Austria Prize 2025: Vote for family -friendly communities!

Austria Prize 2025: Vote for family -friendly communities!

Österreich, Österreich - On June 3, 2025, the voting phase for the Austrian Prize 2025 "municipalities for families" began. This prize is awarded as part of the certification Family-friendly community . Claudia Plakolm, the Federal Minister of Europe, Integration and Family, will carry out the award ceremony.

The thematic focus of the competition this year is: "Community Community - Family friendliness connects". The aim of the initiative is to build trust and belonging to the communities. Challenges such as loneliness and lack of participation should be addressed. The focus is on the exchange and cohesion between different generations and population groups through networks close to home.

objectives and challenges

More and more communities recognize the importance of load -bearing and connecting social contacts that are crucial for the sense of community. According to Kommunal , loneliness and lack of participation are major challenges for many people. The prize is awarded to those communities that successfully promote the projects for integrating into social networks and to participate in several generations in social and cultural life.

Voting and prize money

citizens have the opportunity to coordinate for their favorite project by June 15, 2025. The voting takes place as part of a public online voting that is open from June 15 to 15, 2025. Up to three municipalities can be awarded the Austria Prize "Communities for Families", with prize money from 3,000 euros for the 1st place, 2,000 euros for the 2nd place and 1,000 euros for the 3rd place.

These prize money is intended to promote family -friendly projects in the respective communities. Only the measures submitted to the focus topic are assessed. Further information on the certification and the Austrian Prize is available via the platform family and work

The relevance of such initiatives is also underlined by current studies. An investigation by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs shows the diverse challenges with which families are faced with, for example in terms of social security and the compatibility of family and work. Despite the challenges, 75% of respondents feel welcome as families in society. The findings from such studies are of great importance for the continuous improvement of family -friendly measures in communities.

In summary, it can be stated that the Austria Prize 2025 "Communities for Families" makes an important contribution to strengthening the cohesion in the communities and wants to actively combat social isolation.