Forum Alpbach Network

for Online Abuse!

👩‍💻Online spaces, made for strengthening inclusion and improving communication, have become fertile ground for an old injustice. Digital world and people within often promote hate speech, misogyny, and extremism, which results in serious abuse.

🫂Whether in private or public life, in schools, sports, entertainment, media or politics, many women and girls face constant threats. Their voices should unite us. Power is in our hands.

➡️Swipe right to learn what YOU can do.

📢 starts today!

🌍 We are proudly joining the worldwide campaign demanding an end to gender-based violence in all its forms.

💻 Over the next 16 days, we’ll raise our voices about digital harassment, deepfakes, and the growing wave of online abuse targeting women and girls.

➡️ Swipe right to read more about the campaign itself, our Network’s initiatives, and how you can take action.

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🎊 Ready to get inspired for EFA25? Here are some of the FAN projects! 💡

The Alpbach community is diverse, driven & ingenious. Every year, members of the Forum Alpbach Network (FAN) and beyond join forces to launch creative projects, initiatives & events. A few highlights from the past year:

🎂 FANniversary – On the 80th anniversary, the FAN celebrates its own history with: a countdown campaign, the first book on FAN members & ideas, and FANniversary Goes Local – events connecting more closely with Alpbach locals.

🌊 – Launched by to fight marine litter (cigarette butts), presented at the UN Ocean Conference 2025 in Nice.

🤝 Cross-Border Dialogue – .cs co-hosted a conference & hackathon on border cooperation. Based on this, an association was founded to scale the format further.

🌐 Awareness campaigns – On Black History Month (Feb) & Orange the World (Nov/Dec), raising awareness, sharing knowledge & hosting events.

🧡 Feminist calling cards – Artworks & microfeminist calls to action turned into alternative “business cards” for EFA25 to critically reflect on gender bias in networking.

🩺 FAN Health Initiative – Filling the gap of health topics at the Forum with new events & projects.

🇪🇺 EU Elections 2024 – Events, youth dialogues, poster campaigns, recommendations for policymakers & more.

🐦 .eu – One of the biggest Alpbach Ideas success stories: an app supporting first-time voters.

📷 Travelling exhibition – “They Took Away Our Voice”: photos & stories of young refugee women, paired with chats & events with .

💫 FAN Fall Conference 2024 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria 🇦🇹

Every 6 months, we from the Forum Alpbach Network convene to discuss current topics of the FAN and beyond, work on projects and initiatives and strengthen our community. For each FAN Conference, another Club/IG is the host. 🤝

Last November, welcomed us to Christmassy Bad Ischl! This was a special occasion and location as Ischl was the European Capital of Culture in 2024. To highlight this, the Club organised a panel on this very topic with Elisabeth Schweger, Hannes Heide, Leopold Schilcher and Othmar Karas. Moreover, thanks to our amazing hosts, we got to enjoy traditional Austrian Christmas markets and food and made the acquaintance of the notorious Krampus. 👹

Apart from all this, our main focus lied on our packed agenda. For this, the EFA team also attended and contributed to the conference. Some of the points we worked on were the FAN contributions and input for the program of the European Forum Alpbach 2025, new members of our network, the FAN Orange the World campaign and the FANniversary. 🙌

A special shoutout goes out to , former President of and stakeholder manager of the EFA for the Forum Alpbach Network. After years of hard work and dedication for the Alpbach community, she decided to open a new professional chapter in her life. To thank her, the FAN surprised her with a video collage and her own FAN Hoodie. Grazie per tutto! ♥️



📸 Photos: Filippus Nemestothy, Gandolf Figl, Jenni Zeller