Lower Austria celebrates double victory: Kiga Flex and excellent as an employer!

Lower Austria celebrates double victory: Kiga Flex and excellent as an employer!

Niederösterreich, Österreich - The state of Lower Austria has twice the reason to be happy at the Austrian Administrative Prize 2025. At the ceremony, which took place in Vienna on June 3, the country received two awards for innovative projects that set new standards not only in administration, but also in elementary pedagogy. The much -noticed "Kiga Flex" project was recognized by the specialist jury as a final project, while in the category "Attractive employer - All Generations" the special prize of the student jury was awarded to the country. My district reports that these honors emphasize the innovative strength and practicality of the projects.

What is "Kiga Flex"? The project aims to bring more flexibility and predictability into the working world of over 5,000 elementary educators in the approximately 3,600 kindergartens in Lower Austria. Flexible models are offered here, including part-time group tours, job sharing and regional representation pools that enable better work-life balance. For those who want to remain active beyond retirement, there is the "Stay a Little Longer" concept that allows continuing work in the pension. OTS draws attention to the fact that these measures to attract the job description of elementary pedagogy an essential role.

a strong signal for the public service

Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner underlines the pioneering role of Lower Austria in the public service and emphasizes how important it is to create modern working worlds. She emphasizes that the awards are not only praise, but also an incentive to continue the reforms that have started. HR manager Verena Krammer sees recognition as an order for constant further development and emphasizes that the state of Lower Austria is a future -oriented and modern employer.

The awarding of the awards took place as part of a competition, which was launched by the organizers of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Economy and the Ministry of Climate Protection in order to promote innovative administrative projects. In this round, a total of 149 valid project submissions were recorded in six categories. The public duty platform provides further information on the competition and the excellent projects.

These two successes once again confirm that the state of Lower Austria runs not only in administration, but also in education. The positive feedback from the specialist jury and the award by the student jury are a strong signal and testify to the ability to innovate that is in the state administration. So the path is paved to find creative and advanced solutions in the future.