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Südwind is an Austrian non-profit organisation operating in the fields of global education, adult education, campaigning and public awareness-raising. They develop creative methods and ideas for education work for a better North-South understanding. They have already different experiences with EU-funded programmes. To a large extent the projects of Südwind are funded by the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture.

The main activities of Südwind are:

• Global Education: Seminars and Training, Programmes for teachers and multipliers, Production of Materials (Exhibitions, Workshops, Print-Materials), Network of Global Education Centres in Austria, International School and NGO Networks, Global Education Week
• Public Awareness: Campaigns: ,,Bitter Orange" (1997/1998), ,,Clean Clothes-Campaign" (1998/1999, since 2001), ,,Project Secure" (since 2001), ,,Fair Trade" (since 2001), co-operation with media and public events
• Südwind-Magazine: An Information-Magazine about: South-North-interdependencies, poverty and welfare, the world's cultures, a global future

Shaping diversity with intercultural competence - this is the principle of the association Ethnologie in Schule und Erwachsenenbildung (ESE) e.V. (Ethnology in Schools and Adult Education), which was founded in 1992 by ethnologists and educators.

The basis for ESE's work is the scientific examination of approaches to teaching intercultural competence, intercultural education and intercultural upbringing, as well as the processing of ethnological material in order to be able to convey scientifically sound information about other cultures and about mechanisms of intercultural understanding in a way that is understandable to lay people.

With our offer in adult education, we address all people who have contact with people from different cultures in their everyday life and work and who would like more background information and competence to act.

In children's and youth education, we offer intercultural and global learning for different subject areas. Our units are suitable for project days, holiday programmes or short teaching units.