Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

International technology transfer
“Technology transfer” means the global marketing of 
innovative technologies from Austrian companies, 
especially those technologies that were developed 
thanks to funding from RTI programmes run by the 
ministerial department. Within the Federal Ministry 
for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, In-
novation and Technology (BMK), therefore, technology 
transfer covers all areas of technology specific to 
the department, such as rail, transport, healthcare, 
environmental and energy technologies, refuse and 
waste technologies, smart cities, ICT, etc. Imple-
menting projects in these areas (e.g. renewable ener-
gy sources) harbours significant potential for making 
a major contribution to CO2 reduction and will help 
developing countries and emerging economies to 
achieve carbon-neutral economic growth. Large-
scale technology projects in partner countries are to 
be facilitated by government-to-government con-
tacts (bilateral agreements and MoUs). Technology 
transfer generates added value in that it promotes 
Austrian industry by supporting the global marketing 

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of Austrian-made technological innovations, magni-
fies the impact of research funding and has a posi-
tive effect through exporting modern technologies to 
the target countries.
Technology offices as instruments of technology 
transfer
The Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, 
Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) 
operates three technology offices to provide local 
support to the export of Austrian technologies. 
These are in Beijing in China, Jakarta in Indonesia, 
and Tel Aviv in Israel.