BFI

Vocational Training Institute Vienna

Vocational Training Institute Vienna is the largest educational institution of the Austrian workers’ representation and is supported by the Chamber of Labour and the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB). Its educational programs include both professional training and further education for employees, as well as education and retraining programs for unemployed individuals and job seekers. The BFI has branches throughout all Austrian federal states, with the offerings in Vorarlberg being provided through the Education Center of the Chamber of Labour (AK) Vorarlberg.

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Ulla Sever

Vocational and technical training with focus of train of trainers, design and implementation of training programms; international cooperations in adult and VET trainings

Ms. Ulla SEVER, graduated with an MA degree in Comparative European Social Policy and holds a diploma in Social Work. Employed by BFI Wien since 2004, she has comprehensive experience in the TVET field with strong focus on training of trainers, design and implementation of training programmes and development of training materials. She realised studies on the comparison of labour market and employment measures including education and training systems in Europe. She has been responsible for the design, implementation, management and monitoring of TVET related projects in various European and non-European countries.
As a junior expert she works for an development aid organisation, with the focus on monitoring and Impact oriented monitoring in development projects in Ethiopia in the field of Literacy Training and Health projects. In this position she also developed and led on-site trainings for organizational development.

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Peter Zauner

Adult education and training; design of training programmes; labour market employment measures; training for disadvanteged persons

Born and raised in Athens, Greece. It holds a Bachelor and a Master in Applied Mathematics, and a Master in Finance. He decided to go for a PhD in Economics to explore mathematical methods in economic theory. He is interested in industrial organization, game theory, and microeconomic theory.

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Philipp Patuzzi

VET training, basic VET trainings, training for disadvandeget and vulnerable target groups; creative production

Mr. Philipp Patuzzi is a certified trainer and has worked in adult education for more than eight years at the BFI Vienna as an assistant, trainer, and creative content creator in cooperation with the Vienna Public Employment Service (AMS). After studying at the Vienna University of Economics, he worked for 15 years as a photo editor, journalist, and photographer for several magazines and newspapers, as well as a developer of new print and online media.

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Hanna Klein

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Peter Zauner

Research, Internationalisation and Innovation

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