The Austrian Citizenship Days are an annual nationwide campaign (each year between 23 April and 9 May) with the aim to raise and strengthen public awareness for citizenship education in Austria. The initiative of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education cooperates with important educational players in the field and is coordinated by polis – The Austrian Centre for Citizenship Education in Schools. The #atpb25 (LINK) will take place in both digital and analogue formats. The target group is anyone interested in political education.
Thematic focus areas 2025
Focus: Remembrance 2025
2025 is an intense year of remembrance. Numerous milestone commemorations and anniversaries will be celebrated during the Austrian Citizenship Days 2025 with special offers for a targeted examination of events and people from the past.
You can find all events for the thematic focus: Remembrance 2025 here.
Focus: Democracy & Digitality
This thematic focus is based on the Council of Europe’s European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025 (#DCEY2025).
The aim of the #DCEY2025 is to promote digital citizenship and to address the challenges and opportunities of the digital environment in education systems. polis is accompanying the DCE year with monthly dossiers based on the ten dimensions of the Digital Citizenship Education Handbook.
You can find all events for the thematic focus: Democracy & Digitality here.
As always, you will find many events for teachers and multipliers, but also offers aimed directly at pupils.
The workshops range from critical information literacy to guided tours to mark the Year of Remembrance 2025.