Municipal Academy of Lower Austria
The Lower Austria Municipal Academy in Sankt Pölten is an adult education institution with a focus on subject-specific training and further education for municipal employees and mandates.
Foundation and organization
On November 5, 1971, the Lower Austria Municipal Administration School and Academy (GVS), constructed as an association, was opened by the then governor of Lower Austria. In the 35 years between 1971 and 2006, 2034 courses and seminars with 79,600 participants took place. In January 2008, in the course of the reorganization, the name was changed to the Lower Austria Municipal Academy (Community Management Academy).
The seat of KA NÖ is St. Pölten, the field of activity is limited to the federal state of Lower Austria. KA NÖ is non-political and non-profit; its members currently include the state of Lower Austria, the Association of Lower Austrian Municipal Representatives of the Austrian People's Party and the Association of Social Democratic Municipal Representatives in Lower Austria.
A partnership with the Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal Academy has existed since June 2002 , in 2004 a cooperation with the Danube University Krems in the field of administrative modernization / e-government was concluded and since 2006 there has been a cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt in the field of "Business Advisory Professions".
Purpose and tasks
According to its statutes, the Lower Austria Municipal Academy pursues the following objectives:
- The education of community workers through training.
- The further training of the community officials through lectures and specialist seminars
- The further development of local law, local administration and local politics.
- Editing or participating in the publication of specialist books, specialist publications and other specialist aids.
This package of measures should also be understood as a service to the citizen, since only motivated and well-trained employees as well as informed community mandates can constantly cope with the increasingly difficult and extensive tasks of the communities.