Member state: Austria

General information

General Country Information / National View

The Austrian Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) is amongst others responsible for research in SSH. JPI MYBL is under the responsibility of department V/10 (Arts and Humanities – Social Sciences). The Austrian delegate for SC6 in H2020 is also part of this department. The responsibility of other JPIs lies in the BMWFW and hosts members of their GA: JPI Climate (Department V/6 Earth System Science and Global Exchange), JPI Cultural Heritage (Department V/10), JPND and JPI HDHL (Department V/3 Basic Research and Research Infrastructures). The appropriate persons are in circular ecxhange. Demographic change is mentioned as a grand challenge in the Research Organisation Act on federally subsidised research, technology and innovation in Austria (RTI Strategy).

How do you align / coordinate the different points of view in your country?*

An interministerial working group on life quality and demography (in the context of the Research Organisation Act on federally subsidised research, technology and innovation in Austria; the FTI AG3 “Lebensqualität und Demografischer Wandel”) exists. The members are from several Austrian ministries: Austrian Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW; Bettina Glaser), Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT), Federal Ministry of Health and Women’s Affairs (BMGF); Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (BMASK); Federal Chancellery (BKA). They meet at least two times a year as well as on demand and inform eachother about their activities in demographic change and life quality.

Communication & stakeholders

How do you communicate / disseminate the JPI MYBL SRA and activities within your country? And which organisations in your country are interested?

Presentations in meetings and events by the Austrian delegates. Regular exchange between BMWFW and the national networking platform on demographic change “Netzwerk Altern”, which is implemented by the BMWFW. The networking platform is disseminating infomation about JPI MYBL through their website – http://www.netzwerk-altern.at/ – and announcements on the webpage of the platform. Exchange within the interministerial working group on life quality and demography (see above).

Relevant National Stakeholders

BMVIT, BMGF, BMASK, BKA, FFG, Netzwerk Altern, Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (GÖG), AAL Austria (all Austrian projekt partners and project applicants of JPI MYBL Joint Transnational Calls)

Communication & stakeholders

Sucess stories of alignment

The BMWFW and the BMVIT have initialized several networking platforms for better network of national stakeholders in important research areas and societal challenges with the target of national alignment.

The first established platform is the “Netzwerk Altern” with the focus on ageing and demographic change – http://www.netzwerk-altern.at/

The platform is a contact point for partners in research, policy and society, supports young academics, gives information on action in european programs and initiatives, organises events and meetings and prepares information on on ageing and demographic change. At the moment the members of the platform are working – amongst others – on a report on the current state of research in the above mentioned areas.

Successful alignment of Austrian participation in 3rd JTC together with the BMVIT (joint funding). The Austrian input was aligned also with BMASK and BMGF.
Successful alignment of 2016 call of Austria national research funding programm “Mobilität der Zukunft (MdZ)”, a mobility research program by BMVIT.
A common interministerial roadmap on mobility and demographic change.