Proges

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PROGES
logo
legal form registered association
( ZVR : 767686879)
founding 1988
founder Helmut Oberchristl
Seat Linz
motto We create health!
Chair Albert Maringer
Managing directors Doris Formann
Employees 300
Website www.proges.at

PROGES (formerly "Association for Prophylactic Health Work " - PGA) is an Austrian health service provider. As a non-profit organization , PROGES is active throughout Austria in the areas of health promotion , prevention , therapy and training and further education. The non-profit association works independently and non-denominationally and is not assigned to any political party. PROGES is headquartered in Linz , Austria . PROGES operates other locations in Wels, Perg and Ried as well as in Eisenstadt, Klagenfurt and Vienna.

history

The association was founded in 1988 by the chairman of the Upper Austrian Regional Health Insurance Fund (OÖGKK) Helmut Oberchristl, with the aim of developing and implementing provision concepts.

On January 1st, 2015 Doris Formann took over the management of the organization.

Doris Formann

On September 14, 2017 the association was renamed PROGES.

Business areas

The organization is divided into the following business areas:

and the staff unit

  • Competence center for primary care

Health promotion

PROGES advises and supports institutions, communities, companies and other facilities in the implementation of health promoting programs. The aim is to develop effective health promotion for local needs together with those affected.

Prevention

PROGES is a pioneer in dental health education in prevention work. PROGES provides children and adolescents with concrete strategies in the form of workshops, which contribute to strengthening their own body image and self-confidence.

therapy

PROGES offers physiotherapy , occupational therapy and speech therapy in two therapy centers in Ried and Perg, as well as mobile therapy. The service facility Clearingstelle Psychotherapy supports you on the way to the correct treatment. Psychotherapy is offered at over 40 locations in Upper Austria and in the therapy centers. The CliniClowns Upper Austria are also part of PROGES.

academy

With its training and further education program, the PROGES Academy supports the development of personal or professional health skills . It bears the quality seal of Upper Austria Adult Education and is an Ö-Cert quality provider.

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Competence center for primary care

The federal, state and social security organizations have made strengthening primary care their goal. PROGES offers a substantiated information and support structure for the development and implementation of this new supply concept.

financing

It is financed through donations, membership fees, funding from the federal government, the state and partners, project-related grants and contributions for seminars, courses and workshops.

Awards

The association has won the following awards:

  • 1998: Best Health Project in Europe
  • 1998: Austrian State Prize for Employment
  • 1999: Health Prize of the City of Vienna
  • 1999: Austrian State Prize for Employment
  • 2000: Health Prize of the City of Linz
  • 2001: Best children's dental prophylaxis project in the world
  • 2001: Most family-friendly company in Austria
  • 2004: Upper Austrian Internet audience award iVent for the CliniClowns Upper Austria
  • 2006: Health Prize of the City of Vienna for the Dental Theater
  • 2007: Health Prize of the City of Linz for the Lovetour educational book
  • 2008: Austrian Health Care Award from BL Lower Austria for Love Tour
  • 2009: Austrian Communication Prize for the dental health promotion play
  • 2011: Health Prize of the City of Linz for the Health Dictionary
  • 2013: Caesar for the CliniClowns Upper Austria in the category digital & interactive media
  • 2014: Health Prize of the City of Linz for the project "To a healthy neighborhood"
  • 2014: Austrian prevention award for the Ischl health workshop
  • 2016: Award of the seal of approval for workplace health promotion
  • 2017: Health award of the city of Linz for health promotion in the Franckviertel district
  • 2019: Awarded the seal of approval for workplace health promotion (BGF)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imprint and terms and conditions. July 8, 2014, accessed December 25, 2018 .
  2. ↑ PORGES in your area.
  3. ^ Upper Austrian news - promoters of healthy prophylaxis . Website of the Upper Austrian News. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ Mag. Dr. Doris Formann takes over the management of Proges.
  5. ↑ PGA becomes PROGES.
  6. ↑ Organization chart.
  7. ↑ Community health promotion.
  8. ↑ Dental health promotion.
  9. ^ Project feel free and healthy.
  10. ↑ project Bodyshaming.
  11. ↑ Project Mobile Psychologists.
  12. ↑ Therapy centers in Ried and Perg.
  13. ↑ Mobile therapy at PROGES.
  14. ↑ PROGES psychotherapy.
  15. ↑ CliniClowns Upper Austria.
  16. ↑ PROGES Academy.
  17. ↑ List of quality-audited training providers March 2019, page 8.
  18. ↑ Ö-Cert quality provider.
  19. ↑ Competence Center PVE.
  20. ↑ Organization chart. September 23, 2014, accessed December 25, 2018 .
  21. ↑ Awards.