Federal Ministry for Families and Youth

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AustriaAustria  Federal Ministry for Families and Youth
Former Austrian authority
State level Federation
Position of the authority Supreme federal authority
founding 1983–1987
2014 (newly founded)
Dissolved 2018 (to the BKA )
Headquarters Vienna 2 , Untere Donaustraße 13–15
Authority management Juliane Bogner-Strauss , Federal Minister for Families and Youth
Budget volume EUR 7.02 billion (2015)
Website www.bmfj.gv.at

The Federal Ministry for Families and Youth was responsible for Austrian family and youth policy. It was re-established on March 1, 2014 and took over its agendas from the former Federal Ministry for Economy, Family and Youth . The Family Ministry previously existed from 1983 to 1987.

history

From 1966 onwards, family policy was part of the Federal Chancellery , where Elfriede Karl was appointed State Secretary in 1971 . The youth agendas, on the other hand, were largely handled by the Ministry of Education , but there was no formal responsibility. De facto, youth policy was largely dictated by the Federal Youth Council . The first Austrian family ministry (already with youth agendas ) was created in 1983 by Fred Sinowatz and originally also included consumer protection . However, it was dissolved again in 1987 and the family and youth agendas moved to the Ministry of the Environment . In 2000 they were handed over to the Ministry of Social Affairs, which now operated as the Federal Ministry for Social Security and Generations . In 2007 the family / youth department moved to the Ministry of Health and only one year later to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In 2014 - 2018 there was again an independent ministry for families and youth, then the agendas were overseen by a minister for the Chancellery . A Federal Ministry for Labor, Family and Youth has existed since 2020 .

tasks

The Federal Ministry for Families and Youth was responsible for:

  • General family policy matters including the coordination of family policy and family support, as well as population policy in matters of family and youth.
  • Affairs of the family policy advisory board.
  • Affairs of family counseling support.
  • Family burden equalization matters.
  • Family policy matters in the following areas:
    • Housing;
    • public taxes;
    • Marriage and parenthood law, guardianship, guardianship and trustee law, maintenance advance law and rehabilitation including the right to probation assistance;
    • Social insurance including unemployment insurance, maternity protection, general and special welfare and assistance for the disabled;
    • Popular education.
  • Matters of child and youth welfare, unless they are civil law matters.
  • Matters of extracurricular youth education, as far as it is not about extracurricular vocational training.
    • General affairs and coordination of youth policy.
    • Non-material and financial support for institutions and events for extracurricular youth education.
    • Training and further education of employees in extracurricular youth education, as far as it does not take place in schools.
  • Volunteer policy in agreement with the Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection.

structure

The Federal Ministry was structured as follows:

  • Federal Minister
    • cabinet
    • Presidential affairs area
      • Department 1: Presidential coordination, organization, personnel development, Council of Ministers and external legislation
      • Department 2: Budget and Budget Officer Breakdown 25
    • Section I - Families and Youth
      • Department 1: Compensation Fund for Family Allowances - Family Allowance - Large Child Allowance
      • Department 2: Child and Youth Welfare
      • Department 3: Childcare Allowance, Labor and Social Law
      • Department 4: Family help (information, advice, support, hardship compensation)
      • Department 5: Youth Policy
      • Department 6: Family Law Policy and Children's Rights
      • Department 7: International Youth and Family Policy
      • Department 8: Travel grants, free rides, school book campaigns and family taxation
      • Department 9: Family Policy Policy Department

Business areas

The Federal Ministry for Families and Youth had no subordinate departments.

Federal Minister

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Finance Act 2015 (PDF; 4.12 MB) Federal Ministry of Finance, accessed on January 14, 2016 (page 293).
  2. ^ Federal Ministries Act 1986. Accessed on November 16, 2017 .
  3. ^ Structure: Federal Ministry for Families and Youth. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 17, 2017 ; accessed on November 16, 2017 .