Federal Senior Citizens Advisory Board

Bundesseniorenbeirat

A Federal Senior Citizens Advisory Board (Bundesseniorenbeirat) was set up in 2017 at the Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (BMSGPK) and has representations of all Ministries. The aim of the Federal Senior Citizens Advisory Board is to provide a platform for institutionalized and effective dialogue between policymakers and senior citizen organizations' representatives on age-related issues of general significance for Austria, the integration of older persons as well as intergenerational relations. The Federal Senior Citizens Advisory Board represents several senior citizens' organizations, consisting of about three thousand local groups throughout Austria. The Board has two annual meeting with all relevant stakeholders and follow up different tasks. The Federal Senior Citizens Advisory have been established not only at federal level, but also in all of Austria's Laender and in many municipalities. While the central state is responsible for framework legislation, Austria's federal system largely leaves the enactment of regulations and delivery of public services to each of the nine Federal States, hence some states can be more active than others.