Development cooperation and humanitarian aid

Vienna supports NGOs in carrying out development projects in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. The Municipal Department 27 - European Affairs (MA 27) is in charge of the implementation of these activities.

Once a year, the Municipal Department 27 invites NGOs to submit funding proposals for development projects.

Every year, a development policy conference is held to inform the public.

• Vienna Development Cooperation flagship project in Albania
• Funding proposals for development projects - call for proposals
• Folder - development cooperation and humanitarian aid: 3 MB PDF (German)
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Humanitarian aid - completed projects
• Conference on sustainable development in the city: "Nachhaltige Entwicklung findet STADT" - Leaving no one behind
• Annual reports
• National and international institutions in the field of development cooperation

Current projects

Intensive Aid for Ukraine

As a result of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, millions of people currently depend on humanitarian aid. To meet the massively increased need for medical care, additional hospital capacities are being provided especially in Western Ukraine. The City of Vienna has supported this effort with a significant amount of supplies and material for the inpatient treatment of injured and sick patients. From January to June 2023, 17 trucks with 110 tonnes of medical supplies and technical equipment made their way to Ukraine. In January 2023, a truck with 40 hospital beds from Vienna made its way to the city of Netishyn, and another truckload of much-needed medical equipment and hospital beds went to a hospital in Kiev. The reopened school in Hostomel received a truck full of school furniture from Vienna.

To help Ukrainians especially during the cold season, two electricity generators were transported to the city of Khmelnytskyj in cooperation with Caritas. Six trucks took urgently needed surgical material – such as gloves, aprons, coats, bonnets and protective goggles – to the hospitals in the Mukachevo and Uzhhorod area in February. May and June saw 230 hospital beds shipped to hospitals in the Ukrainian cities of Zalishchyky, Kitsman and Khmelnytskyj, boosting in-patient treatment capacities there.

After the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine was blown up, the City of Vienna responded swiftly to the ensuing flood disaster. The City of Vienna Fire Services sent civil protection equipment like inflatable boats, pumps, hoses and generators to their Ukrainian colleagues to help them deal with the aftermath of the disaster.

Contact

Bernhard Bouzek