EMN Austria set up a national Steering Committee to maintain regular exchange and coordinate activities with key Austrian stakeholders in migration and asylum. The Committee includes representatives from relevant national authorities, federal institutions, social partners, academia, and research bodies.
The national Steering Committee is composed of the following members and institutions:
Peter Webinger
Director-General, Directorate General V – Migration and International Affairs
Federal Ministry of the Interior
Ian Innerhofer
Deputy Head of Department II/2 – Integration Coordination, Head of Division II/2/a Knowledge Management and Integration Monitoring
Federal Chancellery
Heinz Peter Kutrowatz
Head of Administrative Department IX / B – International Labour Law
Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
Franz Wolf
Director
Austrian Integration Fund
Stephan Marik-Lebeck
Head of Unit „Demography & Health“
Statistics Austria
Univ.-Prof.in i. R. Mag.a Dr.in habil. Gudrun Biffl
WIFO Associate and former Head of the Department for Migration and Globalization of the University for Continuing Education Krems
AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Prof. Dr. Rainer Münz
Migration Researcher
Natasha Ghulam
Department of Social Policy and Health Policy
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Kevin Fredy Hinterberger
Expert on Asylum and Migration Law
VIENNA CHAMBER OF LABOUR
Viktor Fleischer
Expert on Education & Society / Vocational Training & Skilled Workers, Managing Director of the Committee for Education Policy
Federation of Austrian Industries
Michael Spindelegger
Director General
International Centre for Migration Policy Development