Environmental support by Austrian Economic Chambers

1. Environmental support by Austrian Economic Chambers ESP – Energy Service Package for Businesses – Vienna, 17st of October 2012

2. Facts • Austrian Economy: • about 520.000 members • about 3.400.000 employed persons • but: about 226.000 one-man-businesses • Economy of Vienna: • about 118.000 members • about 780.000 employed persons • but: about 54.000 one-man-businesses

3. Self-employed and family workers (including farmers and freelancers) Non-employed Only about 3 Per Cent of the Austrian Population are Self-Employed. 0,5 million 3,3 million 4,3 million Employed, civil servants and workers Source:Statistics Austria, Micro Census 2003

4. Chamber Members Austria-Wide (Survey Date 31/12/2009) 22,49% 18,45% 14,79% 13,22% 9,12% 7,88% 6,44% 4,57% 3,04%

5. Persons Employed in Member Companies In Vienna. Spread (without one-man businesses, survey date: July 2004)

6. Tasks of the Economic Chambers >> Representation of interests >> Balancing of interests >> Legal service >> Business management and business promotion >> Education and training >> Sovereign administration >> Foreign trade >> Public relations in all fields, Economic lobbying and comprehensive information for members

7. 7 Federal Divisions 7 Regional Divisions The Organisation of the Economic Chambers GeneralSecretariat including Professional Departments 9 Regional Chambers Head Office including Professional Departments and District Departments Foreign Trade Professional Organisations Professional Organisations

8. SECRETARIAT GENERAL Incl. Professional Departments HEAD OFFICE Incl. Professional Departments Specification Specification Economic Chambers Austria Regional Divisions FEDERAL DIVISIONS FEDERAL DIVISIONS Tourism and Leisure Indust.’ Informatin and Consulting Tourism and Leisure Indust. Commerce Banking and Insurance Traffic and Transport Informatin and Consulting Crafts and Trade Industry Banking and Insurance Traffic and Transport Crafts and Trade Industry Commerce Professional Groups Regional Guilds Prof. Associations Prof. Representatives Professional Groups Prof. Associations Professional Associations Regional Bodies Prof. Associations Professional Groups Federal Bodies Prof. Associations Professional Representatives Federal Guilds

9. Legaland technicalsupport and information • Vienna Economic Chamber: • Department of Energy and Environment Policy: • support in environmental questions (technical and legal) • by phone, mail and personally • publications and other written informations • Internet-Database

10. Technicalsupport and information • Vienna Economic Chamber: • Service for facilities: • support in questions concerning permissions of facilities (technical and legal) • by phone, mail and personally • support while permission procedures • Information about suitability of facilities

11. Institute for Economic Promotion (WIFI Wien) • Biggest private institute for adult education: • 55.000 participants per anno • about 5.000 seminars and workshops

12. Institute forEconomic Promotion (WIFI Wien) • Training Acitvities • Management • Personality • Languages • Business Administration • EDP • Technology: • Word procedures; Constructionandmanufacturing; technology (C-technologies); • Metalprocessingandmetalworking; Wood andplasticstechnology; Plant operation / plant organisation; • Quality management; Electricalengineeringandelectronics; Automotive technology; • Environmental protection / environmental technology; Safetytechniques / labourprotection; • Technical documentation • Branches: • specialprograms

13. Institute for Economic Promotion (WIFI Wien) • Consulting: • by extern professionals • individual solutions • environmentandenergyefficiency: • in cooperationwithEcoBusinessPlan Vienna

14. Standard Models of Consulting Initial Consultation(max. 2h): for free – definition of the project Short Consultation(max. 8h): analyze situation, advice for the next steps Long Consultation(max. 24h): customized solutions (for example: business plan, marketing concept, …) Coaching(max. 16h): attendance of a process

15. Costs for founders and start-up entrepreneurs(first three years) Vienna's business development supports this consulting with financial contribution of 75% of the net consulting costs: Hourly Rate € 74,- net - WIFI contribution (75%) € 55,50 net Hourly Rate: € 18,50 net VAT is 20% (€ 14,80) which is paid by the enterprise.

16. Costs for all other entrepreneurs Vienna's business development supports this consulting with financial contribution of 50% of the net consulting costs: Hourly Rate € 74,- net - WIFI contribution (50%) € 37,- net Hourly Rate: € 37,- net VAT is 20% (€ 14,80) which is paid by the enterprise.

17. Consulting for Vienna's entrepreneurs business development: external consultants and external knowledge target group: founder/foundress, start-up entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs WIFI Expert Pool – about 500 Experts selection of a qualified consultant (WIFI Expert Pool) Experts can give answers to general or specific questions Experience for decades; ISO-certified

18. Facts & Figures (2008) 2.848 registrations for expert advice 2.202 finished sessions 27.354 hours of consultancies

19. Facts & Figures Leading Questions/Issues internal environmental protection 12,4 % company reorganization/restructering 8,4 % maintaining business Business Plan 8,3 % Marketing, positioning on the market 8,1 % Strategy and general planning 6,1 % company's valuation 5,0 % cost accounting, Controlling 4,9 %

20. Operating Sectors Crafts and trades sector 29,1 % Trade sector 23,0 % Information and consulting sector 23,4 % Tourism and leisure sector 20,0 % Transport and communications sector 2,5 % Industry sector 1,9 % Bank and Insurance sector 0,1 % Facts & Figures

21. EcoBusinessPlan Vienna • Vienna Economic Chamber and its WIFI are partners of the EcoBusinessPlan Vienna: • support for the environment • economic stability • job creation • A win-win-situation for all of us!

22. Thank you for your attention! http://wko.at/wien/umwelt http://www.wifiwien.at