What works in Austria

Austria has implemented several major evidence-based policies spanning violence protection, social inclusion, and economic security. Austria's Violence Protection Act issued over 14,600 police barring orders and reached 25,114 domestic-violence victims in 2022, with the model replicated in 17+ European countries. Austria's Childcare Pension Credits & Voluntary Pension Splitting have delivered an estimated 8% pension boost for women since 1991, though Austria's gender pension gap narrowed only modestly from 45% (1994) to 39.7% (2025). Vienna's Smart City Framework Strategy commits the capital to 50% per-capita transport CO2 reduction by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2040, while the city has been repeatedly ranked the world's most liveable by Mercer and the Economist Intelligence Unit.