Home About Us About Us ÖFSE – the Austrian Foundation for Development Research – is Austria's leading research and information centre on development cooperation and development policy. The foundation has been at the service of the interested public ever since its establishment in 1967. Since 2009, ÖFSE operates the C3 Library for International Development in cooperation with BAOBAB and [...]

Home Research & Consulting COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic poses multiple and partly dramatic challenges to the global community. It has led to a severe economic crisis and exposed weaknesses in international cooperation. The crisis threatens to deepen existing social inequalities - on the one hand within national borders, but also particularly drastically in a global [...]

Home About Us Staff Research Department Simela Papatheophilou Simela Papatheophilou Mag. a iur. Simela Papatheophilou, MSc Junior Researcher phone: +43 1 317 40 10 – 116 s.papatheophilou@oefse.at Sensengasse 3, 1090 Vienna Simela Papatheophilou is a jurist and development researcher. She researches how (international) legal instruments influence development and how development politics are [...]

Home Research & Consulting Private Sector Development (PSD) and Industrial Policy Private Sector Development (PSD) and Industrial Policy There is generally broad agreement that a dynamic private sector plays a crucial role in the economic development process . It serves as an engine of investment, innovation, and growth and offers an effective way to create employment, incomes, and prosperity. [...]

Home About Us News News Duale Ausbildung: Margarita Langthaler liefert Beitrag zu Sammelband Die Arbeitswelt befindet sich im Wandel und Konzepte wie die duale Ausbildung (Dual VET) werden zunehmend wichtiger. Diesem Thema widmet sich das neue Fachbuch „The Rise of Dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training” , das gerade im Routledge Verlag erschienen ist. Unsere ÖFSE-Berufsbildungsexpertin [...]

Home About Us The Organisation The Organisation ÖFSE was founded in the legal form of a foundation under public law in 1967. The foundation was established with the goal in mind to offer an information, documentation and research centre for issues concerning development policy and development cooperation. The foundation's bodies are now the Supervisory, the Management and the Research Direction. [...]