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• The Austria Baroque Academy Gmunden: master courses and summer courses with international participants and teachers.
• The Austria Baroque Academy Moskau, in collaboration with the Tschaikovsky University of Moscow, the Gnesin-Music-Academy and the Austria Cultural Forum Moskau.
• The Austria Baroque Academy Belgrade, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Austrian Embassy in Belgrade and the University of Belgrade: Master Courses, Advanced Training Classes and Courses for beginners, for students coming from the Ex-Yugoslavia and Albania.
• ABA Music Awards, financed by Telekom Austria: public competition in the three musical field of “vocal“, “instrumental“ and “ensemble”.
• International concerts and performances, The Academy’s program is rounded off by numerous concerts and performances given by the lecturers.

• academic course in Islamic and oriental studies
• language courses in Arabic, Turkish, Persian and German
• lecture series and conferences on oriental issues
• scholarships for students from oriental countries
• information centre / Islamic Orient

Ensuring the implementation of UNESCO programmes and concerns, serving as a “hub” at national as well as international level.
Focal points are selected within the field of UNESCO focal points, to date: adult literacy, fostering UNESCO Associated Schools, education for sustainable development, biosphere reserves, intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity, intangible heritage
Statutory Tasks:
• advising the federal and provincial governments;
• establishing and maintaining contacts between UNESCO and interested institutions and individuals in Austria;
• co-operating with UNESCO-relevant regional initiatives;
• participating in the organisational preparations for UNESCO events
• informing the public of UNESCO goals and programmes
• co-operating with NatComs of other countries

The work of the oiip is based on three fields of research. The research area „Global Security Governance“ focuses on the conceptual and epistemological level of international security. The field „Power Transition and Diffusion“ concentrates on the distribution of power and the power diffusion process on various levels. The third research area, „Comparative Foreign & Security Policy Analysis“, analyzes and compares the concrete drafting of policies on a regional, state and sub-state level. The research of the oiip is based on the current debate on International Relations Theories. 1. Global Security Governance At the beginning of the 21st century, the world is going through a far-reaching transformation process. Events and developments have become increasingly interdependent. As a result, the multi-layered, and often new challenges, cannot be solved unilaterally. This leads to a transformation of the international and regional power structure power as numerous state and non-state actors gain in significance. This contains both a discourse on the theoretical approaches as well as the practical political analysis of topics, such as humanitarian intervention, nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, as well as cyber-security. The scope of topics dealt with in this subject are: •Global Strategy •International Institutions •Humanitarian Intervention/Protection of Civilians/Responsibility to Protect •Disarmament, Nuclear non-proliferation, Arms control •Internet Governance •State Building/Peace Building/Resilience 2. Power Transition and Diffusion The research area „Power Transition and Diffusion“ focuses on the analysis of process-lead shifts of power structures on various global, state and regional levels. On one side this leads to the development of new global players, as well as a diffusion of power to social movements and non-state actors via political reform and transformation processes. The scope of topics dealt with in this subject are: •The Global Role of the USA •European Security •Emerging Powers •Social Movements and Non-State Actors •Islamism •Political Reform and Transformation Processes •Negotiation Processes in Post-Conflict Situations •Changing Geography of Science, Technology and Innovation (BRICS) •Science, Technology &Innovation and International Relations 3. Comparative Foreign & Security Policy Analysis On a methodological level, the area of „Comparative Foreign and Security Policy Analysis“ focuses on the implementation of concepts in the realm of policy making. The analyses of the concrete regional, state and sub-state policies are based on and supported by a comparative approach. The scope of topics dealt with in this subject are: •Austrian Foreign, Security Policy Analysis •EU-Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy •Comparative Regional Research •Security Concepts •Comparative Research on the Causes of Wars and Conflicts •Democratization

The main research areas are „Intelligent Vision Systems“ on the basis of hard- and software engineering in due consideration for todays trends regarding miniaturization and integration on their dedication in critical infrastructures, „Highly Reliable Software and Systems“ with the focus on future testing and validation technologies for autonomous systems such as robots or intelligent driver assistance systems, as well as „Future Networks and Services“, where research focuses at maintaining the long-term safety and security of huge amounts of data as well as the security in distributed networks for digital libraries (Federation and Preservation of cultural heritage) and next generation health care (eHealth) and medical care systems (AAL).

ARC is active in the field of ambulance service, health and social services, blood programmes, disaster relief and development cooperation, tracing services, education and training, humanitarian law, youth and first aid.

The ASPR conducts and evaluates research, engages in training and education and conducts scientific courses. It also publishes several periodicals (Dialog, Friedensforum, Friedensbericht). Several major conferences are organised each year, including a “Sommerakademie” and an annual international meeting of peace researchers on “The State of Peace”. The ASPR was the founder of the European University Centre for Peace Studies (EPU) and established a European Peace Museum in Schlaining Castle in the year 2001. Since 1992, the ASPR has become active in preparing civilian experts for crisis management activities in field missions of the UN, the OSCE, the EU and of non –governmental organisations.