Austrian Development Cooperation
Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) supports countries in Africa, Asia and Central America as well as in South Eastern and Eastern Europe in their sustainable social, economic and democratic development. The Foreign Ministry (FMEIA) plans ADC strategies and programmes. The Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of ADC, implements these together with public institutions, non-governmental organisations and enterprises.other public actors >>News
Business towards Vocational Education
The conference "Business towards Vocational Education" in Tirana aimed at emphasizing the importance of the role that vocational education has. more >>
Albanian government Financial Information System extension
The Ministry of Finance and the IPA 2008 Project on "Support and Expansion of the Albanian Treasury System (SETS)" have been working closely on expanding the treasury system to enable direct access to Line Ministries and other Budget Institutions. more >>
Water provision for sure
The Government of Albania has completed the decentralisation process within the water and sanitation sector. With the support of the EU and Austria, Albania has now launched a national program to ensure the cost-effective and sustainable provision of water and sanitation services. more >>
Funding & Public Tenders
The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) is in charge of implementing all bilateral projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC). For this, ADA has various financing instruments at its disposal.
In priority countries and key regions, ADC contributes to implementing national development plans or regional strategies. Increasing use is made of the capacities in the partner countries themselves or programme-based approaches. In most cases funding agreements are concluded with partner country institutions and organisations. In addition programmes and projects can also be implemented by project executing agencies selected by means of calls to tender or an application procedure.
For all developing countries, ADA provides the following aid instruments:
- NGO cooperation international finances projects and programmes of Austrian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) aiming at improving the conditions of life and development prospects of people in partner countries.
- Humanitarian aid funds emergency measures in the event of disasters as well as disaster prevention and reconstruction projects in crisis regions.
- Development communication and education in Austria promotes projects to raise the awareness of the Austrian population for development-policy issues and the global context.
- Business partnerships support enterprises from Austria or the European Economic Area (EEA) that make long-term investments in developing countries and take active measures to improve the local social, ecological or economic environment.
Current funding and public tenders >>
Image Gallery 2012/2013
State Secretary Reinhold Lopatka met with the 25 ambassadors of African countries in Vienna to deepen the political and economic relations with Africa. © BMeiA
Did you know that 800 million people worldwide have no access to clean drinking water? The Austrian Development Cooperation informed about it during their Water Campaign-Week in Graz. © Land Steiermark
ADA Managing Director Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer at the "Water is Life"-Station in Vienna during the Water Campaign-Week of the Austrian Development Cooperation. © ADA
Did you know that the production of a pair of jeans consumes 6.000 liters of virtual water? The Austrian Development Cooperation informs about it during their Water Campaign-Week. © ADA
Contaminated Water makes sick. An agent explains to students that only through hand washing a lot of diseases could be prevented. The Austrian Development Cooperation informs about it during their Water Campaign-Week. © ADA
Geoffrey Wokulira Ssebaggala of Human Rights Network for Journalists Uganda (HRNJ) won the European Union Human Rights Defenders Award 2013 last April. © ADA
On the occasion of the "Girls' Day" at the Austrian Foreign Ministry, students of the Piaristengymnasiums in Vienna acquired virtual suggestions during a workshop for the Development Cooperation with Bhutan. © BMeiA
Lesothos Foreign Minister Mohlabi Kenneth Tsekoa and State Secretary Reinhold Lopatka signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a closer cooperation between Austria and Lesotho. © BMeiA/Ashraf Mahmoud
The Austria Development Agency supports Albania implementing the EU Water framework Directive through workshops on local and central levels. © ADA
UNRWA’s (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East) Esther Kuisch-Laroche and Leonhard Moll, Head of the Foreign Office of the Austrian Development Agency Cooperation in Ramallah, sing an agreement for 1,25 million Euro to secure an Health Program for Palestinian refugees in the Palestinian Territories. © UNRWA/Akihiro Seita
Petra Bayr, spokesperson for global development of the Social Democratic Party, attended during her visit in Chisinau a workshop of the Women's NGO Network. © ADA
A Workshop in Borjomi is part of a programme for building capacity of Armenian and Georgian veterinarians and creating a sustainable network for effective livestock management in cross-border regions. © ADA
Tunnel breakthrough in Dagachhu's Hdyropower. Austria supports Bhutan since 1986 to make use of their hdyropower potential. © ADA
The ADA co-financed framework programme of Ecohimal has been distinguished by the government of Nepal. Every household in the district of Solukhumbu should own a water-closet until 2017. © Ecohimal
Foreign Minister of Moldova Iurie Leanca, State Secretary Reinhold Lopatka, Ambassador Michael Schwarzinger and ADA-Managing Director Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer at the opening ceremony of the new Austrian Embassy and office of the Austrian Development Cooperation in Chisinau. © ADA
Liman Hoti could quadruple his harvest through the use of greenhouses. Austria supports farmers in Kosovo with a regional development program. © ADA
Children and Teenagers were trained and educated in their native language in Burkina Faso last school year. © ADA
View of the Tana-Sea in the Highlands of Ethiopia. Bahir Dar, the capital city of the Region Amhara in North-Ethiopia, is located on the south shore of the sea. © ADA
Employees of two Ethiopian Universities and a Research Institute met with Martin Gerzabek, President of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, to discuss the current cooperation in Bahir Dar. © ADA
Austria supports Kosovo on its path towards Europe. Kosovo declared their independence on 17 February 2008. © ADA
150,000 people were displaced and affected by the rains and incipient flooding in the Caia, Marromeu area in Mozambique. © Naomi Scott
The Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria welcomed a delegation from Montenegro during a Study Visit in Vienna. © BMeiA/Mahmoud
ADA Managing Director Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer welcomed the representatives of non-governmental organizations at the new years reception of ADA at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna. © ADA
On 23 January 2013 the new year's reception for non-governmental organizations took place at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna. © ADA
ADA Managing Director Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer met with Section head of Development Cooperation Ambassador Michael Linhart and Ambassadors of ADC's priority countries. © ADA
In Addis Abeba staff members of the Coordination Offices of the Austrian Development Cooperation took part in a training on Project Cycle Management. © ADA
ADA Managing Director Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer met with Ambassdor of Finland Marjatta Rasi in the Austrian Development Agency. © ADA
At a workshop representatives of two Mozambican district governments spoke about experiences and key challenges in crop-livestock production and marketing. © ADA
On 29 November 2012 the ADA Lecture Series DialogEntwicklung "Sustainable Energy for All - But for Whom First?" took place in Vienna. © ADA
ADA Managing Director Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer at the ground breaking ceremony of the Tsirang Court Construction in Bhutan. © ADA
Construction of the hydro power station Dagachhu: Austrian Development Cooperation supports the extension of hydraulic energy in Bhutan. © ADA
ADA Managing Director Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer took part in the event on the occasion of 20 years of Austrian Development Cooperation in Albania. © ADA
ADA Managing Director Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer with Kari Aina Eik, OiER Secretary-General, OiER board member Ullrich Granser and ADA Head of Unit for Private Sector & Development Gunter Schall. © ADA
Soil dehydration is one of the biggest problems in Senegal. In cooperation with Hilfswerk Austria and Horizont3000 Austrian Development Cooperation supports agricultural production programmes. © ADA
Via local radio programmes farmers in Senegal get informed about agriculture and the commercialization of products. © ADA
In preparation of the national disaster control exercise in Mozambique ADC handed over 16 ambulance bicycles to the civil protection committees in the district of Machanga/Sofala. © Eva Kohl
Secretary of State, Reinhold Lopatka, exchanges with Austrian development actors at the regular meeting of development cooperation. © BMeiA
ADA Managing Director Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer with the President of the Union of the Consular Corps in Austria, Wolfgang Andreas Breitenthaler. © ADA
European Development Days 2012
Anti-Corruption Training
