Equal Opportunities for Older Women
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ABZ Wien: Chancen für Frauen - Chancen der Wirtschaft (Opportunities for Women - Opportunities for the Economy)
Communicational details
Address:
Am Schöpfwerk 29/8/R1
1120 Wien
Austria
Contact persons and their known foreign languages:
Mag. Manuela Vollmann, Manager, English
Mag. Gabi Ecker, PR work
Telephone: 0043-1-66 70 300
Telefax: 0043-1-66 70 300-4
E-Mail: vollmann@abzwien.at
          ecker@abzwien.at
Internet: www.abzwien.at
About the initiative
Status of the initiative: The initiative is an initiative aimed at improving equal opportunities for older women through an organisation that pursues objectives which are independent of gender or age.
The initiative is independent and has the following legal form: registered association
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Content and framework conditions of the project work
The initiative was founded in: 1992
The initiative was founded because of the following reasons:

The initiative was founded in 1992 as a measure for women returning to work and in reaction to the findings of a survey carried out by "am Schöpfwerk" which clearly showed the link between women's qualifications and their living standard.
The initiative was founded for a limited period of time:

The association has existed since 1992 and is not limited in time
Measures and projects for one year, respectively, as subsidies are only guaranteed for one year.
Target group(s): - Unemployed women
- Women with difficulties finding or keeping a job
- Women returning to work after an interruption
Targets: Our initiative "abz wien" is a non-profi organisation for labour-market related measures to help unemployed women to enter or return successfully to the labour market.
Details of the work done by the initiative:

Contact office for women with questions related to the labour market and the professions:
- Advice (clarification talks, individual advice, active groups, training in making applications and attending interviews, study of classified ads, compilation of professional applications)
- Further training courses
- Model "Arbeiten und Lernen"
- Employment in a business run by women as a "transit colleague"
- Course on labour market orientation
- Personal placement - active job search
- MIM (Women in Management): promotion of women's careers in private industry and in the public sector.
Areas of work of the initiative:
Material aid
Education
Migration
Unemployment among women
Information technology
Training
Success that the initiative has achieved:

- Adoption and promotion by the public sector beyond the one-year limit (since 1992)
- Our concept measures have elicited positive response internally nad externally and resulted in follow-up projects
- After such a measure, the integration quota on the primary labour market is 100%
- Cooperation - innovative and long-term - with private industry.
Problems that the initiative has been faced during its work:

The financial limit to one year makes long-term planning difficult.
Participation of the target group concerning the conception, planning and implementation of the initiative's work:
Co-operation:

We cooperate repeatedly, above all, in the realm of social and women's affairs.
Information:

We are available for people interested in receiving more information on our initiative by phone, post or e-mail.
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Organisational background of the initiative
Staff:

46 salaried employees at the supporting organisation.
The total number of hours worked for the initiative is approx. 1341 hours per week.
Budget:
Sources of funding:
European Union funds
Federal funds
Local government funds
Revenue from the project work
Donations and funds from sponsors
Publications or information material available on our initiative:

Reports, brochures, folders, homepage: www.abzwien.at
Recommended literature:
Tips and suggestions for people interested in foundig a similar initiative:
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2001-04-25