What works in Austria
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Austria
Austria demonstrates a strong commitment to evidence-based social policy and digital inclusion across multiple domains. Austria's Violence Protection Act pioneered Europe's first dedicated domestic-violence protection framework, issuing over 14,600 barring orders annually and supporting 25,114 victims in 2022, a model now replicated in 17+ European countries. On digital accessibility, Austria's federal monitoring body reduced the share of public websites failing over half of WCAG criteria from 51% (2020/21) to 9% (2024), while Vienna's Smart City strategy commits to cutting per-capita transport CO2 emissions by 50% by 2030 and 100% by 2040, maintaining its repeated ranking as the world's most liveable city. These practices show measurable progress on protection, accessibility, and urban sustainability, though they do not quantify outcomes for gender equity in civil service or overall digital skills gaps beyond participation in monitoring surveys.
Drawn from: Austria's Violence Protection Act and Intervention Centres (Gewaltschutzgesetz 1997/2019) · Smart City Wien Framework Strategy · Cross Mentoring for Women Programme · FFG Monitoringstelle des Bundes — Austria's Multi-Year Digital Accessibility Monitoring with Disability-Led Testing · fit4internet – National Digital Competence Assessment and Upskilling Platform · Gebietsbetreuung Stadterneuerung — Vienna's Soft Urban Renewal Offices · Science Park Graz — Austria's leading publicly funded high-tech incubator with 700+ alumni companies · Vienna Expat Center — Free business-immigration and integration support by Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Inclusiveness / equity +25 pts 67 here · 42 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +16 pts 75 here · 59 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +13 pts 50 here · 37 average
Sustainability +12 pts 91 here · 78 average
Governance, capability & sustainability +10 pts 75 here · 64 average
Weaknesses
Curator validation -10 pts 64 here · 74 average
Impact on gender equality -11 pts 69 here · 80 average
Demonstrated reach -16 pts 60 here · 76 average
Achievement / evidence -16 pts 75 here · 91 average
Equity & inclusion -19 pts 33 here · 52 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Austria. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Austria's Violence Protection Act and Intervention Centres (Gewaltschutzgesetz 1997/2019) · 100
Smart City Wien Framework Strategy · 95
Cross Mentoring for Women Programme · 95
fit4internet – National Digital Competence Assessment and Upskilling Platform · 88
Gebietsbetreuung Stadterneuerung — Vienna's Soft Urban Renewal Offices · 86
Austria's Constitutional Gender Budgeting Mandate (Article 13(3) B-VG) · 85
Science Park Graz — Austria's leading publicly funded high-tech incubator with 700+ alumni companies · 81
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Austria concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Pikin Tab — Imagine Worldwide's Solar-Powered Tablet Learning Programme in Sierra Leone · fit 89/100
- Matches your scale
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Matches your scale
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more