Based on the four strategic areas of action defined in the Mission Statement of the Gaia-X Hub Austria, the Hub aims to achieve the following 21 operative objectives by the end of 2023

1. The Hub is established and recognized as the primary point of contact for all topics and questions relating to the European Gaia-X initiative.
2. The Hub is set up professionally in terms of its organization as well as all relevant processes and activities, and is subject to transparent quality control and governance.
3. The Hub operates on a stable financial basis.
4. The Hub has established close and amicable working relations with the staff members responsible for digitalization agendas at various Austrian ministries.
5. The Hub supports the smooth functioning and well-prepared work of the Advisory Boards.
6. The Hub has established a concept for its work after 2023.
7. The Hub processes queries related to Gaia-X topics quickly and competently.
8. The Hub maintains a comprehensive website, various newsletters, and other tools facilitating information exchange and communication (e.g. chat channels, online document archives) for a wide circle of recipients.
9. The Hub has compiled appropriate and comprehensible information formats (documents, presentations, short videos) on all relevant contents and topics of the Gaia-X initiative and made them available to a wide audience.
10. The Hub has assembled a collection of examples describing use cases (implementation schemes), business cases (business models), and Gaia-X-compatible cooperations in concrete and comprehensible terms.
11. The Hub has become an information platform for potential cooperations and funding programmes.
12. The Hub has established a trustful relationship with the European Gaia-X Association and facilitates intensive information exchange.
13. The Hub consolidates important requirements and topics of regional (Austrian) initiatives and positions them within the European discourse.
14. The Hub provides strategic consultancy for ministries and political processes upon request (e.g. in connection with necessary framework conditions for digital ecosystems or funding programmes).
15. The Hub has established an excellent network with other Hubs and exchanges information regularly. In particular, there is a high degree of cooperation and mutual trust with Hubs from neighbouring and Eastern European states.
16. The Hub has ensured the establishment of a well-networked ecosystem within Austria (associations, businesses, organizations, project groups) whose members regularly exchange information and experiences and undertake cooperations.
17. The Hub has organized an international congress (e.g. a Gaia-X Summit) in Austria.
18. The Hub has conducted four stakeholder analyses, published their results, and formulated corresponding deductions for further activities.
19. The Hub has conducted at least ten information meetings/roadshows within Austria.
20. The Hub has conducted at least four consultancy workshops (deep dive) within Austria.
21. The Hub has actively contributed to companies/organizations founding at least ten active Gaia-X Federations or actively working on at least ten Gaia-X-compatible projects in various cooperation models.
22. The Hub accompanies at least one domain in its establishment and connection to its European counterpart.
23. The Hub has developed and can justify differentiated recommendations for Austrian companies of different sizes for their engagement around Gaia-X.
24. At least one Gaia-X Digital Clearing House has been established in Austria.

Non-objectives of the Gaia-X Hub Austria for its first performance period (until the end of 2023) are:

   The Hub will not develop any business cases of its own. It is conceived strictly as a non-profit organization.

    The Hub will not participate in Federations or operate Federation Services.

   The Hub will not offer any form of commercial consultancy services (e.g. for the development of company-internal data strategies).

   The Hub will not disburse any subsidies or funding.

   The Hub will not perform any certifications.