Call for nominations: Intercultural Achievement Awards, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Vienna, Austria. Deadline: 17 March 2024.
The Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs is inviting applications for the Intercultural Achievement Award – a prize for outstanding, innovative intercultural and interreligious projects from Austria and abroad. The award highlights best practices and promotes the work of dialogue projects from all over the world with prize money and opportunities for international networking. Both domestic and international organisations that are committed to intercultural and interreligious dialogue in the fields of art and culture, youth, human rights, global citizenship education, integration and gender equality are eligible to apply.
Since 2014, the award has received over 1,913 submissions from 110 different countries, illustrating its growing recognition. In 2024, the winning projects will receive prize money of 6,000 to 10,000 euros. Recognition prizes of 3,000 euros may also be awarded.
The Intercultural Achievement Award is presented in the following categories:
- Sustainability: Best ongoing intercultural and/or interreligious project focusing on the environment
- Recent Events: Best intercultural and/or interreligious project related to a current event
- Technology: Best application of technology to support an intercultural and/or interreligious project
Innovation: Most innovative intercultural and/or interreligious project - Media: Best media contribution for intercultural and/or interreligious understanding
- Integration in Austria
- Best Austrian project in the categories of Sustainability, Recent Events, Technology, or Innovation