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Austria: National representatives to the ECML

Austria joined the ECML on 8 April 1994

Governing Board of the ECML

Appointed ministerial representatives from each member state. The Governing Board adopts programmes of activities, monitors their implementation and oversees the Centre’s management.

Austria Austria


Ms Ursula Newby
Name:
Ms Ursula Newby
Address:
A-8010 Graz
 
E-Mail
Substitute / Suppléant :
 

Austria Austria


Mr. Gunther Abuja
Name:
Mr. Gunther Abuja
Address:
Österreichischen Sprachen-Kompetenz-Zentrums
Geschäftsführung
Hans-Sachs-Gasse 3/I
AT-8010 Graz
Phone:
+43-316-82 41 50
Fax:
+43 316 82 41 50 6
 
E-Mail
 
Website

National Nominating Authority

Agencies in each member state linked to ministries. They are responsible for selecting participants to the Centre's activities.

Austria Austria

Name:
Ms Catherine Danielopol-Hofer
Address:
Abteilung I/1
Leiterin
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung
Freyung 1
AT-1014 Vienna
Phone:
+43 1 53120-2370
 
E-Mail

Austria Austria

Name:
Ms Hedwig Mahn
Address:
Abteilung IV/5
Stv. Leiterin
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung
Teinfaltstraße 8
AT-1014 Vienna
Phone:
+43 1 53120-6048
 
E-Mail

Contact for the European Day of Languages (EDL)

The function of a national EDL Relay is to act as a multiplier for organisations, schools and associations, circulating: information communicated by the Council of Europe (for example the press release of the Council on the Day, which the Relays are invited to translate into national/local languages, updates on the website); promotional materials - posters, stickers etc. provided by the Council of Europe every year in significant quantities for event organisers.

Austria Austria

Name:
Ms Nicole Pirker
Address:
Österreichisches Sprachen-Kompetenz-Zentrum
Hans-Sachs-Gasse 3/I
A-8010 Graz
Phone:
+43 316 82 41 50
 
E-Mail
 
Website
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Contact for the European Language Portfolio

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Council of Europe Liaison Office

Council of Europe Office in Vienna

Contact point for the ECML

National networks in language education.
The National Contact point disseminates information and documentation on the Centre‘s work on a national level.

Austria Austria


Mr. Gunther Abuja
Name:
Mr. Gunther Abuja
Address:
Österreichischen Sprachen-Kompetenz-Zentrums
Geschäftsführung
Hans-Sachs-Gasse 3/I
AT-8010 Graz
Phone:
+43-316-82 41 50
Fax:
+43 316 82 41 50 6
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Austria Austria


Ms Anna Gazdik
Name:
Ms Anna Gazdik
Address:
Hans-Sachs-Gasse 3/I
8010 Graz
Phone:
+43-316 82 41 50
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Presentation


 Main tasks of the National Contact Point: 

  1. assuring the information flow on the ECML's activities reaches national educational institutions;
  2. facilitating and providing back-up services to Austrian experts who participate in ECML's activities, and
  3. giving support to the Austrian nominating authority;
  4. organising regional and national dissemination events.

Services


On the basis of the above profile, the National Contact Point offers the following services: 

  1. creating and co-ordinating a nationwide dissemination structure in Austria:
    a national network of multipliers (teacher trainers, language experts, ...) from a variety of fields and institutions;
  2. providing information on the ECML's programme of activities;
  3. providing information on ways and means of participating in ECML's activities;
  4. hosting a database subdivided into subject areas and educational fields and institutions containing information on Austrian experts in the area of foreign language learning, and their involvement in the ECML's programme of activities.