Central
State authorities are responsible for:
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- Sectoral competencies related to regional economic development, e.g. trade and industry law ("Gewerberecht"), transport legislation, legislation on water and forests (Art. 10(8,9,10) Constitution);
- ERDF coordination overseen by the Federal Chancellery.
Spatial planning
- Federal level does not have competency for comprehensive planning;
- Sectoral planning with spatial implications is carried out in various ministries;
- Coordinating function of the Federal Chancellery.
European Social Fund (ESF)
- Legislation and administration (Art. 10(11) Constitution) including employment policies relating to employees in agriculture and forestry (Art. 12(6) Constitution);
- Public Employment Service Austria (AMS);
- ESF Coordination overseen by the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, with support from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry for Science and Research.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Federal
Ministry for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism
Regional
Regional authorities are responsible for:
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- Setting of regional political priorities, developing programmes and implementing regional policy;
- Regional economic and infrastructure planning in cooperation with the federal level, administration of programmes to support regional development is limited by the availability of financial means.
Spatial planning
- Setting of legal framework for spatial planning;
- Administration of spatial planning programmes.
European Social Fund (ESF)
- Regionalised structure of labour market services;
- Administration of measures to support the local labour market.
Local
Local authorities are responsible for:
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- Participation in the administration of regional and structural policy, local administration of regional and structural policy regulated in the federal constitution;
- Programmes to support the local economy.
Spatial planning
- Local spatial planning;
- Local land use plans ("Flächenwidmungsplan")
- In some Länder, local authorities have set up local development schemes ("Räumliches Entwicklungskonzept"), which set guidelines for the future development of the municipal territory;
- Building regulation plan ("Bebauungsplan");
- Local spatial planning is one of the autonomous tasks of the municipalities under general state supervision (approval of spatial planning, verification on the conformity with spatial planning laws at the regional and national level).
European Social Fund (ESF)
- Constitutional competencies of the local level in labour market policy are very limited;
- Administration of measures to support the local labour market by making use of local economic support policy.
- The Vienna Employment Promotion Fund is involved in ESF implementation.
Sources
Constitution
ESF
