Austrian Service Abroad
The Austrian Service Abroad is a non-profit organization funded by the Austrian government which sends young Austrians to work in partner institutions worldwide serving Holocaust commemoration in form of the Gedenkdienst, supporting vulnerable social groups and sustainability initiatives in form of the Austrian Social Service and realizing projects of peace within the framework of the Austrian Peace Service. The Austrian Service Abroad is the issuer of the annually conferred Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award.
| Formation | 1998 |
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| Type | non-profit organization |
| Focus | Holocaust remembrance, antisemitism, anti-fascism, humanitarian aid, development aid, peace movement, environmental protection |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
Area served | Global |
| Services | volunteering service, National service alternatives |
| Method | education, study trips, seminars, workshops, awards |
| Fields | memoria (remembrance), misericordia (mercy), pax (peace) |
Chairman | Tobias Aigner |
| Website | https://www.auslandsdienst.at/en |
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