VISTA child protection concept
The VISTA team is committed to respecting the needs of all children and teenagers participating in our science education programs in order to preserve their mental and physical integrity. Our child protection concept serves as a set of guidelines to achieve this goal. It helps the VISTA team and our external collaborators to avoid and recognize potential sources of conflict and violence when working with children and teenagers, and to act correctly in an emergency. Together, we can create a safe and respectful environment for everyone.
Have you observed or experienced a situation that violated the concept’s principles?
Please use the checklist for suspected cases and report the incident in person or in writing to the child protection team: kinderschutz@ista.ac.at
Child protection team
Lisa-Maria Hanghofer
outdoor enthusiast with an inexhaustible reservoir of ideas and a love for sharing her expertise with teachers and science mediators.
Alice Laciny
develops and supervises small and large projects for science enthusiasts; also an insect researcher and inclusion expert in the team with a focus on neurodiversity.
Georg Bauer
keeps track of external and internal project budgets so that everything always works out in the end. Besides, unofficial master of ceremony at ISTA and multiple national champion in improv theater.