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VA.TRIUM, all citizens can obtain high quality and interesting information
about the development and meaning of human rights and the work of the
Austrian Ombudsman Board as an institution providing judicial protection.
Awareness of human rights, democracy and the responsibilities of an
institution providing judicial protection should be strengthened, especially
in young people. In this way, the Austrian Ombudsman Board fulfils its
statutory obligation to cooperate with educational facilities and to inform
the public about its activities. Practical examples illustrate in a lively and
educationally descriptive manner what it means to have rights and to be
able to legitimately and effectively insist that they be complied with.
1.3.3 Website redesign
The website of the AOB is an important source of information. Current
notifications and numerous service offerings, such as the online complaint
form, make the website attractive for an ever larger user group. In 2014,
the complaint form was downloaded 2,024 times. The website was accessed
around 104,000 times.
Website re-launch
The website relaunch in 2014 enhanced this online service. The goal of the
new website was to communicate in a more citizen-friendly way and to inform
the population even better than before about the responsibilities of the AOB.
In order to make this goal possible, the AOB began a digital transformation
process within the institution itself. For this purpose, a dedicated digital team
was established whose job it is to ensure a target group-appropriate and
user-friendly Internet presence.
The new website also focuses on the people who turn to the AOB with
their complaints. It provides comprehensive and easily understandable
information about the requirements and conditions of a complaint. It is
possible to access the online complaint form with just a click. The website
is also a platform for human rights topics, for example, the development of
the National Action Plan for Human Rights. For anyone who is interested,
there is also an extensive pool of topics with new information about the
various areas that the AOB investigates. Additional areas are being added
to the website, for example, a more detailed explanation of the National
Preventive Mechanism, an “easier reading project” and a relaunch of the
IOI website.
1.3.4 Events
As a functioning and modern parliamentary ombudsman institution that
feels committed to citizens, Parliament and the public in equal measure, the
AOB is motivated to cultivate and maintain contact to public authorities
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