VHS Ottakring, Austria

The VHS Ottakring/Hernals is one of the adult education institutes of the "Die Wiener Volkshochschulen GmbH".

The overall social task of the Vienna Volkshochschulen reach far beyond the traditional education concept. With their specialised institutes, they contribute since many years to the successful social and social development of the town. Part of their core tasks is to develop an area-wide easily accessible program for all people independently of age, gender, origin and prior education. One of the most successful innovations of the last years is the „University Meets Public" together with Vienna University.

The VHS Ottakring has its main seat in a quarter of Vienna with strong inflow of migrants. For that reason it has made the work with migrants to one of its central tasks. For example the ALFA-Zentrum with special literacy and German courses as well as a youth education centre (JUBIZ) that offers young people between 16 and 25 years of age a training program from literacy/basic education over language training till catching up with the completion of secondary school qualifications and apprenticeship.

VHS Ottakring as well as its branch Hernals have twice a year changing course offers: language, body, soul, creativity, personal and new communication techniques, special subjects for men and women, programs for children and youth, courses about human rights, innovative cooking events, lectures about travel experiences, University Meets Public, and much more.

Our partner organisations support the project DanubeNetworkers with their infrastructure and their know-how from previous EU-projects. In September 2009 we will host one of the project meetings.