ECOA+ in Austria Sigrid Lughammer and Manuela Hufnagl OESB Consulting GmbH

Situation in Upper Austria A broad variaty of courses for special topics like accounting, finance, marketing etc. Good connections to „Women in Business“ – Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. A great demand for courses on networking, lobbying and psychology / family relations in the company – a course for the target group of spouses in similar situations 2

Competence Matrix Austria 3 TIC COMPUTER SECRETARIAT Office Time and human ressources management Presentation techniques PSYCHOLOGY OF FAMILY RELATIONS IN THE COMPANY Myself as a source of power – joint responsibility and joint success The value of my private and occupational performances – self worth and the derserved appreciation The variance of my different roles in my private and occupationnal life My goals and visions Creative solutions for problem solving To indulge myself in time for relaxation – My golden hour and oasis of calmeness Fireside chat with a successful woman Joint performance Joint life Networking Analyses and methods of resolution to raise the quality in occupationnal and private life LAWLabour law FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Commercial Accountancy and finance MARKETINGSales management LANGUAGES Presentations skills

ECOA – Course in Austria Design of our training: Dates: Modules take place in June, October and November 2008 Diplomas: December 2008 Total costs: € 800,-- per Person Price for participants: € 200,-- 4

Recruitment of Spouses Direct Mailings „Woman in Business“: Newsletter, Homepage, Information in jours fixe ÖSB Consulting GmbH: Homepage, consultancy and information Austrian Federal Economic Chamber: Articles Media Information Mailings and phone calls to participants to the survey 5

Module 1 - Myself as an entrepreneurs’ spouse Myself as a source of power – joint responsibility and joint success The values of my private and occupational performances – self-worth and the deserved appreciation The variance of my different roles in my private and occupational life My goals and visions 6

Module 2 – Myself as an organiser The active management of office- human resources- sales and family self- and time-management – creative solutions for problem solving to indulge myself in time for relaxation – my “golden hour” and oasis of calmness 7

Module 3 – Myself as a business woman joint performance – joint life my commercial competences – accountancy and finance networking 8

Coaching in groups Analyses and methods of resolution to raise the quality in occupational and private life practice of the input reflexion about discussion points 9

Highlight and closure Fireside chat with a successful woman in economy/politics/society/culture Information about ECOA+ and Networking participants will present new / alternative solutions diploma ceremony 10

Course participants 11

Added value Ms. Hüthmeier: „The course has really been interesting, I have been learning a lot. I would like to use the network of course participants also in the future and I would like to meet the other participants again." Ms. Mischka: "The network among entrepreneur's spouses is a very good and important issue, you should work on further actions and networks." Ms. Schmeissl: „It was very good to talk about problems within this group and find a common solution.“ 12

Added value Ms. Knoll: „We have learned a lot from each other“. Ms. Steinbüchler: "I have experienced a great collegialty within the course. I am very thankful for that!" Ms. Tinschert: "Many thanks to the trainer for his fantastic work!" Ms. Holzer: "I have learned a lot for my life and had fun within the course. We have all worked in the team very well."

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Lobbying-Module Events possible: Network-Evenings Specific lectures on different economic subjects Case studies – „story of success“. Collective visits of events (Culture, Cultural City of Linz 09) Internet-Platform: Current information about the balance between family and career, tax law, business life etc. Academy for small-scale-enterprises and a course especially for self-employed women Information about ECOA+ (wonen2business) is an online marketplace for womenwww.unternehmerin.at/w2b 15

Sustainability: 2 nd course in autumn 09 Module 1 – Myself as enterpreneurs‘ spouse, Oct 09 Module 2 – Myself as an organiser, January 18+19th 2010 Highlight – Fireside-chat Module 3 – Myself as a business woman, March 3rd 2010 Coaching in groups participants will present new / alternative solutions, diploma ceremony, April 9th

Participants of the Course, Diploma

Ms. Gerlinde Reder My husband and I founded our transport company in December Now our modern fleet consists 40 trucks and we have 55 employees. With our frigo trailers we deliver fresh and frozen food to supermarkets in Austria. We also work together with European logistic partners, who send our trucks mostly to Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands und France. 18 I´m responsible for office management (bookkeeping, factoring,...), while my husband organizes the logistics and looks after the trucks.

Ms. Karin Huemer Our agency was established by my husband Wilhelm Huemer 1985 and is located in the center of Linz. I work since nearly 20 years as a real estate agent and do administration and often I meet interested clients and show our objects to buy or to hire. Also I visit people who want to sell or to rent. We have a secretary and one sales representative. I work mainly in Linz and surroundings. I enjoy my job because every house or flat is different and every client also. So I need a lot of diplomacy to make good business.