Internet und EDV: Die Suche nach Sponsoren

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According to a survey by the Ministry of Education, 88% of Austria's schools are cooperating with sponsors. In the sector of information technology, Compaq has set up a department titled Lernen mit Compaq , launched a special marketing programme aimed at schools, and offers preferential prices to for schools. Computer Associates' CA Academy is offering students the opportunity of visiting the CA World in Louisiana and using the Jasmine database for a project. CA sponsors the flight and accommodation. The database software company Oracle has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Education that provides free use of Oracle software for educational purposes. Netway is cooperating with the Education Ministry in the official internet project Schulen ans Netz, but the Ministry is carrying the costs. Meanwhile, Baden-based Optimum Data AG is sponsoring the regional internet project Baden Online. IBM has donated a Sch 250,000 computer system to a school in Vienna. Apple and Siemens Nixdorf do not sponsor computer projects of schools, although the latter sometimes grants preferential prices to schools. The Austrian subsidiary of Microsoft said that marketing initiatives are the responsibility of the Swiss arm of the US group.

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Austria: Ministry of Education's survey show 88% of the nation's schools are cooperating with sponsors

Market information - general, Education, Educational Services

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AUSTRIA/PORTUGAL: ARA EXPORTING WASTE KNOWHOW

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Altstoff-Recycling-Austria (ARA) is hoping to develop consultancy into another core business in view of the fact that from year 2004 Austrian legislation will require a reduction of waste recovery. ARA's first consultancy agreement was signed in Portugal, where the Austrian company is advising the Ministry of Environment and Economics in the reform of the packaging decree and in the Sociedade Ponto Verde recovery system. ARA is also responsible for the financing and marketing of waste collection and recycling in Portugal. ARA's knowhow has aroused interest also in Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Singapore and countries seeking European Union membership. Beside consultancy services, ARA is selling a software solution for the management of packaging volumes in companies. Since ARA is not allowed to make profits, it is using the revenues from consultancy to cover its administrative costs, which amount to Sch 60mn-70mn annually.

Strategy & planning, Foreign operations, Portugal, Pollutants produced & recycled

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H upl ruft nach neuer Verpackungsverordnung

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The city of Vienna is spending Sch 30mn on a poster campaign to persuade inhabitants to sort waste better. In 1997, 861,709 tonnes of waste was produced in the Austrian capital, more than half of that domestic waste. The volume of waste is growing at an annual rate of 3.5%. In 1997 the amount of plastics (which should be collected separately) in residual waste increased by 24%. The separate collection of paper and glass is working better.

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Austria: City of Vienna is spending Sch30 mil on a poster campaign to persuade inhabitants to sort waste better

Government expenditures

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