The Austrian-Czech Experts Academy

Austrian-Czech Experts Academy – a cross-border discussion forum (whole title)

Client: BMWA, Partners: ÖSB Consulting GmbH

Agenda: The Experts Academy provides structured information, discussions and networking opportunities for actors in labour market and employment policy in South Moravia, South Bohemia and Austria. It focuses mainly on the needs of regionally addressed development concepts.

In its approach the Experts Academy focuses on the following objectives:

• Combating unemployment in the entire border region,
• Conception, discussion and implementation of labour market and regional policy programmes and measures which have been newly conceived or have proven successful in the European Union,
• Improvement and intensification of the communication and cooperation between the actors in the fields of politics, administration, economy, social partnership and civil society in the entire region,
• Development of demand-oriented programmes and measures (e.g. implementation of a cross-border employment agreement),
• Long-term establishment of the Austrian-Czech Experts Academy as a think tank for the labour market and regional policy in the entire region.

Forms of cooperation:

• nformation seminars
• Annual Austrian-Czech labour market conference
• Networking activities
• Seminars on development
• Scientific activities of the Experts Academy

Workshops (selection):

• “Internship for Austrian EURES consultants in selected Czech employment offices“, 30/7-1/8/2007
• “Excursion on employment initiatives for people with disabilities“, 4-5/10/2006
• “Internship for Czech EURES consultants in selected Austrian employment offices“, 18-21/4/2006
• “Monitoring of the border-crosser agreement“, 27/3/2006

Conferences:

• “Fit for Europe – Vocational further education“: 20-21/6/2007, Brno
• “Career without barriers – equal chances for people with disabilities”: 12-13/6/2006, Brno
• “Training and further education for a prosperous economy with attractive jobs”: 12-13/9/2005, Brno
• “A common effort in job creation – opportunities in the enlarged European Union”: 17-18/6/2004, Brno

Material: Workshop minutes, conference documentation, newsletter

Related projects: Austro-Hungarian Expert Academy