What works in Austria
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Evidence snapshot for Austria
Austria has implemented several evidence-based policies addressing violence protection, social inclusion, and economic equity. Austria's Violence Protection Act issued over 14,600 police barring orders and supported 25,114 domestic-violence victims in 2022, with the model replicated in 17+ European countries. On digital inclusion, fit4internet provides free competence assessment and upskilling for adults 60+, low-skilled workers and jobseekers. However, despite childcare pension credits since 1992 estimated to boost women's pensions by 8%, Austria's gender pension gap has only narrowed from 45% (1994) to 39.7% (2025), indicating limited progress on gender economic equality. The practices demonstrate Austria's strength in domestic-violence protection and digital skills policy, but reveal persistent gender pension inequality despite targeted interventions.
Drawn from: Austria's Violence Protection Act and Intervention Centres (Gewaltschutzgesetz 1997/2019) · Smart City Wien Framework Strategy · Cross Mentoring for Women Programme · fit4internet – National Digital Competence Assessment and Upskilling Platform · Austria's Childcare Pension Credits & Voluntary Pension Splitting (Kindererziehungszeiten / Pensionssplitting) · Gender Equality in Austria. Milestones, successes and challenges · PACC — Austria's AI-driven tax fraud and evasion detection · Female Factor Global Community
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Inclusiveness / equity +0.273
Teacher capability & pedagogy +0.187
Evidence of impact / measured results +0.152
Efficiency +0.15
Governance, capability & sustainability +0.139
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +0.129
Effectiveness +0.127
Transparency, fairness & accountability +0.12
Scalability +0.111
Transparency, ethics & data protection +0.083
Weaknesses
Evaluation evidence -0.08
Transferability / replicability -0.082
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.099
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -0.105
Curator validation -0.115
Achievement / evidence -0.149
Equity & inclusion -0.224
Demonstrated reach -0.235
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -0.291
Evidence of learning impact -0.327
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
PACC — Austria's AI-driven tax fraud and evasion detection · 73
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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