Boris Marte will step down as CEO at the end of October and take on the role of advisor to the ERSTE Foundation. In this interview, he reflects and ventures a look ahead at what the foundation can achieve in times of profound societal transformation.

Many people in Austria care for relatives—quietly, without recognition and under immense pressure. To meet this responsibility, many reduce their working hours or even leave their jobs entirely.

Urška Jurman is an art historian and a sociologist of culture. Since 2013, she has been a programme manager at the Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory in Ljubljana.

A permanent people’s assembly launched in Vienna, creating a Citizens Charter to strengthen European democracy through inclusive, transnational deliberation.