Michael Prochazka
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Michael Prochazka is an Austria
n social scientist and economist and vice-chairman of the Austrian Service Abroad
.
Prochazka studied economics, political science
, as well as ethnology
and sinology
in Vienna
, international relationships at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris, and graduated a studies at the Jiangxi
Caijing Daxue in Nanchang
, VR China
.
in the French-Swiss-border region Jura.
In this capacity he was a member in the European Director-board at GREEN 9- the 9th biggest environment-movement in Europe:
Greenpeace
, WWF, Birdlife, Climate Action Network, Europäisches Umweltbüro, Epha Environment Network, Friends of the Earth
, European Federation for Transport and Environment and Naturfreunde.
In year 2006 he founded together with Hong Yang the association for the advancement of factors for success in the education field. Aim and purpose of this association is to succeed in the necessary factors for success for a deserved and enough education, and a basis for access to the education even in underdeveloped areas.
, where he was elected in the directorate at the year 2001 and since that moment he is the locum from Andreas Maislinger
and they coordinate the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
, Austrian Social Service
and Austrian Peace Service
together. Michael Prochazka was in the year 2006 also applicable responsible for the amelioration of the assignments at the development cooperation. In 2003 Prochazka has conceived the mobillityprogram „experience european responsibility“ and started with the conversion. This program enables aggrieved juveniles in Europe
to integrate in the job market by sponsored praxis-abidance abroad.
From 2001 till 2006 he prepared the Holocaust Memorial Service in China. On February 1, 2006 the first Holocaust Memorial Servant has formed up his Austrian Service Abroad
in Shanghai
at the centre for Jewish Studies.
On October 17, 2006 the Chinese
historian Pan Guang
was awarded the first Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award
. Since 2008 the Austrian Service Abroad sends a peace servant to work with the John Rabe House
in Nanjing
every year.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n social scientist and economist and vice-chairman of the Austrian Service Abroad
Austrian Service Abroad
Austrian Service Abroad is a non-profit initiative and was founded in 1998 by Andreas Maislinger and Andreas Hörtnagl. Since 2001 Michael Prochazka is part of the managing committee.-General Information:...
.
Studying
MichaelMichael
Michael is a given name that comes from the , derived from the Hebrew question מי כמו אלוהים? meaning "Who is like God?" In English, it is sometimes shortened to Mike, Mikey, or, especially in Ireland, Mick...
Prochazka studied economics, political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
, as well as ethnology
Ethnology
Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity.-Scientific discipline:Compared to ethnography, the study of single groups through direct...
and sinology
Sinology
Sinology in general use is the study of China and things related to China, but, especially in the American academic context, refers more strictly to the study of classical language and literature, and the philological approach...
in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, international relationships at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris, and graduated a studies at the Jiangxi
Jiangxi
' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...
Caijing Daxue in Nanchang
Nanchang
Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. It is located in the north-central portion of the province. As it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake, it is famous for its scenery, rich history and cultural sites...
, VR China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
.
Work
In the years 2003-2005 he was secretary general of the international governing body of the Nature Lover and responsible for the coordination of the networking process of 50 Members and partner alliances with 500.000 members worldwide. He was also involved at the conversion of the projects Landschaft des Jahres Lebuser Land in the German-Polish border region at Frankfurt (or) and Landschaft des Jahres JuraJura mountains
The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each...
in the French-Swiss-border region Jura.
In this capacity he was a member in the European Director-board at GREEN 9- the 9th biggest environment-movement in Europe:
Greenpeace
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
, WWF, Birdlife, Climate Action Network, Europäisches Umweltbüro, Epha Environment Network, Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth International is an international network of environmental organizations in 76 countries.FOEI is assisted by a small secretariat which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns...
, European Federation for Transport and Environment and Naturfreunde.
Engagement for Asia
In year 2005 Michael Prochazka and his wife Hong Yang have created the „Cheng Gong Help Scholarship Program“. With this promotional program aggrieved Childs and juveniles from agrarian areas are sponsored, whose parents are busy in the agriculture. The Aim of this project is that Childs and Juveniles who appear in parental agriculture business as angaged, to afford an attendance to school in which emerging costs get replaced by the „Cheng Gong Help Scholarship Program“In year 2006 he founded together with Hong Yang the association for the advancement of factors for success in the education field. Aim and purpose of this association is to succeed in the necessary factors for success for a deserved and enough education, and a basis for access to the education even in underdeveloped areas.
Austrian Service Abroad
Below he was a volunteer at the Austrian Service AbroadAustrian Service Abroad
Austrian Service Abroad is a non-profit initiative and was founded in 1998 by Andreas Maislinger and Andreas Hörtnagl. Since 2001 Michael Prochazka is part of the managing committee.-General Information:...
, where he was elected in the directorate at the year 2001 and since that moment he is the locum from Andreas Maislinger
Andreas Maislinger
Andreas Maislinger is an Austrian historian and founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service and Braunau Contemporary History Days.- Studying and learning :...
and they coordinate the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
The Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service is an alternative to Austria's compulsory national military service / alternative service founded in 1992. Since 1998 it is part of the Austrian Service Abroad...
, Austrian Social Service
Austrian Social Service
The Austrian Social Service is part of the Austrian Service Abroad, founded by Andreas Maislinger in 1998. It offers the possibility to substitute the compolsary military service in Austria with a 12-months service abroad....
and Austrian Peace Service
Austrian Peace Service
The Austrian Peace Service is the smallest of the three sectors of the Austrian Service Abroad.The Austrian Peace Service is one of the three sections of the Non-Profit-Organisation Austrian Service Abroad and offers a twelve month long alternative to the nine month long orderly civilian service.-...
together. Michael Prochazka was in the year 2006 also applicable responsible for the amelioration of the assignments at the development cooperation. In 2003 Prochazka has conceived the mobillityprogram „experience european responsibility“ and started with the conversion. This program enables aggrieved juveniles in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to integrate in the job market by sponsored praxis-abidance abroad.
From 2001 till 2006 he prepared the Holocaust Memorial Service in China. On February 1, 2006 the first Holocaust Memorial Servant has formed up his Austrian Service Abroad
Austrian Service Abroad
Austrian Service Abroad is a non-profit initiative and was founded in 1998 by Andreas Maislinger and Andreas Hörtnagl. Since 2001 Michael Prochazka is part of the managing committee.-General Information:...
in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
at the centre for Jewish Studies.
On October 17, 2006 the Chinese
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
historian Pan Guang
Pan Guang
thumb|150px|right|Dr. Pan GuangPan Guang is the Director of and Professor at the Shanghai Center for International Studies and Institute of European & Asian Studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Director of SCO Studies Center in Shanghai, Dean of Center of Jewish Studies Shanghai ...
was awarded the first Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award
Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award
The Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award was founded by the Austrian Service Abroad in 2006.- Meaning :The prize is annually conferred on a person who has shown special endeavors for the memory of the Shoa.- Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service :...
. Since 2008 the Austrian Service Abroad sends a peace servant to work with the John Rabe House
John Rabe House
The John Rabe House , located at Xiaofenqiao No. 1 in Nanjing, was where John Rabe, former Siemens China Representative and Chairman of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone, resided from 1932 to 1938...
in Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
every year.
See also
- Austrian Service AbroadAustrian Service AbroadAustrian Service Abroad is a non-profit initiative and was founded in 1998 by Andreas Maislinger and Andreas Hörtnagl. Since 2001 Michael Prochazka is part of the managing committee.-General Information:...
- Austrian Holocaust Memorial ServiceAustrian Holocaust Memorial ServiceThe Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service is an alternative to Austria's compulsory national military service / alternative service founded in 1992. Since 1998 it is part of the Austrian Service Abroad...
- Austrian Social ServiceAustrian Social ServiceThe Austrian Social Service is part of the Austrian Service Abroad, founded by Andreas Maislinger in 1998. It offers the possibility to substitute the compolsary military service in Austria with a 12-months service abroad....
- Austrian Peace ServiceAustrian Peace ServiceThe Austrian Peace Service is the smallest of the three sectors of the Austrian Service Abroad.The Austrian Peace Service is one of the three sections of the Non-Profit-Organisation Austrian Service Abroad and offers a twelve month long alternative to the nine month long orderly civilian service.-...
- House of ResponsibilityHouse of ResponsibilityThe House of Responsibility is a concept to combine scientific engagement about past, present and future. The house is located in the upper-Austrian town of Braunau am Inn. The former tavern was a cultural center for the Nazi party during the Third Reich...