platform got the chance for a co-operation with the so-called Twin City Liner. TCL is a speedboat which connects Bratislava (capital of Slovakia ) and Vienna (capital of Austria ). Early in the morning „white bands“ were put on the ship with the bilingual slogan „Eine Welt ohne Armut / Svet bez Chudoby“ (German and Slovak translation of „World without Poverty“). For the whole day the banners stayed on the ship whilst the ship was running from Vienna to Bratislava and from Bratislava to Vienna and back again etc. Supporting statements from the Federal President of Austria , Mr Fischer, and the Slovak State President, Mr Gasparovic, underlined the importance of worldwide poverty eradication and the GCAP-activities on this day.
Events in 2005
“Friday July 1” took place on 1 July 2005
“Wake-Up to Poverty” took place on 10 September 2005
“Successful signature campaign to ‘Make poverty History’ in Austria ” took place on 10 October 2005
