In 2017, the Advisory Board "Transformative Education/Global Citizenship Education" was established at the Austrian Commission for UNESCO. Through cross-institutional expertise and content-related advice, the Advisory Board makes an important contribution to the implementation of the Education Agenda 2030, in particular to SDG 4.7:

By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote  sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality,  promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and   appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.

Goal 4.7 der Sustainable Development Goals

The chair of the advisory committee is Adj.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Franz Rauch, head of the Institute of Intructional and School Development at the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt.

Advisory Committee Members (in alphabetical order):

• Univ. Prof. Dr. Gottfried BIEWER
  University of Vienna
• Ursula GAMAUF-EBERHARDT
  Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Dr. Heidi GROBBAUER
  KOMMENT
• Dr. Barbara HERZOG-PUNZENBERGER
  University of Innsbruck
• Toni KRONKE
  Teach for Austria
• Ingrid KROTTENDORFER
  University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria
• Margarita LANGTHALER
  Austrian Foundation for Development Research
• Ass.-Prof. Dr. Gerhild BACHMANN
  University of Graz
• Adj.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franz RAUCH
  University of Klagenfurt
• Manuela VOLLMANN
  ABZ-Austria
• Univ.-Prof. i. R. Dr. Werner WINTERSTEINER
  University of Klagenfurt

The following representatives of ministries have observer status:

• MinR. Dr.ⁱⁿ Karolina BEGUSCH-PFEFFERKORN
  Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
• GL Dr. Markus BENESCH
• Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
• AL Dr. Peter IWANIEWICZ
  Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie
• Mag.^a Sylvia SCHRITTWIESER-TSCHACH
  Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
• AL Dr.ⁱⁿ Andrea SCHMÖLZER
  Federal Minsitry of Education, Science and Research
• Mag. MinR Manfred WIRTITSCH
  Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research