It is, together with its subsidiaries, 900 employees and 1000 independent trainers, covering about 4000 courses and seminars a year on various topics and for different educational levels. In other words, the whole spectrum of further education.

It aims its courses at everyone. About 45.000 people a year take part in seminars, trainings and workshop and successfully complete 600.000 educational units. The subsidiaries of the BFI Wien include the Business High-School (HAK/HAS), the College of the BFI Wien (FH des BFI Wien), the evening school with a technical focus (TGA) and the non-profit organization Job-TransFair.

Preparation of ideas

The following three questions have been determined for this contest:

• Which gaps exist between generic and specialized curriculums and the demands of employers on the market?

• What specifically would you like to learn in a course to fill this gap?

• What format would be the most appropriate to follow this particular course?

We strongly recommend to integrate these three major segments into each idea that you submit. The reason for that is that they are all closely linked and essential. Not only for the rating of the ideas by the experts on the platform and for the selection of the winners, but also for the further development of the idea by BFI Wien after the end of the contest.

Therefore, please make sure that the three sections are easily identifiable in your submissions.