ECOA+ in Austria

Sigrid Lughammer and Manuela HufnaglOESB Consulting GmbH

Situation in Upper Austria

• A broad variaty of courses for special topics like accounting, finance, marketing etc.

• Good connections to „Women in Business“ – Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.

• A great demand for courses on networking, lobbying and psychology / family relations in the company – a course for the target group of spouses in similar situations

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Competence Matrix Austria

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TICCOMPUTER

SECRETARIATOffice

Time and human ressources

management

Presentation techniques

 

PSYCHOLOGY OF FAMILY RELATIONS

IN THE COMPANY

Myself as a source of power – joint

responsibility and joint success

The value of my private and

occupational performances – self

worth and the derserved

appreciation

The variance of my different roles in my private and

occupationnal life

My goals and visions

Creative solutions for

problem solving

To indulge myself in time for relaxation – My golden

hour and oasis of calmeness

Fireside chat with a

successful woman

Joint performance

Joint lifeNetworking

Analyses and methods of

resolution to raise the quality in

occupationnal and private life

LAW Labour law  

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

CommercialAccountancy and

finance 

MARKETING Sales management  

LANGUAGESPresentations

skills 

ECOA – Course in Austria

Design of our training:

Dates: Modules take place in June, October and November 2008

Diplomas: December 2008

Total costs: € 800,-- per Person

Price for participants: € 200,--

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Recruitment of Spouses

Direct Mailings

„Woman in Business“: Newsletter, Homepage, Information in jours fixe

ÖSB Consulting GmbH: Homepage, consultancy and information

Austrian Federal Economic Chamber: Articles

Media Information

Mailings and phone calls to participants to the survey5

Module 1 - Myself as an entrepreneurs’ spouse

Myself as a source of power – joint responsibility and joint success

The values of my private and occupational performances – self-worth and the deserved appreciation

The variance of my different roles in my private and occupational life

My goals and visions 6

Module 2 – Myself as an organiser

The active management of office- human resources- sales and family

self- and time-management – creative solutions for problem solving

to indulge myself in time for relaxation – my “golden hour” and oasis of calmness

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Module 3 – Myself as a business woman

joint performance – joint life

my commercial competences – accountancy and finance

networking

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Coaching in groups

Analyses and methods of resolution to raise the quality in occupational and private life

practice of the input

reflexion about discussion points

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Highlight and closure

Fireside chat with a successful woman in economy/politics/society/culture

Information about ECOA+ and Networking

participants will present new / alternative solutions

diploma ceremony

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Course participants

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Added value

Ms. Hüthmeier: „The course has really been interesting,I have been learning a lot. I would like to use the network of course participants also in the future and I would like to meet the other participants again."

Ms. Mischka: "The network among entrepreneur's spouses is a very good and important issue, you

should work on further actions and networks."

Ms. Schmeissl: „It was very good to talk about problems within this group and find a common solution.“

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Added value

Ms. Knoll: „We have learned a lot from each other“.

Ms. Steinbüchler: "I have experienced a great collegialty

within the course. I am very thankful for that!"

Ms. Tinschert: "Many thanks to the trainerfor his fantastic work!"

Ms. Holzer: "I have learned a lot for my life and had fun within the course. We have all worked in the team very well."

Course Evaluation

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Lobbying-Module

Events possible:• Network-Evenings• Specific lectures on different economic subjects• Case studies – „story of success“.• Collective visits of events (Culture, Cultural City of Linz 09)

Internet-Platform:• www.wko.at/ooe/fidw • Current information about the balance between family and career, tax law, business

life etc.• Academy for small-scale-enterprises and a course especially for self-employed

women• Information about ECOA+• www.unternehmerin.at/w2b (wonen2business) is an online marketplace for women

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Sustainability: 2nd course in autumn 09

Module 1 – Myself as enterpreneurs‘ spouse, Oct 09

Module 2 – Myself as an organiser, January 18+19th 2010

Highlight – Fireside-chat

Module 3 – Myself as a business woman, March 3rd 2010

Coaching in groups

participants will present new / alternative solutions, diploma ceremony, April 9th 2010

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Participants of the Course, Diploma

Ms. Gerlinde Reder • My husband and I founded our transport

company in December 1991.• Now our modern fleet consists 40 trucks and

we have 55 employees.• With our frigo trailers we deliver fresh and

frozen food to supermarkets in Austria. We also work together with European logistic partners, who send our trucks mostly to Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands und France.

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• I´m responsible for office management (bookkeeping, factoring, ...), while my husband organizes the logistics and looks after the trucks.