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. [...]

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 Research & Consulting Education and Development Promoting Networking of Educational Research in Austria Promoting Networking of Educational Research in Austria ÖFSE participates in various Austrian and international networking initiatives on the topic of education and contributes to studies and publications in this context. In Austria, for example, this includes the Transformative Education [...]

Home Research & Consulting Stakeholder participation, process design and facilitation Stakeholder participation in research projects Stakeholder participation in research projects The 2030 Agenda emphasises the importance of involving stakeholders in decision-making processes in the area of sustainable development and strengthening the "science-policy interface". In this context, ÖFSE is working [...]

Home About Us Staff Research Department Viktor Skyrman Viktor Skyrman Dr. Viktor Skyrman Visiting Researcher Contact: viktor.skyrman@gmail.com Viktor Skyrman is researching European industrial policy and financial market regulation, including how to finance the green transformation and structural development. He is affiliated to Uppsala University and European University Institute. Research areas: [...]

Home Resources Austrian Development Cooperation – A Historical Overview 2001-2010 Historical Overview 2001-2010 (german) „Durch die Zusammenlegung von Österreichischem Entwicklungsdienst (ÖED), Institut für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (IIZ) und der Kofinanzierungsstelle für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (KFS) entstand im Jahr 2001 HORIZONT3000 als größte Organisation in der nichtstaatlichen [...]