wba´s work is supported by the following decision making bodies:
1. Steering Committee
The Steering Committee has pedagogical responsibility for wba. It takes care of organizational, personal, financial and marketing matters. It is responsible for the evaluation and further development and deals with requests concerning complaints. The Steering Committee is set up of members of the Cooperative System. If needed the Steering Committee can appoint additional experts.
2. Accreditation Board
The Accreditation Board reviews all applications handed in by candidates and education providers. It furthermore deals with issues of quality and monitoring. The committee comprises independent experts active at the interfaces between AE and commerce, research, university education and other pedagogical higher educational establishments.
The members of the accreditation board are:
- Eva Cendon, Fernuniversität Hagen
- Walter Hans Degendorfer, Pädagogische Hochschule Burgenland (deputy chairman)
- Gertrude Hausegger, Prospect Unternehmensberatung (chairwoman)
- Karin Luomi-Messerer, 3s Research & Consulting
- Michael Sturm, Österreichisches Institut für Berufsbildungsforschung (öibf)
