| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S10S233S30S40S50 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 0 (none)
No dedicated SE strategy was adopted or in preparation on 31 December 2025; SE appears in the Circular Economy Strategy (2022) only as a single measure, which does not amount to an SE chapter or pillar (author ruling) · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 33 (SE mentioned in an adopted broader strategy, without measures)
The Circular Economy Strategy (December 2022) carries a single measure for social-economy enterprises (chapter 6.1), which counts as a mention in a broader strategy rather than an SE chapter or pillar with measures (author ruling) · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 0 (no adopted instrument)
No adopted SE strategy, chapter or pillar whose operational content could be assessed (author ruling) · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 0 (none)
No adopted SE strategy, chapter or pillar whose monitoring could be assessed (author ruling) · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 0 (no evidence)
No adopted SE strategy, chapter or pillar whose drafting or monitoring could involve SE organisations (author ruling) · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I133I2100I30I40 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 33 (SE handled informally or split, no lead named in any official text)
SE is split: the economy ministry (BMWET) awards the Verified Social Enterprise label and lists the Abteilung Standort und Unternehmensfinanzierung only as contact, while the social ministry handles social business and work integration; the Commission notes 'mehrere Ministerien' deal with it. No official text names a lead: 'SE handled informally or split, no lead named in any official text'. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 100 (the social economy / SE broadly)
The economy ministry's social entrepreneurship remit (VSE label since 2022, granted by BMWET and processed by aws with SENA and WKO) defines social enterprises by purpose ('Impact First') and market income, with no restriction of legal form: 'the social economy / SE broadly'. No formal mandate text, hence medium. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 0 (none, or only in a draft)
No government consultative body with SE organisations was found; SENA only partners aws in running the label, and neither the ministry page nor the Commission page names a council: 'none'. · source 1 - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 0 (none)
The ministry page on social entrepreneurship names no inter-ministerial working group or coordination mechanism, and none was found elsewhere: 'none'. · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P1100P233P30P40 Criteria and evidence- P1 · Legal basis: 100 (reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 transposed, a national SSE quota))
§ 152 BVergG 2018 'Partizipatorischen Organisationen vorbehaltene Dienstleistungsaufträge' reserves Annex XVII services for organisations with a public-interest aim, reinvested profits and participatory ownership (Art. 77 transposed), in force: 'reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities'. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 33 (general guidance mentioning social considerations)
The national push is the naBe Action Plan for sustainable public procurement (updated 2021, mandatory core criteria in 16 product groups for federal ministries), which is mainly ecological; the BVergG (§ 20(6)) permits social aspects but does not require them: 'general guidance mentioning social considerations'. · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 0 (none)
Parliament's dossier on sustainable procurement (22 Nov 2023) gives no figures or cases on social criteria or reserved contracts; § 23 reservations are described without usage data: 'none'. · source 1 - P4 · Capacity support: 0 (none)
The only government service point cited (IÖB) concerns innovation procurement; the BMJ circular on social aspects is guidance, not training or a helpdesk; no government training on social clauses or reserved contracts was found: 'none'. · source 1
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| Official SE definition 3.1 D133D233 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 33 (in an official draft pending on 31 Dec 2025, or a non-binding document)
There is no legal definition ('keine spezielle Rechtsform', no SE law); the only official definition is in the criteria of the Verified Social Enterprise label awarded by the economy ministry since 2022: 'a non-binding document'. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 33 (one)
The label defines SE by a business model dedicated to social and/or environmental impact ('Impact First') and market income; it sets no profit-distribution limit and no governance requirement: 'one'. · source 1
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Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 0 of 3None (disability-employment regime excluded: Disability Employment Act (Behinderteneinstellungsgesetz, BEinstG), Art. 2 § 11:) · sources 1 2 3 4 5L10L20L30L40L50 Criteria and evidence- L1 · Adoption stage: 0 (none, announced, or consultation draft)
- L2 · Scope: 0 (none)
- L3 · Implementing rules: 0 (none adopted, or law not in force)
- L4 · Status or register: 0 (foreseen with no entity recognised, or law not in force)
- L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 0 (foreseen, not set up, or law not in force)
| 0.0 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E167E267E3100E467E5100 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 67 (national SME/start-up programme with an SE strand, or a government-run SE programme funded mainly by donors)
The federal promotional bank aws runs an 'Innovative Solutions' line within aws Preseed/Seedfinancing for projects that 'aim to make a positive contribution to social or ecological added value'; no national programme dedicated to SE operates (the aws Social Business Call of the social ministry dates from 2017-2019; SIplus is a social-innovation centre): 'national SME/start-up programme with an SE strand'. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 67 (several regions)
Aws Preseed/Seedfinancing - Innovative Solutions is open throughout Austria (project location 'muss in Österreich sein') but delivered centrally by aws with no regional support centres: 'several regions' (practice for nationwide central delivery). · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 100 (national budget line)
Funding decisions are made 'im Namen und auf Rechnung des Bundes' under the FTFG; no EU funds are named: 'national budget line'. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 67 (two to four years)
The programme document is valid from 1 Jan 2022, and the line still runs (aws page, info session announced for Dec 2026): four years to 31 Dec 2025, 'two to four years'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 100 (three or more)
Besides grants, the programme document lists innovation-protection (IP) consulting, workshops and advice on business-model development and market launch, and founding and professionalisation consulting by aws-appointed providers: legal advice, market access and acceleration-type support, 'three or more'. Reading business-model coaching as acceleration is a judgement call (2022-2023 document; later versions not opened). · source 1
| 80.0 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F167F20F367F40 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 67 (SE an explicit priority or target group in the national programme(s), or in the EU country programme)
Upper Austria's ESF+ 2021-2027 strategy under the national programme 'Beschäftigung Österreich & JTF' names 'gemeinnützige soziale Unternehmen, wie z.B. sozialökonomische Betriebe' as a target group of priorities 1 and 6 and includes SÖB in a JTF measure; no SE earmark or budget: 'SE an explicit priority or target group in the national programme(s)'. Rests on the Land strategy, the national programme text not opened. · source 1 - F2 · Calls and instruments: 0 (none)
The ESF+ strategy refers to calls only generically ('Abstimmung zu den Calls'); no call naming social economy or social entrepreneurship and no documented SE grantees were found (SIplus is a commissioned centre): 'none'. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 67 (government as co-partner)
ESF+ money reaching social enterprises (SÖB as target group; SIplus competence centre) is managed by the social ministry and the Länder, outside any national SE policy: 'government as co-partner'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 0 (none)
The ESF+ strategy has no SE earmark and no count of SE beneficiaries was found: 'none'. · source 1
| 33.3 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 N167N233N3100N4100 Criteria and evidence- N1 · Dedicated line: 67 (dedicated line for one type (e.g. WISE subsidies, a cooperatives fund))
The AMS funds sozialökonomische Betriebe (SÖB) and gemeinnützige Beschäftigungsprojekte (GBP), work-integration social enterprises, as separate budget lines of active labour-market policy (parliamentary answer 18463/AB, 4 Sep 2024); no national line for SE broadly: 'dedicated line for one type (e.g. WISE subsidies)'. · source 1 - N2 · Instrument types: 33 (one type)
SÖB and GBP are financed through AMS subsidies (non-repayable grants) only: 'one type'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 100 (five years or more)
The lines are budgeted every year: EUR 148.0m (SÖB) and EUR 46.9m (GBP) paid in 2023, EUR 165m and EUR 40m expected for 2024 (18463/AB), Tyrol's SÖB/GBP programme for 2022, and SÖB funding long predates 2021: 'five years or more'. · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 100 (amounts or beneficiary numbers published for 2024 or 2025)
The labour minister's answer of 4 Sep 2024 publishes amounts: SÖB EUR 147,979,568.97 and GBP EUR 46,942,937.21 for 2023, and EUR 107,656,151.62 and EUR 23,904,246.26 paid or committed to 30 June 2024: 'amounts or numbers of beneficiaries published for 2024 or 2025'. · source 1
| 75.0 |
