The main objectives of the packages of measures are:
the timely further and new development of training opportunities in the area of school-based and dual VET as well as in further training with a focus on green skills;
integration of green skills into existing and new training regulations and curricula;
creation of a uniform teaching principle as a basis for a common understanding of the topic that enables the teaching of relevant content across all subjects, forms and levels of...
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Various projects have already been initiated and launched in recent years that serve to achieve the stated objectives. With the National implementation plan (NIP), these activities were bundled and intensified in 2022.
The sub-projects included in the bundle of measures 'Green transition' are the responsibility of the Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) and, as far as apprenticeship training is concerned, also of the Ministry of Labour and Economy (BMAW) and the Austrian...
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Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy (BMAW)
Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
help and support in choosing initial vocational training primarily after compulsory schooling but also beyond;
multilingual and low-threshold communication of the Austrian education system for parents and young people with a non-German first language;
develop digital tools that are useful and usable in the long term and complement and support the existing ones;
help maintain counselling and information services under restrictions, building on the COVID-19 pandemic experience.
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In addition to the activities of schools and the Public Employment Service, the Chamber of Labour (AK) and the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO) are important providers of services and tools for the vocational orientation of young people.
The Vienna Chamber of Labour (AK) has included the continuous development of its guidance services in the national implementation plan (NIP) 2022.
This includes the following measures.
Expansion and partial shifting of educational and career orientation...
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Within the framework of the initiative, which is a measure of the National Implementation Plan (NIP), the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) is pursuing the relevant goals:
Learners in vocational schools and colleges (BMHS) as well as students at universities of applied sciences (UAS) are to be gradually qualified for the use of digital production tools and thus prepared for the demands of the (industrial) working world.
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Qualification in the use of digital production tools should be introduced step by step via relevant BMHS curricula, UAS study programmes and other contemporary qualification methods and be designed in a practice-oriented manner. The particular areas of product life cycle management, digital twin, internet of things, big data, predicted maintenance and augmented reality will be addressed.
Specifically, the following measures will be pursued within the framework of the initiative, starting in...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
Digitisation of processes of the design of training in the company; of support materials for training companies and processes of the administrative handling of apprenticeship training, including the company-based apprenticeship funding scheme.
Introduction of digital tools for teaching content in the company-based part of training.
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Within the framework of the Education of the economy initiative of the Austrian Economic Chamber, various activities and measures have been implemented since 2018, partly in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy, to advance digitisation in apprenticeship training both in terms of content and administration.
This includes increased consideration of digitalisation in content-related modernisation and new establishment of apprenticeship occupations, support of in-company training and...
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The aim of the initiative is to develop a national roadmap to 2030 in order to develop the necessary skills for the transition to clean energy, building renovation and resource efficiency.
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The ReBusk (Reboot Build Up Skills) project aims to implement the requirements of the EU Call Life 2021 CET Buildskills at national level.
As a first step, the national qualification platform is to be reactivated in order to involve the diverse stakeholders in the construction sector in the entire process. Consequently, a status quo report on the national situation in the construction sector will be prepared with a focus on education and training. A key result of the status quo report is...
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The objective is to elaborate an action plan with specific measures. This is intended to address the expected demand for skilled workers and to strengthen the stakeholders involved.
The focus of this action plan is on the energy transition. It is planned that other topics such as mobility, circular economy and social aspects will be addressed in the future.
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In several workshops, proposals for measures in the following four thematic fields were developed with the involvement of important stakeholders in education and training: education and training sector, companies, employees, job seekers, framework conditions and compatibility as well as communication.
Each of these thematic fields is divided into further fields of action with a definition of objectives.
The social aspect is especially to be taken into account when listing and developing...
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Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK)
At the programme objective level, the following goals should be achieved: increase in success rates and reduction in class repetitions and dropouts.
The programme itself aims at the implementation of needs-based support measures including individual learning support; semester-by-semester distribution of subject matter into competence modules; and the promotion of the continuous performance of learners.
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In 2019, an extensive evaluation of the NOST system took place. It was published in 2020 and formed the basis for further improving the semester-based education system. In 2022, the legal foundations were laid for the reform of upper secondary education to a ‘semester-based upper secondary education’ (SOST). The SOST system thus replaces the predecessor model NOST and is applied from the 10th grade onwards at general and vocational schools, with the exclusion of the apprenticeship system. In...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
BMBWF, which is responsible for the VET schools (i.e. three- to five-year school-based VET programmes), is pursuing the following specific goals with the establishment and further development of a structure for increased internationalisation in VET:
promotion of international competences among students and teachers;
supporting VET schools in implementing their internationalisation projects/strategies;
promoting the European and international dimension in VET schools;
promote Erasmus+...
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The Erasmus+ VET Team Austria, located at OeAD, the Agency for Education and Internationalisation, plays an essential role in pursuing these goals. This is a network of professionals with expertise in European VET topics and Erasmus+. OeAD, in cooperation with BMBWF, has defined the following procedure in connection with the above objectives.
Activity 1: Status quo survey and feedback from practitioners
In the course of this activity, interviews with practitioners from Boards of...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD)
The aim of the initiative is to double the number of apprenticeships abroad to 2 000 by 2027.
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In order to learn more about motives and expectations, as well as existing obstacles to mobility and potential incentives for mobility abroad, the project Partnership commissioned ibw Austria: Research and development in VET in 2020 to conduct the study 'Foreign mobility in apprenticeship training'. The results were presented at the OeAD on 30 September 2021 and a concrete objective and five action priorities for increasing apprenticeship mobility were derived from it.
The study shows that...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
The goal of the reform of continuing education at higher education (HE) institutions, anchored in the programme of the current government, is to improve the framework conditions for CET programmes in order to strengthen their quality, transparency and international reputation.
In the decision of the Council of Ministers of 21 April 2021, which gave the go-ahead for the implementation of this reform, several objectives are associated with this project:
standardisation of the (legal)...
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In order to implement this reform, the higher education law was amended. The so-called higher education legislation package came into force on 1 October 2021.
The central actor in this reform is the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF). The four types of HE institutions (universities and university colleges of teacher education, universities of applied sciences and private universities) are also involved. Those interested in continuing education at HE institutions...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
The aim of the measures is to use a combination of testing and counselling to find a further career path that best suits a person's interests, skills, personality traits, wishes and ideas so that they can make their education and career choices more easily.
This should also reduce a certain mismatch problem in the labour market by better matching the skills needs of companies and the skills development of young people.
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In 2020, the Career check for young adults was introduced by the Austrian Economic Chambers and rolled out in five federal provinces. The career check is a combination of testing and counselling that supports young people in their career development. The development of the career check started in 2019 in cooperation with experts from the career centres of the regional Economic Chambers with the support of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.
The career check includes a test and an...
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Regional entities of the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO)
The aim of the project is to develop a concept for career guidance (educational and occupational orientation) for the federal province of Salzburg. It is coordinated with all key stakeholders and implemented from a medium-term perspective.
In particular, the aim of the project is to develop a concept that:
provides a sufficient, comprehensive range of offers in the field of career guidance for all target groups and regions in Salzburg, taking into account an optimal and efficient use of...
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The basis for this concept was the most comprehensive possible survey of the status quo of the career guidance offers and needs of young people and adults in the province of Salzburg, taking into account all subgroups and regions. Short-term and long-term proposals for measures were also included in the project.
First, the existing orientation and guidance offers in the province of Salzburg were surveyed and categorised with regard to their content, formats, target groups and regional...
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the measure is intended to support training companies in continuing apprenticeship training in the during the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic, by enabling them to outsource in-company training for a certain period of time without incurring any costs;
in addition, the number of new apprenticeship places on offer is to fall as little as possible, both for autumn 2020 and thereafter.
This results in the following policy guidelines to:
enable apprenticeships...
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In close cooperation between the Vienna Economic Chamber (WKW), the Vienna Chamber of Labour (AK), the Vienna Public Employment Service and the Vienna Employment Promotion Fund (waff), as well as conceptually supported by the two research institutes ibw and öibf, a model of a new, innovative training association was developed. It was finally implemented at the beginning of 2021, offering apprenticeship training companies the possibility of continuing their apprenticeship training for a...
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The action plan for entrepreneurship education has the following objectives:
at the societal level, it will be a matter of dealing with the political, social and economic significance of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and working effectively and efficiently to achieve these goals;
at the individual level, it will be about promoting the continuous development of professional expertise and interdisciplinary competences, strengthening autonomous and independent action and enabling...
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In November 2020, the National action plan for entrepreneurship education was presented, the core element of which is the Map of actions for children and young adults in the field of entrepreneurship education.
The plan was developed from a cooperative venture between the Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW), the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) and other ministries, including the Federal Ministry of Labour, Family and Youth (BMAFJ) and the...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
Association for the Promotion of Cooperative Education, Science and Research (genoBWF)
the establishment of a quality framework for schools that describes the essential characteristics of school quality and forms a binding, content-based foundation of the quality management system for all schools;
the quality framework is intended to contribute to a common understanding of the essential characteristics of school quality at all levels of the school system and to serve as an orientation for successful school and teaching development;
it is a basis for all essential...
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With the introduction of the Board of Education, which started its operational work in October 2019, a new administrative authority was created in which the administrative tasks of the Federal and State governments are brought together. The nine offices (one in each province) perform uniform tasks throughout Austria that were previously constitutionally based in the offices of the State governments and organised differently from province to province.
Within the Boards of Education, a...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
To maintain the willingness of companies to conclude new training contracts, additional funding is being introduced for training contracts concluded during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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To counteract the expected decline in apprenticeships due to COVID-19, those companies that hired apprentices during the coronavirus crisis from 16 March 2020 until 31 October 2020 are being supported with EUR 2 000. The bonus of EUR 2 000 for each new apprentice is paid out in two instalments: EUR 1 000 when the apprenticeship starts and EUR 1 000 if the apprenticeship relationship is continued after the probationary period.
The decisive criterion is the date on which the apprenticeship...
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Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
To maintain the willingness of companies to conclude new training contracts, additional funding is being introduced for training contracts concluded during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The legal basis of apprenticeship training was also adapted to allow short-time work for apprentices to secure and maintain apprenticeships.
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To keep the apprenticeship system running, the following two key measures were taken in response to the COVID-19 crisis:
Apprenticeship bonus
Companies that hired apprentices during the coronavirus crisis from 16 March 2020 until 31 October 2020, receive a bonus of EUR 2 000 for each new apprentice, which is paid in two instalments: EUR 1 000 when the apprenticeship starts and EUR 1 000 if the apprenticeship relationship is continued after the probationary period. For apprentices who were...
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Federal Ministry of Labour, Family and Youth (BMAFJ) (until 2020)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
increasing the labour market relevance of the qualification;
enhancing the attractiveness of the technical VET school.
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To achieve these goals, in 2019 an extended work-integrated learning phase was introduced, through a curriculum reform (2016), in the final year of school-based VET in schools with a technical and craft focus (usually at 4th grade). For this phase, instruction usually takes place directly in the company and lasts between 10 and 12 weeks. The learners are supposed to complete practical work tasks at NQF level 4. The new curriculum applies to all school-based programmes for intermediate VET...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
regular review and update of the content of apprenticeship programmes;
transparent and binding structure for the development/revision of a training regulation, including a guideline;
task description for the actors involved in the development process;
involvement of relevant professional practitioners such as in-company apprenticeship trainers;
improved coordination between vocational training and trainers (learning place: workplace) and curriculum development (learning place: part-time...
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In autumn 2018, the Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) initiated the review (Lehrberufsscreening) and update of the content of apprenticeship programmes. The review was carried out by the two education research institutes, ibw and öibf. It will serve as the basis for updating and introducing new apprenticeship training content. Challenges included the time pressure for processing the large number of different apprenticeship training regulations and the collection of...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
The aim of this measure is to bring the acquisition of competences in the area of apprenticeship training as close as possible to the qualification requirements of the companies. Therefore, as part of a development process, in which the social partner institutions are closely involved, transversal competences should be anchored in all training regulations for apprenticeships and imparted in a modular manner, depending on requirements, in the form of a step model.
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In 2019, the Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) commissioned a project to screen the job profiles of all apprenticeship training regulations (project title: Job profile screening to create a list of priorities). The aim of the project was to determine which:
training regulations have a particularly urgent need for adaptation;
training regulations had not been adapted for at least 10 years;
of the training programmes have a critical minimum number of apprentices.
...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
The aim of the project is to develop a concept for support structures that focuses on all actors and places of learning in apprenticeship training (company, vocational school, apprentices), quickly recognises training-related and non-apprenticeship problems and contributes to this prematurely through neutral advice and continues support during training to prevent dropout.
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At the suggestion of the social partners, the Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) commissioned a study in 2018 to evaluate existing support structures in apprenticeship training and develop a concept for comprehensive and consistent support for apprentices and training companies throughout the entire training period.
As part of the preliminary study - carried out by ibw and öibf between 2018 and 2019 - the training supervisors scenario was developed, which will subsequently be...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
to give young people the opportunity to get to know digital and technical fields of work;
to work, thereby, simultaneously in the interest of the common good;
to acquire digital skills in practice.
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The Digital pioneers project is being designed and piloted by the Association Industry 4.0 Austria together with the Digital Campus Vorarlberg and the Chamber of Labour on behalf of the digitalisation fund of the Chamber of Labour. The project is being implemented together with central stakeholders and members of the network.
The first two pilot projects will start in the federal provinces of Vorarlberg and Upper Austria. These will be carried out at the Digital Campus Vorarlberg and in...
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the definition of a qualification profile for validation experts;
the contribution to quality assurance within validation processes.
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Since the validation strategy should encourage qualification providers to include validation elements in assessment procedures, the Ministry of Education took the initiative to draw up a qualification profile for validation experts. Thus, at the beginning of 2019 it commissioned two VET research institutes (ibw and öibf) with this task, assigning the responsibility for this project to wba (Weiterbildungsakademie) - the validation centre for adult learning experts.
Within this project, a...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
The aim of an AI strategy for the development of education and training is to adapt education and training offers and activities in a future-oriented way:
to strengthen the skills required for the development of AI applications;
to develop the skills necessary to operate and use AI tools;
to increase the use of AI applications and tools in education and training.
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In 2018, the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) and the Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) jointly published the paper Artificial Intelligence Mission Austria 2030. This paper defines seven fields (including qualification and training) that need to be adapted in the future in connection with AI.
Based on this AI mission, parallel working groups were set up in these seven fields in the first half of 2019, involving around 150 experts from...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK)
The objectives of the measure are to make nursing training more attractive:
through a direct transition from compulsory schooling to nursing training;
by upgrading the qualifications, in particular by linking them to a university entrance degree (Matura) at VET colleges and thus to unrestricted eligibility to study.
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In 2019, the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), together with education providers from the field of socio-professional schools, developed school trials for nursing training that will follow on directly from compulsory schooling (after completion of the eighth school year).
Two types of school-based training programmes were developed for this purpose:
a 5-year training course at secondary VET colleges for social care and nursing. This combines training as a...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
consolidation of the heterogeneous field of higher VET by defining connecting elements and thus creating a common understanding of what this term means;
establishing a legal basis for a common understanding of higher VET, either through a quality assurance act on higher VET or an amendment of the NQF Act;
introducing higher VET as a label with a clear message to make the qualifications more visible and better known;
indicating this area in...
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To realise parity of esteem and increase the visibility and public perception of higher VET qualifications, a discussion on the establishment of a defined educational field for higher VET qualifications was started in 2019 within educational policy. The Ministry of Education commissioned a paper that should form the basis for further discussion and decision-making (Grundlagenpapier). This paper, which was drawn up by ibw, was presented and discussed in a conference with national and foreign...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
The objectives of setting up apprenticeship programmes for adults, leading to EQF level 5 are winning new target groups for dual VET programmes and taking action to reduce the skilled labour shortage.
Graduates of general education programmes at upper secondary level and university dropouts are at the centre of attention in this respect.
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Under the title Apprenticeship NEW for adults, the Federal Economic Chamber has taken the initiative within its education campaign (Bildungsoffensive, BO) to develop a programme for people with a HE entrance qualification that leads to a dual VET qualification at NQF/EQF level 5. Through this programme the attractiveness of dual VET programmes for these new target groups should be increased. At the same time, the programme should cover knowledge, skills and competences that enable the...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
addressing new/additional target groups for apprenticeship training by making the framework conditions more attractive;
improving the quality assurance of inter-company training and the transition from inter-company training to a company workplace;
make it possible for those with care duties or health restrictions to start or continue their apprenticeship training by reducing the daily or weekly training period.
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In January 2020, the Austrian parliament passed an amendment to the Vocational Training Act (BAG), jointly developed by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs and the social partners. This brings several provisions designed to make apprenticeship training more attractive, in particularly to open up further target groups for this form of training or to facilitate access to, and completion of, training for certain target groups. The following amendments came into force on 1 May...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
The Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs set up the LAP clearing office to promote the quality of apprenticeship training. An important objective of this office is to assure and improve nationwide the quality of the Certified examiner for final apprenticeship examinations.
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In March 2017, a second part was added to the examiner certification, devoted to a competence-oriented examination. To access this one to two-day training course, examiners need to have completed the first part of the Certified examiner for final apprenticeship examinations certificate. Further it is recommended to have experienced at least one examination as an examiner. A handbook on competence- oriented testing accompanies this specific training course for examiners.
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LAP clearing office of the Ministry of Labour and Economy (BMAW)
Aligning the teacher study programme to the Bologna process.
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As of September 2019, all teachers are required to have a master degree; until then, bachelor graduates can be employed provided that they commit to completing master studies within 5 years. The new programmes for upper secondary teachers are provided by both universities and university colleges. Programmes for teacher training for vocational part-time schools in apprenticeship training are provided at university colleges. The colleges started to offer the new Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
acceptance: the Austrian DigComp competence framework should become and remain a work base for the development and improvement of the digital competences of all citizens which is as widely accepted, as broadly understood and as coherently interpreted as possible;
updating: the Austrian DigComp competence framework and the application scenarios derived from it are to be updated continuously and, if necessary, expanded by the task force to keep pace with the dynamics of digitalisation and...
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In 2019, the Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) published the Digital competence model for Austria (DigComp 2.2 AT). The tool is intended for supporting the assessment and description of personal digital competences and the identification of possibilities for further development. It is based on the DigComp reference framework of the European Commission.
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
To encourage young people and especially girls and young women to become self-employed, successful female entrepreneurs should increasingly be brought before the curtain and pass on their experiences to young people in schools.
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Since September 2017, within the policy 'Women entrepreneurs go to school' (Unternehmerin macht Schule), women entrepreneurs have inspired learners to pursue an entrepreneurial career. Using their own example, they report on the opportunities that entrepreneurship opens up and what can be achieved with entrepreneurial spirit. As role models, women entrepreneurs motivate schoolgirls in particular towards a self-employed professional future. On the accompanying website, schools can register...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
providing digital and critical thinking competences for learners from primary education onwards;
providing digital skills for teachers through a new course from the school year 2017/18, supported by establishing a national digital learning centre and future learning labs in colleges, where teachers can experiment with digital tools;
modernising infrastructure and equipment in schools, including tablet and laptop computers for learners;
providing digital learning tools, including open...
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Since autumn 2017, all new teachers must acquire standardised digital competences, including digital subject-specific didactic, within their initial teacher training programme. They have to prove their competences through a mandatory portfolio, which contains a digital competence check (digi.check), completion of a modular course programme and reflection on one's own teaching activities. To promote the digital skills of teachers already in service, the course programme is also offered...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
The following objectives are to be achieved with the standardised final exam:
uniform basic competences for all learners;
equal conditions for all learners;
competence orientation;
objectivity through standardised tasks and uniform assessment criteria;
comparability and transparency of school performance and qualifications;
increasing the informative value of final examinations;
ability to study;
European comparison of qualifications (EQF, NQF).
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Following a pilot phase, Austria introduced partly centralised/standardised competence-oriented final exams at the end of upper secondary education. Key competences are included in the exams. Since 2015/16, competence-oriented final exams have been mainstreamed in VET programmes and in the Berufsreifeprüfung (the exam giving access to higher education for those VET graduates enrolled in programmes which did not automatically lead to it). Guidelines for the different training pathways and...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
The aim of the measure is to provide a higher qualification for young people who have already achieved maximum compulsory school qualifications, thereby giving them better job market prospects and at the same time countering the impending shortage of skilled workers.
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In October 2016, the federal government extended the training guarantee up to the age of 25. This is a special Public Employment Service (AMS) scheme that guarantees young unemployed people aged 19 to 25, who have only completed compulsory education, the right to acquire VET qualifications by attending AMS programmes. To that end, AMS already uses tried-and-tested instruments and funding approaches to offer this target group the possibility of apprenticeship training in companies, alternance...
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Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS)
Federal Ministry of Labour, Family and Youth (BMAFJ) (until 2020)
To reduce the number of early school leavers and young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs).
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The legislation introducing a training obligation until the age of 18 was approved by parliament in 2016 and came into force in the summer of 2017. Since July 2017, young people who would otherwise not continue education and training beyond compulsory schooling (age 15) or discontinue a programme they have taken up, will have to undertake some form of training until they have passed the age of 18. Those who do not get a place in a school or in a company to do an apprenticeship must either:
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Federal Ministry of Labour, Family and Youth (BMAFJ) (until 2020)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
Federal Ministry of Labour (BMA) (until 2022)
Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
Increase of transparency in the acquisition of engineering (Ingenieur) qualifications.
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A new Engineering Act (IngG 2017) came into force on 1 May 2017. Graduates of VET colleges of engineering (HTL) or of VET colleges in the agricultural and forestry/environmental sector (HBLA) who have a minimum of 3 years relevant professional experience, can now apply for certification to obtain the formal engineer qualification (Ingenieur, NQF/EQF level 6).
Beside the engineer qualification discussed above, application for certification is also allowed for other qualifications comparable...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
increase the value of competences acquired in non-formal and informal learning contexts;
make validation arrangements more accessible by providing low-threshold, central information and advisory services;
improve opportunities for education and work (e.g. by making it easier for adults to obtain qualifications as second chance education);
improve permeability at the central interfaces of the Austrian education and training system (improving flexibility and efficiency).
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Following a national consultation process, the national strategy for validating non-formal and informal learning was finalised and adopted in November 2017. The national strategy is expected to serve as the starting point for defining organisational structures, a catalogue of quality criteria (issued in May 2018) and a detailed implementation plan. The validation strategy provides an overview of existing validation arrangements, serves as a basis for developing new initiatives, assuring...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
The following objectives have been pursued with the development and implementation of an NQF:
implementing the recommendation of the EU Parliament and Council;
improving the transparency and understanding of qualifications acquired in Austria;
facilitating transnational mobility;
promoting more permeability between educational programmes/contexts/levels at national level;
increasing the visibility and appreciation of non-formal qualifications;
strengthening the parity of esteem...
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The NQF development and implementation process is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF). It is supported by the NQF Steering Group, which includes representatives from all ministries, the higher education area, the social partners, continuing education and training as well as the provinces. Quality assurance steps to improve procedures and processes have been taken continously. These are coordinated by the National Coordination Point (NCP), and all...
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NQF steering group
National coordination point (NKS)
Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
The objective of the federal Act on the simplification of procedures to recognise and assess foreign educational and professional qualifications is to:
simplify the procedures for the recognition of foreign educational or professional qualifications obtained in a third country;
introduce procedural provisions for the assessment of foreign educational and professional qualifications;
achieve more transparency in recognition processes.
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The federal Act on the simplification of procedures to recognise and assess foreign educational and professional qualifications came into force in July 2016. It was introduced by the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, which was the main responsible body for integration issues until 2020 when the integration agenda was transferred to the Federal Chancellery. A federal recognition portal was established by the Integration Fund (ÖIF), along with information centres,...
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Federal Chancellery of Austria
Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (until 2020)
Increasing the transparency and recognition of partial qualifications on the labour market and in training companies, considering especially the needs of disadvantaged learners (young people who cannot find a regular apprenticeship place or have disabilities or special educational needs) for such proof.
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The 2015 amendment to the Vocational Training Act provided for standardised forms of partial qualifications. As a consequence, while individualised training is still possible, the Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs can provide guidelines for standardised partial qualifications to ensure they are recognised on the labour market and also to make it easier for learners to continue training in the corresponding apprenticeship trade.
In the province of Upper Austria, training for the first...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
ensure compatibility with both the national qualifications framework (NQF) and the trade regulations (GewO);
improve the visibility, comparability and credibility of master craftsperson qualifications;
improve support for the mobility of their holders.
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The policy development refers to a comprehensive process for aligning master craftsperson qualifications to the requirements of the NQF. The concept includes the definition of learning outcomes, the preparation of training documents, the development of guidelines for the design of examinations, the preparation of examiners and the provision of information to potential candidates and companies. The approach is intended to ensure compatibility with both the NQF and the trade regulations...
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Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
Supporting the education and training choices of young people at the interface between secondary level I and II through target group-oriented preparation for fair attendance, attractive fair design and integration into the whole orientation process.
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The Vorarlberger education and training fair is a new exhibition in the province of Vorarlberg, which took place for the first time in November 2017. The target groups were all learners in the 7th and 8th grades. For 3 days, vocational schools and companies in the province and from neighbouring regions presented their education and training programmes in an interactive and innovative way, giving the visitors the opportunity to learn about different vocational education and training (VET)...
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upgrade skill levels for employed or unemployed skilled workers with qualifications below the level of universities of applied sciences to reduce the risk of unemployment;
enable employed or unemployed people who have not finished their education and training in the past to obtain labour market relevant qualifications;
cover the need for a skilled workforce in specific fields of the Austrian economy.
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Since January 2017 the professional scholarship has enabled unemployed and employed low-skilled individuals (through taking educational leave) to obtain labour market relevant qualifications to secure their employability and to cover companies’ needs for a skilled workforce.At the start of the programme a list of relevant qualifications (in the form of training possibilities) was defined by the Public Employment Service. This list is continuously updated. During the training period, the...
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The objectives vary from measure to measure, but can be summarised as follows:
to obtain more detailed knowledge of the level of education and skills of refugees to better adapt the placement and qualification activities of the Public Employment Service (AMS) to the needs and opportunities of refugees;
to support the integration of immigrants;
to make a contribution to meeting the demand for skilled labour.
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In 2016, the following three programmes started to facilitate the integration of refugees in the education and labour market system:
The 2016-18 project, You can do it (Du kannst was)- the knowledge of refugees is valuable, supports young refugees in identifying their competences as the basis for making their choice of occupation and gaining an apprenticeship diploma. The project was initiated and developed as joint responsibility of the Chamber of Labour Upper Austria, the Economic Chamber...
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support participants in integrating into society and work;
raise the employability and integration of refugees into the labour market and society by fostering language skills and labour market orientation.
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The compulsory year of integration for refugees was decided in May 2017 by the Austrian parliament. It is mainly targeted at unemployed refugees, for whom it is mandatory. Since 2018, asylum seekers from Syria have also been allowed to participate in the integration year if there is a high probability that they will be recognised as entitled to asylum. The opportunity to register for work training during the integration year was extended until the end of March 2019. The year of integration...
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increase the share of apprentices opting for the apprenticeship scheme giving access to higher education (Lehre mit Matura), from under 10% in 2014 to 15% by 2020;
allow training companies to receive subsidies for the extension period.
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The 2015 amendment reduced red tape by allowing the apprentice and the training company to agree to extend the training period for the duration of the exam preparation without having to ask the consent of the regional apprenticeship advisory board.
Education provider who offer the Berufsreifeprüfung receive funding which is determined periodically. At the end of the respective funding period, an evaluation usually takes place. In 2015, the new funding period started until 2018, accompanied...
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
Updating initial and continuing education programmes and curricula to meet the needs of digitalisation.
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In 2019 the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS) organised a total of 10 company workshops within the framework of the New digital skills initiative, which is a new development of the AMS New skills project, which has been running since 2009. High-ranking representatives of leading Austrian companies participated in five different clusters (manufacturing industries, trade, tourism, construction and office/administration/IT). The aim of the workshops was to identify the new demands placed...
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identify and forecast of labour market needs and shortages of skilled workers;
establish a continuous scientific observation and analysis of the demand for skilled workers.
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In 2018, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce published the Skilled labour radar, a research report prepared on its behalf presenting key indicators on unemployment, employment trends and the job market, as well as the results of a survey amongst 4 500 enterprises on the need for, and shortage of, skilled workers. The report assesses the demand for skilled labour, the reasons for it, and the effects of the shortage. It also provides forecasts of skilled labour demand and shortages.
As part of...
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Identifying needs and possibilities to develop digital skills in initial and continuing VET.
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In 2017, an expert group within the Association Industry 4.0 Austria started to reflect on how the qualifications and competences required for industry in the digital age could be developed in initial and continuing education and training. The topic was discussed in two expert workshops (with participation from companies, research institutions, training and further education institutions, social partners, etc.). The results of the workshops were published in a final report at the end of...
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Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) (until 2020)
The objective of the funding programme is to ensure the quality of training and thus increase its attractiveness and to enable young people to have equal access to training, irrespective of gender, origin or personal disadvantages.
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Since 2016, the Austrian Economic Chamber, on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW), has funded up to 100% of the costs of projects supporting quality, gender equality and social integration in apprenticeships:
the quality strand addresses quality management and quality assurance in apprenticeship training, including training tools, innovative testing methods and competence checks, and quality assurance of dual VET;
the gender equality strand addresses...
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Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection (until 2020)
The project aims to improve the competitiveness of the Austrian economy through modern and excellent VET and promote innovation while supporting social inclusion. It is supported by policy-makers and developed in cooperation with the Economic Chambers of the federal provinces (Länder).
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The We educate the economy plan was approved in 2018 by the Austrian Economic Chamber and focusses on developing projects in five fields:
virtual learning platforms, for example for virtual company tours or online career information;
digital tools for apprenticeship training, such as digital learning worlds for apprentices, online tools for planning and documenting apprenticeship training and digital training and continuing education platforms for trainers;
continuing training, such as...
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promoting the development of digital competences in dual vocational education and training (VET);
attracting dual VET by developing concrete methods, learning opportunities and tools;
new, concretely applicable digital measures and tools should be developed to promote and support teaching and learning in dual training, networking between trainers, vocational information and application processes, and to promote the digital competences of learners and trainers.
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In November 2017, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber issued a call for tenders for a funding programme financed by the Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs to support projects on the use of digital opportunities in dual VET and the promotion of the development of digital competences. Funding is provided for projects for a maximum duration of 5 years and maximum costs of EUR 200 000 per project. A total of EUR 900 000 is available for the programme. Project applications were...
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Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
The aim is to support training progress and to avoid dropout.
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Coaching and counselling for apprentices and companies (in particular the apprenticeship trainers) has been mainstreamed across Austria since October 2015. These services were evaluated in a 2018-19 pilot project. In particular, guidance and counselling can be divided as follows:
youth coaching: this is an assistance programme for young people at the end of their mandatory schooling or after they drop out of school. Within the coaching process they should get to know their personal...
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Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Federal Ministry of Labour, Family and Youth (BMAFJ) (until 2020)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
providing a professional perspective for young refugees;
enhancing the domestic mobility of young people so they can find a job;
filling the vacant apprenticeship places of training companies (local level).
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The Austrian Economic Chamber initiated the Supraregional apprenticeship placement project with a particular focus on young refugees, though Austrian nationals also have access to all supporting measures. The project's procedure is as follows.
At the beginning, young refugees run through an online test (available in German, Arabic, English, French and Farsi) to identify their strengths and interests. The results of these tests form the basis for finding suitable apprenticeship places for...
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Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection (until 2020)
Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
