Austrian Embassy Nairobi / Österreichische Botschaft Nairobi

11/03/2026

The Intercultural Achievement Award 2026 is now open for submissions! 🌍
The award honours intercultural and interreligious projects that foster dialogue, strengthen social cohesion and promote freedom of religion or belief as a fundamental human right.

Since 2014, more than 2,550 projects from over 110 countries have been submitted.

👉 Submission deadline: 31 March 2026
👉 Find out more and apply: www.intercultural-achievement.com

03/02/2026

The Austrian Ambassador, H.E. Dr. Christian Fellner, visited Swahilipot Hub in Mombasa, a pioneering tech and innovation center.
It serves as a multi-functional space fostering technology, arts, culture, and entrepreneurship for youth aged 18-35.
Swahilipot Hub empowers local youth by providing a collaborative environment for developers, startups, and creatives to innovate, network, and receive peer-to-peer training.

Dr. Fellner also had a meeting with EDIC – Economic Development and Investment Council – Pwani
where cooperation in context of training and labour migration was discussed.

https://edicpwani.ke/

05/12/2025

Zwischen dem 25. November, dem Internationalen Tag zur Beendigung der Gewalt gegen Frauen, und dem 10. Dezember, dem Internationalen Tag der Menschenrechte, beteiligen sich das Außenministerium und die über 100 österreichischen Vertretungen weltweit an der internationalen Kampagne „Orange the World“. Ziel der Kampagne ist es, Bewusstsein zu schaffen und ein Zeichen gegen Gewalt an Frauen und Mädchen zu setzen.

Videobotschaft von FBM Meinl-Reisinger

© BMEIA

28/05/2025

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25/11/2024

Ambassador Christian Fellner delivers a video message at the launch of the 16 Days of Activism against gender based violence (GBV).

29/07/2024

22/04/2024

22/01/2024

🌍 Intercultural Achievement Award 2024 - Apply now! 🏆

The award honours innovative projects that build bridges between cultures and religions. Are you part of an organisation that is committed to intercultural and interreligious dialogue in art and culture, youth, human rights, global citizenship education, integration or gender equality? Go ahead and apply now!

The prize is awarded in the following categories:
🍃 Sustainability
🕒 Recent Events
💻 Technology
💡 Innovation
🎥 Media
🤝 Integration in Austria
🇦🇹 Best Austrian project

The winning projects will receive prize money of 6,000 to 10,000 euros. Additionally, acknowledgement prizes of 3,000 euros may also be awarded.🏅

Deadline for entries: 17 March 2024
More information can be found on the website: www.intercultural-achievement.com

The is supported by der Republik Österreich, Development Agency and Integrationsfonds.

27/11/2023

🌍 Orange the World! ♀️ �
From 25 November to 10 December, we highlight initiatives to raise awareness and take action to end violence against women. Under the slogan "UNITE! Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women & Girls", the focus is on violence prevention measures.
Violence against women and girls affects us all: it is a problem for the whole of society, occurring in all regions of the world, offline and online as well as across all social strata. On a national and international level, Austria consistently advocates for the right of women and girls to a life free from violence and thus actively supports the UN "Orange the World" campaign.
➡️ Let's stop violence before it starts!

• Austria is actively campaigning for the rights of women and girls at an international level, particularly as part of its membership of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

• Austria is celebrating 10 years Istanbul Convention this year! Since its ratification on 14 November 2013, Austria has been tirelessly fighting to end all forms of violence against women with this internationally binding instrument. Furthermore, Austria is fully committed to advance the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in as many countries as possible. This year, the EU joined the Istanbul Convention, making the protection of women a top priority at a pan-European level!

• Austrian development cooperation promotes projects for the protection and empowerment of women and girls worldwide. For example, Austria is involved in initiatives to combat female ge***al mutilation and child marriage in the countries of the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. Austria places particular emphasis on cooperation with local and international NGOs, as this is the only way to achieve sustainable and full social empowerment of women.

• All humanitarian projects financed by Austria contribute to the promotion of gender equality!

• Strengthening women's rights is a constant of Austrian cultural diplomacy, for instance by supporting Austrian artists and scientists in projects on the topic of violence against women and girls.

30/08/2023

Just close to our Embassy is the amazing social project “The Nest” located. Today, August 29th, we had the chance to visit it and get a deeper understanding of the importance of their work.
Have you ever thought about what happens to a child if its mother has to go to prison? Since 1997 “The Nest” rescues these children and improves their living conditions while the mother is in jail. Later, they help to rehabilitate and reintegrate them and their released mothers. As the Austrian Embassy we hope for a continuing good cooperation with Irene Baumgartner and her team and wish “The Nest” a fruitful future.