Foreign Relations

General information

Lower Austrian activities in the realm of regional cooperation, networks and agreements: the province is involved in a great number of political initiatives and European formats, such as the Europa-Forum Wachau.

The International & European Affairs Office serves as contact point for embassies, countries and regions.

 

Cooperation Agreements

Regular contact with the neighbouring regions in Slovakia and the Czech Republic has resulted in a large number of successful projects.

Lower Austria has fostered close neighbourly relationships for many years building on cooperation agreements signed by the governors of the regions.

• Sovakia
  Click here for the cooperation agreement between Lower Austria and the Slovak regions: Link (pdf, German/Slovak)
  Click here for the cooperation agreement with the City of Bratislava: Link (pdf, German/Slovak)
  Click here for the cooperation agreement with the City of Trnava: Link (pdf, German/Slovak) 

• Czech Republic
  Click here for the cooperation agreement with the Czech regions 2026-2029: Link (pdf, Czech/German)
  Click here for the cooperation agreement with the Czech regions 2022-2025: Link (pdf, Czech/German)
  Click here for the cooperation agreement with the Czech regions 2018-2021: Link (pdf, Czech/German)
  Click here for the cooperation agreement with the Czech regions 2014-2017: Link (pdf, Czech/German)
  Cooperation agreement between the ambulance services in Lower Austria and South Bohemia: Link (pdf, Czech/German)
  Cooperation agreement between the ambulance services in Lower Austria and South Moravia: Link (pdf, Czech/German)
  Cooperation agreement between the ambulance services in Lower Austria and Vysocina: Link (pdf, Czech/German) 

• Joint Declaration – Dialogue between Neighbours 2030
  Click here: Link (pdf, German) 

• Declaration of Český Krumlov
  Click here: Link (pdf, German)
  
  
• Yamanashi/Japan
  Click here for the Memorandum of Understanding with the prefecture Yamanashi: Link (pdf, English/Japanese)
  
  
• Kyiv/Ukraine
  Click here for the Memorandum of Understanding with Kyiv Military (Regional) State Administratio: Link (pdf, German/English/Ukrainian)
  
  
• Département Île-de-France, France
  Click here for the Memorandum of Understanding with the Département Île-de-France: Link (English)
  
  
• Free State of Bavaria, Germany
  Click here for the Memorandum of Understanding with the Free State of Bavaria: Link (German)
  
  
• Colorado, USA
  Click here for the Memorandum of Understanding with Colorado: Link (English)
  
  
• Département Haut-Rhin, France
  Click here for the Memorandum of Understanding with the Département Haut-Rhin: Link (German/French)
  
  
• Zhejiang, China
  Click here for the Memorandum of Understanding with the province Zhejiang: Link (German/Chinese)
   

Europa-Forum Wachau

The Europa-Forum Wachau is an annual conference on European politics held at Göttweig Abbey. The event was founded in 1995 (the year of Austria’s accession to the EU).

Click here for the website of the Europa-Forum Wachau: Link