nda briefing for the bilc professional seminar 2007
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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