Austria
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010 08:45
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
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.
Head of Section - Hon. Petra Bayr 
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).
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
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.
Deputy Head of Section – Hon. Judith Schwentner
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.
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Activities
14 December 2011 - FAIRTRADE-Exhibition in Parliament
1 Dec 2011 - Hon. Petra Bayr calls for stronger role of MP's in the development process at Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan
16 Oct 2011 - Austrian AWEPA Section takes action on World Food Day - In cooperation with FIAN Austria (FoodFirst Information and Action Network).
31 Aug - 1 Sep 2011 - Wolfgang Pirklhuber, member of the Austrian AWEPA section, participated in AWEPA-workshop on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Johannesburg.
28 Jun 2011 - Seminar on Agriculture and Food Security.
28 Jun 2011 - Seminar: "Agriculture and Food Security – Towards a coherent political strategy"
8 Mar 2011 - Round Table on Bilateral Investment Treaties.
4 Mar 2011 - All party resolution to strengthen women's participation in peace processes (DE).
25 Nov 2010 - All party initiative to stop violence against women and Female Circumcision (DE).
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):
Politikkohärenz im Interesse der Entwicklung – Ein Leitfaden zu Policy Coherence for Development
Getting Involved – Parlamente als Akteure wirksamer Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
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
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. (Germany only)
