Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs is looking for successful, solution-oriented intercultural and interreligious dialogue projects!
The Intercultural Achievement Award (IAA) is a key project of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs. Launched in 2014, it aims at identifying and awarding innovative and best practice projects in the field of intercultural and interreligious dialogue. This year marks the 12th anniversary of the Intercultural Achievement Award.
Topics
- Dialogue is a multifaceted concept. Thematic priorities according to the Austrian strategic focus facilitate compatibility of the submitted projects. Therefore, projects applying for the IAA, while promoting intercultural or interreligious dialogue in a broad sense, must also be active in at least one of the following areas:
- Art/Culture
- Youth
- Human Rights
- Global Citizenship Education
- Integration
- Gender Equality
Award Categories
- The Intercultural Achievement Award (IAA) is awarded in the following categories:
- Category Sustainability
- “Best ongoing intercultural and/or interreligious project focusing on the environment”
- The project offers solution approaches in the cross-sectional topic of environment/ecology and intercultural/interreligious challenges.
- Category Recent Events
- “Best intercultural and/or interreligious project related to a current event”
- The project must have reacted to one or more recent events or developments and have contributed to intercultural and/or interreligious understanding in this context.
- Category Technology
- “Best application of technology to support an intercultural and/or interreligious project”
- The project must use innovative technological solutions that promote intercultural and/or interreligious dialogue. This can represent the development of new technological solutions or the use of existing technology in creative or innovative ways (including, but not limited to IT).
- Category Innovation
- “Most innovative intercultural and/or interreligious project”
- The project must use an innovative methodological or creative approach within the scope of the dialogue of cultures and/or religions.
- Category Media
- “Best media contribution for intercultural and/or interreligious understanding”
- The project must have affected the public sphere in a positive way in respect to intercultural and/or interreligious dialogue through facilitation of classic media (i. e. print, TV, radio etc.) and/or social media.
- Category Religious Freedom
- “Best project in the field of interreligious dialogue”
- The project must support religious freedom and peaceful coexistence using interreligious and/or intercultural dialogue approaches.
- Category Sustainability
Award Information
- Category Sustainability: EUR 10.000
- Category Recent Events: EUR 6.000
- Category Technology: EUR 6.000,
- Category Innovation: EUR 6.000
- Category Media: EUR 6.000
- Category Religious Freedom: EUR 6.000
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications can only be made by non-governmental organisations (including associations, foundations, charitable educational institutions, religious organisations and commercial organisations) whose projects mainly focus on intercultural and interreligious dialogue. Government, science, research or international institutions are excluded from admission.
- Projects that have already been submitted in the past but that have not won may be submitted again.
- Only fully or at least partially implemented projects that can already show verifiable impact and outcomes will be taken into consideration. Please refrain from sending concepts of projects that have not yet been implemented.
For more information, visit Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs.