Factsheet for measure
AT-2020-22/1398
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Updated
– measures in Austria
Employers organisation provides consulting services for SMEs to restart their business
"KMU Restart-check"
Background information
After the first lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in spring, companies were slowly re-starting their businesses in May. In order to support their members with this step, the Federal Economic Chamber initiated a programme for SMEs in which they should be prepared for a "restart" in the regional state of Lower Austria.
Content of measure
The measure consists of an eight-hour consulting service by a certified company consultant, analysing the status quo and elaborating a plan for a successful restart.
The following topics are in focus:
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finances and liquidity;
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digitalisation strategies;
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development of additional market channels and sales;
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changes in resource management and processes;
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possible adaptations of the business model
The aim of the consultation is to identify problem fields and develop first solutions in cooperation with the business owner. The measure, which costs €720 per consultation/per SME, is sponsored to 75% by the employer organisation, the regional section for Lower Austria of the Federal Economic Chamber.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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17 October 2023
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As of October 2023, the measure seems to be running only in the province of Lower Austria ("Restart-Check for SMEs and OPEs"). Net costs of up to €720 are subsidised up to 75% by the Lower Austrian branch of the WKO.
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Use of measure
Unknown.
Target groups
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Workers
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Businesses
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Citizens
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Does not apply to workers
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SMEs
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Does not apply to citizens
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Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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Employers' organisations
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Employers organisation
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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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No involvement as case not in social partner domain
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Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative
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Form
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Not applicable
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Any other form of consultation, institutionalised (as stable working groups or committees) or informal
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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Only employers' organisations
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Main level of involvement: Regional or local level
Involvement
This is a unilateral measure implemented by the Federal Economic Chamber (Lower Austria section) for its member companies.
Views and reactions
This is a unilateral support measure for members of the regional employer organisation.
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