The third Democracy Fitness Trainer Camp in Vienna has just ended leaving the ’gateway to Eastern Europe’ with an even more numerous and diverse Democracy Fitness trainer community – hosted by The City of Vienna, thanks to Bureau für Mitwirkung. 

”Frühlings gefühl” one participant stated in the check-out round after two-days of doing, reflecting and exercising democracy muscles.  

And this “spring feeling” was truly present during the two-day Democracy Fitness Trainer Camp in Vienna, Capital of Austria. The participants were curious, engaged and ready to take action with their different backgrounds in their different contexts.   

34 people working as socialworkers, with healt promotion, refugee service, in a Federal Ministery and as Kindergarten teachers, are now committed to go out and do Democracy Fitness trainings with their communities, colleagues and even their families. So get ready Vienna and beyond.  

Muliticultural gateway and networking  

”Vienna is such a vibrant and multicultural gateway to Eastern Europe,” one of the 34 participants stated and with now almost 100 trainers trained by host Bürau für Mitvirkung, the possibility to bring Democracy Fitness even further is as present as ever before in Vienna and beond.  

Georg Feiner from Büro für Mitwirkung (Ed. Office for participation), who hosted the Trainer Camp has experienced a growing interest in training Democracy Fitness since the two first Vienna Trainer Camps in 2025.  

This time 85 had applied to participate – more than double the number of seats. Many came because their colleagues had encouraged them and wanted to share the toolbox of the ten democracy muscle 30-minute trainings.   

George Feiner and his colleague Theresa Feith host a network community for the almost 100 trainers and encourage as many Democracy Fitness trainings as possible in the coming month – not least on the UN International Day of Democracy September 15th   

Together we make democracy FIT – one muscle at a time