CEV member organisations

Austria: Interessensgemeinschaft Freiwilligenzentren Österreichs (IGFÖ) (Full member )

Contact information

Interessensgemeinschaft Freiwilligenzentren Österreichs (IGFÖ)
Schottenfeldgasse 29
A-1072 Vienna
Austria

Tel: +43 676 873 06700
Fax: +32 221 877 16

Email: m.lesky.caritas[at]dibk.at
Website: www.freiwilligenzentrum.at

Member information

IG Freiwilligenzentren – we connect competencies

The Interessensgemeinschaft Freiwilligenzentren Österreich – IGFÖ is an informal pool of Austrian volunteer centres founded in 2003 with expert status in the Austrian Volunteer Council.

The main objectives of IGFÖ are:

• the representation of interests at a political level
• the reflection of societal developments and their relevance for volunteering
• networking and a concerted public relation, thus securing and developing quality standards as well as searching for innovations in order to improve volunteering.
  

Previous and planned activities of IGFÖ:

Conferences:   
2005 – Voluntary work as area of conflict in socialpolicy
2006 – Projects with volunteers
2007 – Volunteercoordinator– A trend-setting profession?
2008 – How to involve volunteers successfully
2009 – Young@volunteering
2010 – Migrants in voluntary work

2011:
- Touring exhibition "Curtain up! The various faces of volunteering“
- Conference 28-29.04.2011 in Vienna: "Volunteering causes changes– The additional benefits of voluntary work“

Current members

•    Freiwilligenzentrum Tirol: www.freiwillige-tirol.at
•    Freiwilligenbörse SONE Jenbach: freiwilligenboerse@jenbach.at
•    Freiwilligenzentrum Salzburg: www.freiwilligenzentrum-salzburg.at
•    Unabhängiges LandesFreiwilligenzentrum OÖ: www.ulf-ooe.at
•    Freiwilligenzentrum Wels: www.fzwels.at 
•    Freiwilligenzentrum Waidhofen an der Ybbs: freizent@aon.at
•    Freiwilligenbörse Kapfenberg: isgs-kapfenberg@hiway.at
•    Zeit- und Hilfsbörse Bruck an der Mur: www.frauandermur.at
•    Ehrenamtsbörse Wien: www.ehrenamtsboerse.at