AUSTRIA

CO-FINANCING OFFICE FOR DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION - KFS:

Names of Participants: Agnes HAUSER

Address: Türkenstraße 3
A-1090 Vienna

Phone: 0043 1 317 67 97

Fax:: 0043 1 317 67 96

Email: office@kfs.or.at

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Countries served Africa: Burkina Faso, Congo (Dem.Rep.), Egypt, Ethiopioa, Kenya, Mozambique, Republic of
South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda. Latin America: Argentinwe, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru. Asia and Oceania: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Papua-New
Guinea, Philippines, Thailand
Austria (Development Education Projects

Primary Goals: KFS supports (co-financing system with funds of private (catholic organisations, Austrian govern-
ment and European Union) and implements development projects.

Major Programmatic Areas: Co-financing of development projects, participation in NGO-Development-Policy Activi-
ties in Austria and European Union

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Primary Sources of Funding: Approx. 50% Austrian government, 25% European Union and 25% private (NGO) funds;
total overall budget (1997) ATS 97 Mio. (approx. ECU 7.2 Mio.)

Organizational Type: NGO, Verein (association)

Organization Started: 1992

Current Number of Employees: 7