Factsheet for measure
AT-2020-10/2739
– measures in Austria
Subsidy for homeoffice - IT infrastructure
Förderung von IT-Infrastruktur zum Aufbau von Telearbeitsplätzen
Background information
In order to enable stable communication between the remote workplaces and the company premises and thereby maintain the ability to work the Vienna business agency (Wirtschaftsagentur) provided the funding programme to support SMEs in Vienna.
In 2017, a total number of 126,366 enterprises were registered in Vienna. As Austria has a SME quote of 99.6% , most of them are SMEs. Considering this scale, the 700 applications in the first week are not a significantly large number (around 0.55%).
Content of measure
Launched in March 2020, as part of the regional COVID-19 policy response, the funding programme supports Viennese SMEs to set up teleworking for their staff and to create stable communication between the remote workplaces and the company premises. The window for applications was scheduled from 1 March until 2 April 2020. As stated in an update on 6 April the budget has been depleted.
The support includes:
The subsidy covers 75% of the arising costs, up to €10,000 per project.
Funded by the regional/local government support is provided in collaboration with the Viennese Economic Chamber (WKW) and by the Vienna business agency (Wirtschaftsagentur).
Use of measure
In the first week of funding, 700 applications were received. The initially envisaged budget of €2 million has been exhausted and topped up to a total of €6 million. The city reported a very high demand from companies. The participating enterprises on average invested €8,125 in new IT facilities for home office.
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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Other social actors (e.g. NGOs)
Local / regional government
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Regional funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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Unknown
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
Unknown
Views and reactions
Unknown
Sources
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31 December 2017: WKO, Wirtschaftskraft KMU
(news.wko.at)
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20 March 2020: LBG, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien – Förderung von IT-Infrastruktur zum Aufbau von Telearbeitsplätze
(www.lbg.at)
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07 October 2022: Vienna triples home office subsidy to €6 million
(www.wien.gv.at)
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07 October 2022: Home office funding in Vienna in extremely high demand
(www.wien.gv.at)
