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Mag.a Beate Gfrerer ist seit 2015 Geschäftsführerin der Kärntner Volkshochschulen.


“BILDUNG ist ein Menschenrecht und muss zugänglich und leistbar sein”

Geschäftsführerin der Kärntner Volkshochschulen, Beate Gfrerer 

1995 begann ihre hauptberufliche Mitarbeit an den Kärntner Volkshochschulen. Von 2004 bis 2015 war sie pädagogische Leiterin und stellvertretende Geschäftsführerin der VHS. Der Auf- und Ausbau der außergewöhnlich regen Projekttätigkeit der Kärntner VHS, wurde maßgeblich von ihr angestoßen und begleitet ohne dabei die VHS Klassik zu vernachlässigen. Unter ihrer Ägide wurde die Professionalisierung der Erwachsenenbildungseinrichtung stetig vorangetrieben.

Die ausgewiesene Expertin auf dem Gebiet der Erwachsenenbildung ist kärnten- und bundesweit hervorragend vernetzt. Sie lobbyiert in zahlreichen Bildungs- und wirtschaftspolitischen Gremien für Erwachsenenbildung und ist Initiatorin zahlreicher Erwachsenenbildungs-Initiativen. Sie ist Trägerin des Ludo-Hartmann Preises und wurde für ihr Engagement 2022 mit dem Ehrenzeichen des Landes Kärnten ausgezeichnet.

Gfrerer absolvierte, als first generation student, ein Studium der Romanistik und Slawistik an der Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt und diverse Weiterbildungen in den Bereichen Bildungsmanagement, Personalentwicklung und Controlling. 

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