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Welcome to the website of the Austrian Committee of the Blue Shield!

The Blue Shield is a network of committees of dedicated individuals across the world that is
“committed to the protection of the world’s cultural property, and is concerned with the protection of cultural and natural heritage, tangible and intangible, in the event of armed conflict, natural- or human-made disaster.”
(Article 2.1, Blue Shield Statutes 2016)

our organisation

Blue Shield Austria is a non-governmental organisation and one of the National Committees of Blue Shield International.

70th anniversary

This year we celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

our activities

The Austrian Committee of the Blue Shield implements activities and projects aligned with the Blue Shield approach, adapted to Austria's national context.