1. Austrian Armed Forces Language Institute

2. Improvement of interoperability Local population and authorities Multinational units and headquarters

3. Austrian situation General school system: English obligatory Military school system: Advanced English language training (incl. military terminology) Offrs: level 3, NCOs: level 2

4. New Concept for Officers (1) English proficiency level 3 for all Military Academy graduates: level 2+ or better (incl. mil term) Other professional officers: level 3 English language training (incl. mil term)

5. Theresian Military Academy Following one-year volunteer training Three-year B.A. programme Second Lieutenant (typically plt ldr)

6. National Defence Academy General Staff Course: Three-year M.A. programme Career courses for Military Academy graduates (M.A.) Career courses for university graduates

7. New Concept for Officers (2) Military Academy cadets are required to choose a language for third- language training Preferably a language with prior knowledge to build on Unless there is any, French is taught to beginners

8. Languages Advanced training in – French – Russian – Spanish – Italian – Croatian Beginners‘ training – French – Russian (pilot project)

9. New Concept for Officers (3) General Staff Course participants are required to choose a language for third-language training Preferably a language where a future appointment is likely (MilAtt, LO, CO MNB)

10. Languages Beginners‘ training –French –Arabic –Chinese –Turkish Advanced training in – French – Russian – Croatian

11. Language certificates Three-year validity Renewable on the basis of – either a short form of the test – or a minimum of six months‘ deployment to a country where the language is spoken natively or at a multinational HQ

12. Our experiences Members of our Institute served abroad, be it in PSOs, be it as course participants. Experiences contribute to language course design – general language – military language

13. Third language & ICC: Winning hearts and minds Third language & Intercultural Competence: Winning hearts and minds