Austrian Development Agency (ADA): The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) is the operational unit of Austrian development cooperation. The Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (MFA) set the development cooperation strategies and programmes, while ADA implements these in partnership with public institutions, non-governmental organizations and enterprises. It is in charge of implementing all bilateral programmes and projects in Austrian development cooperation’s partner countries and administers the budget earmarked for this. ADA supports countries in Africa, Asia, and Central America as well as in South East Europe in their sustainable social, economic and democratic development. The Agency is responsible, on behalf of MFA, for preparing, administering and contracting out projects and programmes set out in the Austrian Three-Year Programmes. To this end, ADA has 15 coordinating offices in partner countries to coordinate activities and conduct dialogue with the local and federal public institutions. This three-year programming exercise defines the key development policy positions and strategic framework for Austria’s development cooperation. The division of labour between MFA and ADA ensures the coherence of Government development policy and the efficient implementation of the statutory provisions in the Federal Devel- opment Cooperation Act.

ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, part of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, with a head quarter in Vienna and based on an agreement between the Federal Economic Chamber and the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is the official Austrian foreign trade promotion organization. It is Austria’s largest provider of services in the area of foreign trade, giving comprehensive advice and practical support to Austrian foreign trade firms. ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, with its about 110 offices in over 70 countries, provides a broad range of intelligence and business development services for both Austrian companies and their international business partners. Around 800 employees and 35 consultants around the world can assist in locating Austrian suppliers and business partners. We organize about 1,200 events every year to bring business contacts together. Other services provided by ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA offices range from introductions to Austrian companies looking for importers, distributors or agents to providing in-depth information on Austria as a business location and assistance in entering the Austrian market.

Austrian Development Bank (OeEB): The Austrian Development Bank (OeEB), the official development bank of Austria, was set up in 2008 as a subsidiary of the Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (OeKB) and acts on behalf of the Federal Government. It supports commercially self-supporting private sector projects in developing countries that meet developmental criteria (such as poverty reduction, employment generation, gender relevance and know-how transfer), through various instruments, such as equity contributions, mezzanine finance, fund participation, participating interests in banks, long-term loans, refinance lines for banks and co-financing with other European development banks and international financial institutions. The Bank is entrusted with a clear developmental mandate in pursuance of the goals and principles of Austrian development policy as per the Federal Development Cooperation Act and the specifications of the current Three-Year Programme. The Bank also supports regional programmes and allocates close to 20% of core business to Least Developed Countries. The Austrian Development Bank operates along precisely defined lines with the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).

Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO): The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber is responsible for the coordination and representation of the interests of the Austrian business community at national and international levels. Its services to its members are: (i) information and advisory service; (ii) collective bargaining with unions; and (iii) economic promotion and development, training and consulting. It also houses ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, the official Austrian foreign trade promotion organization, and the largest provider of services in the area of foreign trade. Advantageaustria.org, powered and operated by ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, offers easy access to the nearest ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA office and all relevant information on business and trade information on Austria.

The Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) supports countries in Africa, Asia, Central America and South-East and Eastern Europe in their sustainable social development, economic and democratic.The Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (MFA) plans the strategies and programs, the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) implements these together with public institutions, NGOs, companies and other public actors.

Austrian Standards Institute: Austrian Standards Institute is a private non-profit association which provides a neutral and independent platform for the development of standards. As the Austrian member of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), it enables and coordinates Austrian experts’ participation in the development of European and international standards. It is also the WTO national enquiry point for technical barriers to trade (TBT). Since 1998, its know-how and competence have brought benefits to organizations, enterprises and public authorities in different parts of the world, from Eastern Europe to South East Asia and the Mediterranean countries. More than 3,500 trainees (standardization, public authorities, enterprises, conformity assessment bodies) and 130 experts – both national and international – implement consulting projects world-wide.

Austrian Business Agency (ABA-Invest in Austria): This is the Austrian national investment promotion agency and is the first point of contact for foreign companies aiming to establish their own business in Austria. It is owned and operated by the Republic of Austria, and reports directly to the Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Economy. The services provided by ABA-Invest in Austria are free of charge: professional consulting services to firms interested in setting up business operations in Austria, focusing on all issues relevant to selecting an appropriate location, and with detailed information about Austria as a business location. It also proactively approaches potential investors.

Initiative Eine Welt (IEW – Braunau): IEW works in partnership with ADA for the implementation of development projects, supporting programmes in Africa and Latin America. Since 1978 its interventions have focused on small projects to the benefit of the poor. IEW fosters the principle of ownership by supporting project ideas and initiatives which come from the South. It has, over time, supported projects in chocolate making in Nicaragua and jewellery design in Sudan and in fashion design, amongst others.

Joint Vienna Institute (JVI): The JVI is an international training institute located in Vienna, Austria. It was launched in 1992 by five international organizations and the Austrian authorities to respond rapidly to the large demand from economies in transition for the training of officials in market economics and the free enterprise system. The JVI offers a comprehensive programme of approximately 60 seminars, generally of short duration, in specialized topics that reflect the expertise of its various sponsoring organizations. These seminars are aimed at mid-and senior-level officials and private sector managers in transition economies and focus primarily on practical policy issues relevant to economies in transition. The JVI’s training program, which is developed in consultation with the recipient countries, has the following principal objectives: (i) to provide comprehensive training on a broad range of operational issues and problems encountered in managing a market economy, particularly in policy formulation and implementation; (ii) to foster the development of networks of officials across the transition economies; and (iii) to provide opportunities for nationals of transition countries to gain first-hand experience of an advanced market economy (Austria). It also organizes international conferences in such areas as Global Trade, the WTO, etc. The Joint Vienna Institute is supported by five international organizations and the Austrian authorities (Oesterreichische National Bank and the Ministry of Finance).

Research Centre in International Economics (FIW): The “Research Centre International Economics - FIW” has been initiated by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy as part of the Federal government´s internationalisation drive in 2006. The FIW is a collaboration of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), the Vienna Institute for International, Economic Studies (wiiw), and the Computing Centre for Economics and Social Sciences (WSR).

The FIW pursues the following aims: (i) the development of a research programme which assists external political decisions and activities related to the European Union and other multinational organizations in a sustainable fashion; (ii) easy and transparent access to relevant databases; and (iii) encouragement and enhancement of the development of know-how in foreign economic affairs in Austria and a review of the fundamental global and Austrian developments in foreign trade (i.e. by organising events and publishing paper series in the fields of international economics).

Since November 2013 the FIW has established a cooperation with three Austrian Universities (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Johannes Kepler University Linz and the University of Vienna), since December 2016 in addition with the University of Innsbruck. The FIW`s cooperation with the Austrian Unversities enables, on the one hand, to organise two scientific workshops per year and an annual research conference, as well as to finance four pre-doc-posts and yearly prizes for the best Austrian female junior-researchers; on the other hand the FIW data tool will be modernized.

Further cooperations, associated with the organisation of event series, are in force with the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV), the Austrian National Bank (OeNB), and the Federal Chancellery / Federal Academy of Public Administration (BKA / VAB). Relating to the annual research conferece, the FIW cooperates with the IOS Regensburg, the ifo-institute Munich, the University Ljublijana,t he Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the University of Economics Bratislava, as well as with the University of Bologna.

respACT - Austrian Business Council for Sustainable Development: respACT is Austria‘s leading platform for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development. respACT stands for "responsible action“and supports its member companies on their way to implementing socially responsible actions into their daily business. Responsible companies focus on five fields of action: organisational leadership, market place, workforce, environment and society. respACT - Austrian business council for sustainable development responds to businesses of all sizes based in Austria,  from small companies to major corporations. The council’s most important activities are thought leadership on CSR and sustainability, exchange of best practices, knowledge transfer and education as well as the establishment and administration of a national CSR network.

In particular, Austria channels its ODA through international and multilateral institutions such as the WB, IMF, WTO, ITC, UNCTAD and UNIDO.

In the area of trade capacity building, the energy sector is of particular interest to Austria. Interventions in the energy sector are commonly undertaken in partnership with regional organizations (e.g. the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS and in cooperation with other bilateral donors (e.g. Finland) and multilateral donors (e.g. UNDP).

Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw): wiiw is a non-profit organization established in 1973 as an independent research institute. The primary emphasis of its research activities is on: (i) analysing and forecasting economic developments in the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe (including Turkey), the major CIS countries and China; (ii) analysing structural developments in those countries, such as sectoral patterns of growth, labour market trends and industrial competitiveness, supplemented by industry studies, reviews of foreign direct investment and assessments of foreign trade specialization; (iii) conducting studies on the integration of new EU members, focusing on such challenges as catching-up, sustained growth and macroeconomic stability, and integration into the major macroeconomic policy frameworks of the EU, the Growth and Stability Pact and the EMU; and (iv) performing comparative analyses of global developments such as the growth and patterns of structural change in Asia and the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe, the role of foreign investment, patterns of trade specialization and production networking, exchange rate arrangements, and the coordination of macroeconomic policy. Research results are issued in one of the Institute’s series of regular publications or jointly with international publishers. Topical analyses and forecasts are also disseminated at press conferences or in press releases. The Institute has established a number of databases that provide exhaustive statistical data on the countries of Cen- tral, East and Southeast Europe.