Start Wien - Getting a head start in Vienna

Providing new migrants in Vienna with a good start in their new hometown is one of the core issues of the integration measures implemented by the City of Vienna. Since 1 October 2008 Municipal Department 17 - Integration and Diversity (MA 17) has provided new migrants in Vienna with comprehensive support under the "Start Wien" project.

A man and a woman are having a conversation while sitting on a so called Enzi in the Museumsquartier

Migrants get comprehensive support for a good start in their new hometown of Vienna.

The "Start Wien" project forms part of the integration programme and welcome package of the City of Vienna. It includes lectures in several languages about the rules of living together as good neighbours, the structures of the Austrian education and public healthcare systems, the labour market and housing market in Vienna, and the Law on Residence and Settlement in Austria.

The "Start Wien" project has been implemented in cooperation with Municipal Department 35 - Immigration, Citizenship, Registry Offices (MA 35), the Information Centre for Migrants, the Vienna Employment Promotion Fund, the Vienna Public Employment Services (AMS), the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and the Vienna Chamber of Labour.


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Contact for this page:
Goran Novakovic (Municipal Department 17)
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