On October 12th the annual General Assembly of HOPE'87 took place at the Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv ("Royal Archives") in Vienna. This year's meeting marked the 20th anniversary of the tenure of the Secretary General of HOPE'87.

HOPE'87 in co-operation with Doctors Without Borders, Austrian Red Cross, Diakonie, CARE, Caritas, World Vision and Global Responsibility and in association with the Institute for International Development at the University of Vienna, is proud to present Austria's first Humanitarian Congress.

In memoriam...

It is with grieve that we have learnt about the sad death of H.E. Ambassador (ret) Dr Walther Backes, former Member of the Board of HOPE'87.

A Safer Tomorrow - Disaster Preparedness in Schools

ECHO awards 472,500 Euro for supporting school safety in Pakistan

HOPE'87 and Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan (AKPBS,P) intend to award a supply contract for assorted sizes of PE-Pipes PE-100 and PE-Fittings in Gilgit-Baltistan Council and Chitral (Northern Areas of Pakistan), Pakistan, for its "Capacity Building for Habitat Improvement in the Hindu Kush" project funded by the European Union (EU), the Austrian Development Cooperation (AD