From 2026 Mandatory: Viennese Clubs Need an Awareness Concept

The workshop series "Safer Celebrations" initiated by the Vienna Club Commission (VCC), following a 2023 survey in which about 40 percent of club-goers occasionally feel unsafe, will be extended and aligned with the new requirements.

Awareness Concept Must Include a Precisely Defined Rescue Chain

According to Deputy Mayor and Women's City Councilor Kathrin Gaál (SPÖ), the concept must include a precisely defined rescue chain, for example. Additionally, awareness officers must be appointed based on the size of the audience. Event venues must be made safer - for instance, through adequate lighting at restroom facilities in outdoor areas or in areas that are difficult to see (e.g., groups of bushes).

With "Safer Celebrations," the city supports the club and event scene "directly, free of charge, and comprehensively," Gaál emphasized in a statement on Monday. The workshop series includes six modules in which participants engage intensively with the handling and prevention of forms of discrimination and violence in clubs and at events.

(APA/Red)

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