Österreichisches Institut für angewandte Telekommunikation
Budget
€2,030,306
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The private Non-Profit-Organisation “Österreichisches Institut für angewandte Telekommunikation” (OIAT) has the legal status as private association (Verein) under Austrian law. OIAT promotes the competent, safe and responsible use of digital media. We have been successfully implementing projects and initiatives in this area for our clients since 1997. Examples are: Saferinternet.at (www.saferinternet.at), Internet Ombudsstelle (www.ombudsstelle.at), Watchlist Internet (www.watchlist-internet.at), Fake-Shop Detector (www.fakeshop.at), Österreichisches E-Commerce-Gütezeichen (www.guetezeichen.at), Servicestelle digitaleSenior:innen (www.digitaleseniorinnen.at).
EU Legislative Interests
EU’s digital strategy: A Europe fit for the digital age Digital fairness – fitness check on EU consumer law -> We propose and promote a European co-funding programme for internet fraud prevention, in order to establish Europe-wide high-quality prevention to protect European citizens from internet fraud. The NPO OIAT with the initiative Watchlist Internet could be a potential beneficiary.
Communication Activities
We have undertaken and plan to undertake meetings with representatives of the European Commission to present the proposal listed above ("European co-funding programme for internet fraud prevention") based on our experiences with the Watchlist Internet (www.watchlist-internet.at).
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
EU: Insafe network: Insafe and INHOPE work together through a network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs) across Europe – typically comprising an awareness centre, helpline, hotline and youth panel. www.betterinternetforkids.eu Austria: ACR: ACR – Austrian Cooperative Research is a network of private research institutes offering applied R&D for companies. Our demand-oriented services are tailored to meet the needs of SMEs, in order to support their innovation efforts, to provide the necessary know-how and to strengthen their competitiveness. www.acr.ac.at
Organisation Members
OIAT is a non-profit organisation with 4 natural persons as members (Barbara Buchegger, Jürgen Gangoly, Edward Strasser, Erwin Rennert). The organisation is purely project funded (by public bodies and business partners).
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.