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Presentation of Upper Austria. General Information. Upper Austria is one of the nine states of Austria (third larges). Capital: Linz Area:11,980 km2 Inhabitants: 1.3 million
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General Information • Upper Austria is one of the nine states of Austria (third larges). • Capital: Linz • Area:11,980 km2 • Inhabitants: 1.3 million • Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg
Administration • Administrative divisions • Upper Austria is traditionally divided into four regions: Hausruckviertel, Innviertel, Mühlviertel, and Traunviertel. • Administratively, the state is divided into 15 districts, and three Statutarstädte.
Economy • 16,28% of the overall Austrian gross domestic product (GDP) • Strongly international in its orientation:Upper Austria is the leading export location within Austria. Approx. 25% of the Austrian goods exported are produced here: • particularly exports in the direction of the EU • in addition, exports to the economies of Central and Eastern Europe. .
Economy Fundamental structure: synergy between several large companies and numerous small and medium-sized enterprises . Manufacturing is the dominating factor in the Upper Austrian economy. Branches: steelmaking, chemicals, mechanical engineering, automotive products and general metalworking (60% of the of the Upper Austrian production value and employ) Agriculture and forestry represent an important basis for numerous processing companies (important pulp and paper sector) 48,5% of the Region is farmland, which directly or indirectly supports 312,000 inhabitants. Tourism represents an additional source of employment and foreign exchange.
Strategic objectives • Management of education highway • Research and development in the fields of new technologies and new media in education • Information and educational events • Promotion of education and matters of education policy • Delivery of research and development outcomes to economy and educational systems inland as well as abroad
4 Layers Research & Development Support & Training Content Infrastructure
Research & Development IICC Austria – Ill and Isolated Children Connected • Pupils in hospital stay interactively connected with their class with the help of ICT
Research & Development eduMEDIACENTER – classroom in the future • eduMEDIASERVICEMedia-on-Demand solution for educational media • eduACADEMYvirtual, interactive classroom software • eduMEDIABOXintelligent distribution of educational media in bigger networks
International Cooperations EU-Projects eStream Increasing the use of Streaming technology in school education in Europe • Active Citizenship through interpersonal value-related Education
International Cooperations EU-Projects • Free Your River • Schools in Belgium, Italy, Austria and France write on a „book of the river“, a portrait of their rivers in words, pictures, analyses and reports... Seed School development through environmental education
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