📋 Tender Overview
Contract partner: Südwind Association for Development Policy and Global Justice
Country: Austria Funding amount: € 33.700,00 Project start: 01.03.2024 End: 29.02.2028
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
Overall goal
The project aims to empower local communities in their role as informal actors of development education and awareness-raising, strengthening their critical understanding and raising public awareness of global issues such as gender equality, sustainability, and the climate crisis. In Austria, this will primarily take place in border communities such as Straß, but also in larger municipalities such as Graz and Vienna.
• Specific Objectives 1: Local authorities of EU border communities and islands act as ambassadors for sustainable lifestyles and climate action in Europe and in neighbouring countries, empowering citizens to participate and develop sound measures to address local and global challenges of sustainable development in an interdependent world.
• Specific Objectives 2: Local authorities in EU border towns and islands promote equality and its inclusion in sustainable development initiatives and policies.
In Austria, the goals are for Austrian communities, such as the border community of Straß in Styria, to act as multipliers of a sustainable lifestyle, engage in climate protection, and promote gender equality, thus contributing to the implementation of the SDGs. The focus of implementation is therefore on SDG 12 (Sustainable Consumption), SDG 13 (Climate Change), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), and a focus on education for sustainable development and lifestyles (SDG 4.7). This will be achieved through a variety of approaches, including workshops, campaigns, events, and artistic approaches.
Expected results
Outcome 1: Local communities in border towns and on islands (with a particular focus on educators, youth, and volunteers) are empowered to shape climate action and participate in promoting sustainable lifestyles.
Outcome 2: Gender-equitable solutions are promoted at local and international levels by border towns and islands to address the climate crisis for the benefit of European societies, stakeholders and policymakers.
Result 3: Citizens of the border towns and islands and the 11 target countries are informed and committed to promoting gender equality in the context of sustainable development.
Result 4: National policymakers and partners in the EU Neighbourhood countries are involved in the dialogue on gender equality and its integration into local and national policies.
Target group / Beneficiaries
Target groups:
- 270 community representatives
- 150 national and EU decision-makers
- 550 community leaders & informal multipliers
- 22 youth groups
- 22 community groups, clubs
- 15,000 young people (15-30; Border Territory citizens)
- 2,200 citizens sensitized and involved in the implementation of the SDGs
- 1,000 marginalized community members (minorities, asylum seekers)
- 648,000 inhabitants from 11 participating
