I. WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT SYSTEM/AUSTRIAN AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
ORGANISATIONS
CONTACTS
SERVICES
FIELDS
PROGRAMS
Women business support institutions
Women Service at the Vienna Business Promotion Fund (WWFF) www.wwff.gv.at
Tel.: +43 1 4000-86 160
Fax: +43 1 4000-7073
frauenservice@wwff.gv.at		 Consultancy on start up business (Business concept, legal and institutional framework)
Women oriented management courses (www.womanager.com)
Women Entrepreneurs Platform – presentation of women businesses 
Networking		 Business start up and management Business training program in cooperation with WIFI, Vienna 
Property management and 
Start up bonus concerning the acquisition of business work place/office
Women Business Service at the Vienna Economic Chamber www.wkw.at
www.frauinwirtschaft.at
FRAU IN DER WIRTSCHAFT
Stubenring 8-10
A-1010 Wien
Tel. +43 (1) 514 50-1426
Fax +43 (1) 512 95 48-1426
wn.fin@wkw.at
Dr. Karin Thron		 Support to women entrepreneurs in all fields 
Support the entrepreneurs for further qualification and development 
Specific problems of the business women 
Network between business women		 Women entrepreneurship – specific issues Training programs, consultancy
Women Financing Centre www.frauenfinanzzentrum.at
Cobenzlgasse 42/Top 21
1190 Wien
Tel.: +43 01 961 92 02
Fax : +43 01 320 22 91
office@frauenfinanzzentrum.at		 Business Coaching –- Personal financial concept
Women academy
Carrier and personality development of women,
Seminars, Workshops, personal and group coaching		 Financial issues consultancy 
Self-management, Negotiation techniques, Communication, 
Sales, Marketing, Carrier Planning		 Financial Consultancy and 
Business Training programs
Business women centres and associations
Business Women Centre 

(BFC) Vienna

 www.bfc.at
Dominikanerbastei 21 . 1010 Wien
Tel: 01 . 53 53 265
Fax: 01 . 546 800 265
Email: office@bfc.at		 Training
Workshops – in dept matters
Coaching – special issues
Online network platform		 Business training 
Business concept, objectives, Marketing Plan, Financial Plan		 Management and Marketing training programs
Austrian Association of the Business & Professional Women http://www.bpw.at
BPW -Austria
Business and Professional Women
Gesellschaft berufst?tiger Frauen
?sterreich
A-1010 Wien
Stubenbastei 12/14
Tel.: +43 (0) 664/4642338
Email: bpw.austria@netway.at		 International Organisation of Professional Women
Over 300 Members organised in clubs in the different Austrian regions 
Worldwide network - 100.000 Members in more than 100 countries
Clubs work on regional level
Lectures, Training sessions, Discussion, Social events
Austria – national level
Workshops and seminars, List of members and branches, Contacts through network activities, "Newsletter" 
On international level
European and worldwide Congresses, Conferences and Networking meetings		 Professional women networking Professional women networking
Networks and Lobbying
Web Women Network 
(Internet Network of Women in Austria), Vienna and regions		 www.webwomen.at 
e-mail: contact@webwomen.at		 “Webakademie Wien” is a Communication Forum for Women.
Mailing lists concerning different issues – self-employed women, technical questions and web site design, job demand and offer.		 IT, Internet, Web sites, Online Marketing, Project management, linking of databases, Networks, DHTML und Javascript, ASP Web academy – IT training, Internet 
VIP Bonus (10% discount) after the second course of the Web academy 
Financial support for: 
Private persons 
IT-Lounge of WAFF – 70 % 
(www.ams.or.at)
Women Lobby Organisation 
 

National Member Organisations - Austria

 www.womenlobby.org
18 Rue Hydraulique
B- 1210 Bruxelles
Tel +32 2 217 90 20
Fax +32 2 219 84 51
email: ewl@womenlobby.org
 

Bund ?sterreichischer Frauenvereine
Wilhelm Exnergasse, 34
A - 1090 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 319 37 62
Fax: +43 1 319 43 28
Email: boefv.newaustria@utanet.at

?sterreischischer Frauenring
Teinfaltstrasse, 7
A - 1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 534 54 277
Fax: +43 1 534 54 208
Email: eva.salomon@goed.or.at

 The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest co-ordinating body of national and European non-governmental women's organisations in the European Union, with over 3000 member associations in the 15 Member States. The EWL's goal is to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and to serve as a link between political decision-makers and women's organisations at EU level. Gender Equality and Enlargement of the European Union EU support programmes for the candidate countries 
1) EU-funded PHARE programme: strengthening the administrative capacity 
2) Special programme, the Phare and Tacis Democracy Programme: strengthening the democratic process. 
3) Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (SAPARD) 
4) The instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA) - concerned with regional policy.  
5) Financial aid, technical assistance, training programmes, exchange of experts, etc is provided 
6) Invitation of the candidate countries to participate in different Community programmes.
Training/Vocational training
Business Promotion Institute (Wirtschaftsf?rderungsinstitut) www.wifiwien.at
WIFI der Wirtschaftskammer Wien
1180 Wien - W?hringer G?rtel 97
T.: +43 (1) 476 77
F.: +43 (1) 479 67 57
Mag. Andrea Martinschitz
Leiterin des Bereichs Aus-
und Weiterbildung
MARTINSCHITZ@wifiwien.at		 Vocational training Management 
Marketing 
Business start up Accounting 
Vocational courses		 Vocational training program
Vocational Training Institute, Vienna (BFI) (Berufsf?rderungsinstitut) The Team:
Dr. Ludwig Roithinger
(Head of Department)
Dr. Ernestine Kolar
(Project manager)
Liane Mikulics (Project manager)
Maria Ferguson (Secretary)
Tel: (++43 1) 404 35
Fax: (++43 1) 404 35 Ext 220
bfi.int@bfi-wien.or.at
www.bfi-wien.or.at		 The Vocational Training Institute, Vienna, is the leading institute of employee-oriented vocational education and continuing training. Vocational training The BFI International -international projects acquisition under European action programs for education and continuing training (Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates), Community Initiatives (EQUAL, INTERREG), ESF(European Social Fund)-subsidies and various budget lines of the European Commission.
Vienna Employees’ Promotion Fonds (ArbeitnehmerInnen F?rderungsfonds) WAFF www.weiterbildung.at
Training opportunities:
(+43 1) 333 5000
(Christian Willidal/Barbara Greiner)
Wiener ArbeitnehmerInnen
F?rderungsfonds (WAFF)
Nordbahnstrasse 36/2/3, 1020 Wien
Fax: 01 / 217 48 - 530
weiterbildungsinformation@waff.at		 Information about courses, Dates, Opportunities for continuing training Training, Society and Politics, Professional orientation, Job application, IT, Economy, Management, Law, Trade and Crafts 
Ecology, Environment and Agriculture 
Science, Ethic 
Housing 
Health, Sport 
Arts, Culture, Media		 Training course Database – Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland
Managementservice Anna E. Sonnleitner & Partner OEG
 www.managementservice.at
1110 Wien
Etrichstra?e 19/3/26
Tel: 01/768 5000
Fax: 01/768 5000-30
office@sonnleitner.co.at		 Advice and support by Certified Management Consultant (CMC) Services: 
Potential analysis; 
Chances check; 
Market analysis; 
Feasibility analysis; 
Business concept and plan; 
Coaching; 
Cooperation		 Management Consultancy
Internet courses for female entrepreneurs Start Ups (Internetkurse f?r Existenzgr?nderinnen) http://gruenderinnen.de
http://www.frauenbetriebe.de
http://www.gruenderinnenzentrum.de
www.weiberwirtschaft.de
http://www.chancen.net/berufseinstieg		 Internet courses for female entrepreneurs Internet courses for female entrepreneurs
Women organisations
Institute Women Issues www.frauensache.at
Reindorfgasse 29
1150 Wien
Tel/fax: (43 1) 89 58 440
office@frauensache.at		 Training seminars
Supervision
Coaching		 Women issues concerning employment, self-realisation, health, children care Seminar programs and supervision
Children Care Service www.accor-services.at
Accor Services GmbH
B?rgerspitalgasse 27, 1060 WIEN
Tel : (43 1) 596 22 20
Fax : (43 1) 597 69 40		 The employers support the organisation and financing of payment of children care: day nursery, kindergarten, day-home for schoolchildren, day-mother, babysitter, holiday children care Children care Children care opportunities
Business and entrepreneurship support organisations
Austrian Economic Chamber www.wko.at
A-1045 Wien, Wiedner Hauptstra?e 63		 Special support for entrepreneurs:
Gruenderservice www.gruenderservice.net
Mag. Werner Neudorfer
Gr?nder-Service WK Wien
Stubenring 8-10
1010 Wien
Tel.: 01-51450-1458
Fax: 01-51450-1491
Werner.Neudorfer@wkw.at		 Virtual business start-up services: information, tips, checklists necessary for business start-up and deployment Start up business and business development Information and consultancy concerning start up business
JW (Young Business Austria) Junge Wirtschaft ?sterreich
 www.jungewirtschaft.at
Mag. Werner Neudorfer
Gesch?ftsf?hrer der
Jungen Wirtschaft Wien
Erika Kudweis
Vorsitzende der
Jungen Wirtschaft Wien		 Lobbying program for start-up and young firms
Business services		 Start-up business Lobbying
Start up Exchange
(Start-up B?rse)
 www.startuoboerse.at
startup@boerse		 The EU Start up exchange encompasses three exchanges: 1) Company successor exchange (information about firms which look for a successor); 
2) Partner exchange (interesting business co-operations); 
3) Rent-a-rentner exchange (information about senior consultant)		 Start-up business Information, consultancy, agency
Technological centre/Business site Vienna
www.sig.co.at
Technologiezentrum S.I.G. Wien
Simmeringer Hauptstra?e 24
1110 Wien
Tel: +43 1 74040
Fax: +43 1 74040 740
Email: sig@sig.co.at
Informationen ?ber S.I.G. &
Netzwerkpartner
B?ro & Service
Mag. Alexander SEMERAD
Gesch?ftsleitung
email an: a.semerad@sig.co.at
Tel: +43 1 74040 451		 Business site offers 
Offers about business offices, conference halls, 
Secretary services – only 25% of the costs, the other part is paid by the WWFF		 Business site, conference and administration opportunities Business facilities
Government/public institutions and international organisations www.wien.gv.at/index/in_frau.htm
www.wien.at/ma57/broschue.htm
www.europa.eu.int
www.esf.org
www.esf.at
The Public Employment Service Austria AMS www.ams.or.at/wien/
Arbeitsmarktservice Wien
Weihburggasse 30, A-1011 Wien
Tel: (+43 1) 51 525-0
Fax: (+43 1) 51 525-226
ams.wien@900.ams.or.at		 Information about job opportunities 
Training opportunities, job application consultancy and support, financial support for training
The AMS is responible for implementing ESF programmes in Austria. 
Training of employees 
ESF and AMS support CET measures by means of the skills training promotion scheme. Entrepreneurs who organise training programmes for women or for employees over the age of 45, for instance, are reimbursed two thirds of the training expenses by the ESF and the AMS. One third must be borne by the companies themselves. 
Promoting women and older workers 
“This is a targeted measure promoting the skills training of women and older employees," stresses Mag. Herbert B?hm, board member of the Public Employment Service Austria. Until the year 2006, funds totalling ATS 2 bn (ˆ 145.3 mio) are available.		 Job opportunities 
Training 
women specific issues concerning job acquisition and employment, family consultancy		 AMS programs 
The AMS is responsible for implementing ESF programmes in Austria
International organisations
European Union http://www.womenlobby.org/ 
polselect.asp?SectionID=13		 EU policies 
European Union gender equality policies 
EU charter and the IGC fundamental rights, the Intergovernmental Conference, and the Treaty of Amsterdam scrutinised from a gender equality perspective.
Multiple discrimination Policies must take into account that many women face multiple forms of discrimination, such as disabled women, ethnic minority women 
Mobilise young women for equality in Europe EWL project
Social policies
Integrating a gender equality perspective into the European social policy agenda, including care policies, social security systems, parental leave, etc.. 
Globalisation 
Integrating a gender equality perspective into the debate on globalisation: Trade issues and the WTO 
Enlargement 
For a strengthening of equality between women and men in the enlargement process		 Gender issues Call for Proposals 
http://www.womenlobby.org/ 
doclist.asp?sectionID=51