1. NDA Briefing for the BILC Professional Seminar 2007

2. Milestones: 1656 Establishment of a Foundation 1717 Engineers‘ Academy 1752 Military Seminar in Sappers‘ Wing 1859 War School 1943 AA Fortification (WW II) 1956 School for Higher Officer Courses 1967 National Defence Academy 2004 New Academy Wing

3. MISSIONOF NDA MISSION OF NDA RESEARCH ACTIVITIES TEACHING

4. The National Defence Academy Research and training in the areas of strategy, security policy, and conflict management Supreme training and research institution of the Austrian Armed Forces of the Austrian Armed Forces Mission: Research and doctrine at the military strategic, operational, and tactical levels Advanced officer training Language affairs

5. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES STUDIES FOR DECISION - MAKERS NDA PUBLICATIONS SYMPOSIA CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER PUBLICATIONS LECTURING TEACHING

6. National Defence Academy CMDT Research Management Staff & Infrastructure Simulation Centre Institute for Higher Military Command Institute for Strategic Studies & Security Policy Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management Austrian Armed Forces Language Institute Documentation & Information Centre Austrian Military Journal Institute for Human and Social Sciences COS & DCMDT

8. Mission of the AAF Language Institute To make the Austrian Armed Forces interoperable through language proficiency

9. Tasks of the AAF Language Institute Core competence: Language relevant to armed forces Guideline: Imparting intercultural competence

10. Language training Core processes

11. Language testing Core processes

12. Translation & interpretation Core processes

13. Terminological research as one element of applied linguistics

14. Û Command and working languages (English, French, German) Û AOO languages (military forces and local population) Û Neighbouring languages Û Intelligence and information languages (e.g. Arabic, Farsi, Ukrainian, Russian) Û Vision: Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish Demand oriented language categories

15. Products: AAF Language Institute Teaching and testing material

16. Products: AAF Language Institute Language survival books for service support

17. Products AAF Language Institute Military dictionaries

18. The AAF Language Institute renders assistance to 1.the Federal Presidential Office 2.the Ministry of the Interior 3.the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 4.the Ministry for Economic Affairs 5.the Federal Standards and Surveying Agency