Austria
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AWEPA President Ms. Miet Smet and former Head of the Austrian AWEPA section, Hon. Barbara Prammer, together with Austrian AWEPA members and a parliamentary delegation from Mozambique at the 3rd General Assembly of the Austrian section
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The Austrian AWEPA Section in Parliament has currently more than 70 members, mostly active but also former MPs of the Austrian Parliament. Hon. Petra Bayr is heading the section as Chairperson; her deputies are Hon. Franz Glaser and Hon. Judith Schwentner.
Honorary Chairpersons of the Austrian AWEPA section are Hon. Barbara Prammer, President of the National Council, Hon. Fritz Neugebauer, II President of the National Council, and Hon. Eva Glawischnig former III. President of the National Council.
The AWEPA section is embedded into a larger project called the "North-South Dialogue of Parliaments", which aims to strengthen political and societal support for development politics and international co-operation on national and bi-lateral levels. More information about the North-South Dialogue of Parliaments can be found on the project website: www.nordsued-dialog.org.
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Petra Bayr has been a member of the Austrian Parliament, SPÖ party, since 2002, and functions as SPÖ spokesperson for Global development. She is Deputy chair of the SPÖ Women's Organisation in Vienna and a Member of the Executive Committee of the EPF (European Parliamentary Forum).  Deputy Head of Section – Hon. Franz Glaser Franz Glaser from the Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) is a member of the Austrian Parliament since 2002 and became spokesperson for Development Policies in 2005. He is mayor of his hometown Burgauberg-Neudauberg in the Austrian federal province of Burgenland and serves as chairman of the Institute for Environment, Peace and Development in Vienna.
Judith Schwentner from the Austrian Green Party became a member of the Austrian Parliament in 2008 and functions as spokesperson for Women Affairs as well as Development Policies. She majored in German and Slavic studies and was chief editor of the street newspaper “Megaphon” sold by homeless people and refugees in the Austrian federal province of Styria. Read more... |
Activities
Parliamentary initiative: Stop violence against women and female genital mutilation (FGM)
The members of the AWEPA Section in the Austrian Parliament are calling for far-reaching measures and actions in the fight against FGM and violence against women and girls around the world, particularly in Africa. For the resolution against FGM introduced by the Austrian AWEPA Section, click here. The Austrian AWEPA Section suggests the AWEPA Sections to follow this initiative.
MP Petra Bayr, Head of the Austrian AWEPA Section, is also Spokesperson of the platform stopFGM. MP Bayr pointed out that currently 30 organizations and 1,200 individuals support stopFGM. "As proven, numbers go down due to the efforts of many." Nevertheless, in Austria there are "about 25 asylum-documented cases where female genital mutilation (FGM) is carried out or threatens to be pursued", said Bayr. Read the full article on Die Standard (in German).
Questionnaire to the Austrian AWEPA Members
November
A questionnaire has been sent to the Austrian AWEPA Members asking them which issues they would like to highlight next year.
International Panel Discussion on “Change and Challenges for Development Cooperation"
11 October
An international panel discussion on “Change and Challenges for Development Cooperation” took place organised by the Austrian Development Agency and the Austrian Parliament. Hon. Barbara Prammer, President of the Austrian National Council, highlighted in her speech the importance of involving parliamentarians in development cooperation and underlined the positive influence of the AWEPA Section in the Austrian Parliament.
Multi-stakeholder Meeting in the Austrian Parliament
15 October
A multi-stakeholder meeting has been organised in the Austrian Parliament by the Austrian AWEPA Section in cooperation with Global Responsibility (Association for Development and Humanitarian Aid) on the role of the private sector in development cooperation. During the meeting the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation was discussed which was signed at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in December 2011.
Seminar on Agriculture and Food Security with Focus on Rio+20.
"Green Economy - Aspects of sustainable land use in Africa"
12 Jun 2012
"Green Economy - Aspects of sustainable land use in Africa"
12 Jun 2012
The AWEPA Section of the Austrian Parliament, which has for some time now focused on agriculture and food security held a seminar in the run-up to Rio +20 discussing the green economy issue from the point of food security.
Terms of Reference Seminar on Agriculture and Food Security with Focus on Rio+20
Coverage on Austrian National Television, ORF TV THEK [German] Event Report [German]
Pictures from the event
International Women's Day
AWEPA Section Austria on the occasion of International Women's Day
8 Mar 2012
8 Mar 2012
© Parlamentsdirektion/Carina Ott.
Resources
November 2012 - Newsletter Austrian section AWEPA (Nr. 35)
October 2012 - Newsletter Austrian section AWEPA (Nr.34)
Within the project "North-South Dialogue of Parliaments" various events have been organised in cooperation with AWEPA and supported by numerous AWEPA-members:
24 Jun 2010 - Seminar: "The New Aid Architecture: Parliamentary Action to Ensure Aid Effectiveness", Austrian Parliament/Vienna.
24 Jun 2009 - Seminar: "Getting Involved – The Role of Parliamentarians in Ensuring Aid Effectiveness", Austrian Parliament/Vienna.
21 Nov 2008 - Seminar: "HIV/AIDS and Vulnerable Children - A Call for Parliamentary Action", Palais Epstein/Vienna.
The AWEPA-supported project "North-South Dialogue of Parliaments" issued two thematic brochures focusing on policy coherence for development as well as aid effectiveness (German only):
Getting Involved – Parlamente als Akteure wirksamer Entwicklungszusammenarbeit.
Newsletter AWEPA Austria
Since March 2009 a periodical Newsletter for the members of the Austrian AWEPA-section in Parliament is being circulated in digital format. All back issues can be found HERE. (German only)
General Assemblies
1st General Assembly of the Austrian AWEPA section, 21 Nov 2006
2nd General Assembly of the Austrian AWEPA section, 4 Jun 2009
3rd General Assembly of the Austrian AWEPA section, 23 Jun 2010
4th General Assembly of the Austrian AWEPA section, 1 Mar 2011
