Department 17 State and Regional Development

Dipl.-Ing. Harald Grießer

Head of Department

Claudia Kahr
Office

Trauttmansdorffgasse 2, 1st district: Innere Stadt, 8010 Graz

Phone: +43 (316) 877-3644
Fax: +43 (316) 877-3711
E-Mail: abteilung17@stmk.gv.at

Regional spatial planning and spatial development

Management of the Spatial Information System and the Spatial Planning Cadastre; spatial development research
Cross-border spatial planning and coordinating the Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning
Development of small regions: coordination, support and consulting for small regions in technical matters
Regional advisory councils and/or regional assemblies and regional boards
Regional management
Communal infrastructure (municipal buildings and transport infrastructure in rural areas)
Official statistics
Geo-data management, geo-data coordination, geo-data production and geo-data transmission

Management of EU funding programmes across units

Promotion of schemes for cooperation between cities and their surroundings, promotion of urban regions, as well as provision of impetus towards urban growth in the framework of the Austrian ERDF Programme for Growth and Employment
LEADER: Local development in rural areas
INTERREG V - European Territorial Cooperation:
bilateral programme Austria - Slovenia
bilateral programme Austria - Hungary
transnational programmes
Local Agenda 21 - Participatory processes in Styrian communities, municipalities and regions