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After the URI Europe Assembly that was held in Lienz, Austria, Religion Orf published an article on their website.

https://religion.orf.at/stories/3221489/

This article is translated by URI Europe Coordinator Karimah Stauch.

 

URIE Assembly group photo at the Bell

 

For its comprehensive independent reporting on religion and its contribution to interreligious understanding, ORF's main department Religion and Ethics Multimedia has received an award from the United Religions Initiative (URI) on the occasion of the ORF project "What does Austria believe?

 

The recognition was presented to Head of Department Barbara Krenn by Elisabeth Ziegler Duregger from the association Bildung bringt Frieden and by Karimah Stauch, coordinator of the 63 local European Cooperation Circles, during the European gathering of the Initiative in Lienz on Saturday, which was attended by around 60 representatives from 17 countries from Europe, India and the USA.

 

URIE Assembly Mag. Barbara Krenn Head of the Religion Department at ORF was honored with a certificate

Mag. Barbara Krenn, Head of the Religion Department at ORF, was honored with a certificate

 

Multimedia project and cooperation with university

"What Does Austria Believe?" is a multimedia project by ORF's Religion and Ethics Department in cooperation with the University of Vienna that explores the existential issues of life with people in Austria. Questions include what counts in life, what sustains in crises and what moves the head and heart. The answers are fed into a diverse program on TV, radio and online.

At the end of the project - at the end of 2024 - a representative study should be available that provides information on what characterizes the values and beliefs of people in Austria in the face of major social developments such as secularization, pluralization and digitalization.

Justice, Peace and Healing for the Earth

The United Religions Initiative was founded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations (1995). It has been active worldwide since 2000. The mission of the initiative is to organize peace work between religions with the aim of "ending religiously motivated violence and creating a culture of justice, peace and health for the earth and all living beings.

There are now around 1,200 local Cooperation Circles in more than 110 countries worldwide, which work independently but according to common principles. The NGO has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and works in partnership with other UN organizations. Austria is part of the United Religions Initiative with the East Tyrolean association Bildung bringt Frieden (Education Brings Peace).

 

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