Page 20 - Annual report 2019

REPORTS

OF THE NATIONAL MEMBERS

REPORT OF THE

AUSTRIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Österreichischer Ingenieur-und Architekten-Verein
Year of Adhesion: 1951
Declared engineers: 5 000
Number of EUR INGs: 477
Member associations: The Austrian National Committee for FEANI connects with the
following Member Associations: Österreichischer Ingenieur-und Architekten-Verein
(ÖIAV), Verband Österreichischer Ingenieure (VÖI), Österreichischer Verband für
Elektrotechnik (ÖVE)
Eschenbachgasse 9 - AT-1010 Wien
Tel: + 43 1 5873 536-0
office@oiav.at
www.oiav.at

The years 2018 and 2019 have seen a number of activities • preparation of an EUREL Field Trip for students in the
to address the challenges the lack of engineers in Austria, 2020 (which may be cancelled due to the COVID-19 mea-
keeping the high quality of service in the fields of stand- sures)
ardisation, testing and certification as well as becoming
more attractive to potential members, especially focusing on • “Girls tech up” – an annual event for girls to attract them
students and young people. It also related climate strategy for an education in the field of STEM, particularly in elec-
and an environmentally conscious attitude. tro technology, electronics and communication technol-
ogy
This included:
• organization of events such as the CEN/CENELEC General
• the re-organisation of the OVE Student Branch Assembly in June 2020 meanwhile has been cancelled
due to the COVID-19 measures
• activities to attract more students for engineering stud-
ies • re-design of the video platform ScienceClip.at by focus-
ing on topics like digitalisation, decarbonisation as well
• development of a new strategy to successfully present as robotics; intensifying activities with schools and
the OVE in the social networks to keep present members teachers
informed as well as to attract potential new members
• redesign of OIAN, the communication magazine of the
• introduction of the new installation standard OVE E 8101 OIAV

• the setting-up of an Austrian-wide robotics platform • realignment and formulation of new goals for OIAV with
special attention to “digitization in construction”