Austria

  • In October 2014, Statistics Austria, in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (BMASK) of Austria, organized a PIAAC conference to present and discuss further in-depth analyses of PIAAC data with the focus on Austria, although some cross-country studies were also introduced. The studies included exploring the relationship of demographic factors such as gender or age with the PIAAC skills, the impact of skills on the participation in the labor market or on income, the association of formal and informal learning activities and the acquisition of skills, as well as characteristics of the population with low skills. View summaries › 

Germany 

  • In May 2014, a conference on PIAAC was organized by GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Science in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).  Conference sessions addressed key PIAAC results from Germany and neighboring countries, methodological research based on PIAAC, competencies at the work place, competencies and age, differences in competencies within the German Population and PIAAC in the context of other large-scale studies of competencies. View abstracts ›