Report of the Chairmanship Team for the 1st Ordinary
Meeting of the Federal Representation on 18.03.2022
Posted 07.03.2022
ÖH Emergency Aid Package & Solidarity with Ukraine
As a result of the armed conflicts in Ukraine, the
unfortunately also numerous students with existential problems
confronted. The ÖH stands in solidarity with all those who have just
lose their freedom, security and livelihood and
cannot help that this war is being waged. That is why
From the very beginning, the chairmanship team worked very intensively with the BMBWF.
and the local student unions in order to develop a
to be able to provide the broadest possible emergency aid. A very large
Problem for the affected students is the sudden
blocked access to Ukrainian and Russian accounts and the
sudden loss of income. In order to meet the financial hardships
to counteract this, the ÖH is implementing an emergency aid package in the amount of
of € 500,000, which will provide students with a one-time grant
of up to € 1000 per person can get. In collaboration
with Erste Bank, emergency accounts could be set up for affected
Students to be established. In addition to this, various
study and foreign law issues in progress. About it
In addition, in the department for foreign students, the
Russian consulting increased as well as an additional
Ukrainian consultant appointed.
Start of semester
In February, various ÖH-internal retreats took place in order to
to evaluate the work of the ÖH during the winter semester and to prepare the coming
Summer semester to plan. The closed meeting of the chairmanship team took place on
09.02. took place in the ÖH office with external moderation.
The main topic of discussion was internal team communication,
Division of labor and the status of coalition projects. Some of the
Coalition projects to be completed in summer term
These include, among other things: the
Student Survey, the Corona Hardship Fund III, the Ukraine
Emergency Assistance Package, the ÖH Logo Competition and the new ÖH CI and
the campaign focus on the StudFG amendment.
Pandemic development at the ho schools
In the course of the semester change, the chair team has strengthened
with the Rector’s Conferences and the BMBWF, in order to
In accordance with the resolution, we advocate that the
Summer semester to allow for increased face-to-face instruction.
Appointments were made with RÖPH, ÖPUK, UNIKO, FHK and the stv.
Head of Cabinet of HBM Polaschek. In addition, the
the upcoming start of the semester also in public relations.
thematized. In fact, most of the teaching is done in the
Summer semester scheduled in attendance, thus the assignment has
can achieve an effect, at least for the time being. So that this is also
The chairmanship team continues to demand that the government and the
universities that the vaccination & PCR testing infrastructure continues to be
must be given free of charge.
Student Survey
In early February, one of the largest coalition projects of this
Executive period started: the ÖH student survey. At
Under the motto “ÖH is you!”, the ÖH asks for information on the following topics
Social security, climate protection, refectories, Corona apprenticeship and
ÖH work the current needs and opinions of all
Students. For this purpose, the Institute for Empirical
Social Research (IFES) a questionnaire in German and English.
designed and mailed to all students. As
further incentive, the student survey provides the
Opportunity to win up to € 1100 in ÖBB vouchers. The
Survey and the competition run until 15.03.22, 23:59
Clock. A separate service mailbox has been set up for technical inconsistencies. The results of the student survey
are to be evaluated jointly with IFES after the end of the survey.
and will be presented to the public in the spring.
Cue for Ahmed Samir Santawy
Ahmed Samir Santawy is an Egyptian student at Central
European University, which, due to its feminist
research activities is unlawfully imprisoned in Egypt. At
14.02.22 has held a summit meeting between the European and
African Union took place, where also the Austrian President was present.
Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg was present. For this purpose the
ÖH in cooperation with some universities and local
Hochschüler_innenschaften sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs with
the request to start talks with the Egyptian President
addressed. Unfortunately, the ÖH has not received any feedback.
In addition, the chairmanship team has again asked for an appointment in the
AUSTRIA President’s office inquired and received a refusal
get 21.02.22. was the first day of the
reopening proceedings, for which there has also been a
vigil, where the presidential team gave a speech.
ÖH continues to demand the immediate release of Ahmed
Samir Santawy and tries to work with österr. members of the government and
diplomats to get in touch with the students in order to
support.
Concept for online BV meetings
Despite improvements in the pandemic situation in Austria
the statutes of the ÖH Bundesvertretung still contain some
Gaps and open questions regarding the possible holding of a
digital BV meeting. Therefore, the chairmanship team together with
Representatives of the Department of Public Relations started,
Regular exchange rounds with all list spokespersons
to hold a legal meeting for the long-term use.
Secured concept that is easy to implement for all parties involved
to schedule an online BV meeting. Two dates have already
The third is in the planning stage.
BMF Date, 16.02.2022
On 16.02.2022, the chair team had a presentation meeting at the
Ministry of Finance with the speaker Lissa-Katharina Heinrich.
Discussed above all was the urgent need for the
Amendment of the study support system. For this purpose, the resolved
List of demands of the 2nd o. BV meeting in winter semester 21/22
submitted. The speaker was very open to our suggestions
and thanked for the appointment. Further feedback have
we have not yet received on our receivables.
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