NDA Briefingfor the

BILC Professional Seminar2007

Milestones:1656 Establishment of a Foundation

1717 Engineers‘ Academy

1752 Military Seminar in Sappers‘ Wing

1859 War School1943 AA Fortification (WW II)

1956 School for Higher Officer Courses

1967 National Defence Academy

2004 New Academy Wing

MISSIONMISSION OF NDAOF NDA

RESEARCH RESEARCH ACTIVITIESACTIVITIESTEACHINGTEACHING

The National Defence AcademyThe National Defence Academy

Research and training in the areas of strategy, security policy, and conflict management

Supreme training and research institutionSupreme training and research institution of the Austrian Armed Forcesof the Austrian Armed Forces

Mission:Mission:Research and doctrine at the military strategic, operational, and tactical levels

Advanced officer training

Language affairs

RESEARCHACTIVITIES

STUDIES FOR DECISION -

MAKERS

NDA PUBLICATIONSSYMPOSIA

CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER

PUBLICATIONS

LECTURING

TEACHING

National Defence AcademyNational Defence Academy

CMDTCMDT

Research Management

Staff & Infrastructure

Simulation Centre

Institute forHigher Military

Command

Institute forStrategic Studies &

Security Policy

Institute for Peace Support and

Conflict Management

Austrian Armed Forces

Language Institute

Documentation & Information Centre

Austrian Military Journal

Institute forHuman and Social

Sciences

COS & DCMDTCOS & DCMDT

Mission of the AAF Language Institute

To make the Austrian Armed Forces interoperable through language proficiency

Tasks of the AAF Language Institute

Core competence:Language relevant to armed forces

Guideline:Imparting intercultural competence

Language training

Core processes

Language testing

Core processes

Translation & interpretation

Core processes

Core processes

Terminological research

as one element ofapplied linguistics

Command and working languages (English, French, German)

AOO languages (military forces and local population)

Neighbouring languages

Intelligence and information languages (e.g. Arabic, Farsi, Ukrainian, Russian)

Vision: Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish

Demand oriented Demand oriented language categorieslanguage categories

Products:Products:

AAF Language Institute

Teaching and testing material

Products:Products:

AAF Language Institute

Language survival books

for service support

ProductsProducts

AAF Language Institute

Military dictionaries

The AAF Language Institute

renders assistance to1. the Federal Presidential Office

2. the Ministry of the Interior

3. the Ministry for Foreign Affairs

4. the Ministry for Economic Affairs

5. the Federal Standards and Surveying Agency