As part of the UEFA-backed IBSA Blind Football Development Project in Europe, an experienced national blind football coach will conduct training sessions with local players.

A number of sessions are planned for over the weekend, aiming to teach potential players the basic skills of the game.

As part of the programme, local coaches will also be trained in working with and training blind players.

Austria's newly-established blind football programme will also receive footballs and eye shades free of charge to kick start its activities.

Professional Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Vienna is also involved in the initiative.

The Austrian B1 programme is another branch of an already successful partially sighted football (B2/B3) programme in the country.

Austria competed at the 2014 IBSA Partially Sighted Football European Championships in La Spezia in Italy where they finished in seventh place.

The country also hosted a five nations international friendly tournament featuring World Champions Ukraine, as well as England, France and Ireland, in Steinbrunn in November 2015.

This follows recent attempts by IBSA to showcase the game in Oceania.

Football Committee chairman Ulrich Pfisterer visited both Australia and New Zealand in an attempt to boost the development of the game in the region.

A two-day workshop was held in Melbourne with local players and coaches to promote the sport across the region.