Annual Board Meeting of Vienna Economic Forum 21. February 2022

The Annual Board Meeting of Vienna Economic Forum (VEF) in 2022 took place on 21. February at the Vienna Headquarters of the VEF founding member Vienna Insurance Group AG (VIG).

Upon the warm welcome by Mag. Peter Höfinger, Member of the VIG Board and nominated VEF Vice- President, to all of the participants on the top floor of the Ring Tower, the VEF President DI Peter Umundum, Board Member for Parcel & Logistics at the Österreichische Post AG took over and led through the agenda.

As an essential part of the meeting, the VEF Secretary General Ambassador Dr. Elena Kirtcheva reported on the activities of Vienna Economic Forum in the past year 2021 – another special and volatile year, nevertheless a year offering fertile ground for even more successful VEF activities.

Through organizing and co-organizing, as well as by actively participating in many, mostly hybrid/online, events, VEF was able to reach an even wider international audience. The focus of Vienna Economic Forum last year was on the greatly accelerated transformation processes in key areas such as Energy, Infrastructure, Finance, etc., as well as on increased mediation for exploiting the enormously increased potential of the so-called “nearshoring”, which has meanwhile become a central common denominator in the economic development strategies of the VEF member countries in the region from the Adriatic to the Black Sea.

In the background of the economic policy talks organized by VEF in 2021 at the highest state level, the annual report highlighted the proud fact that Vienna Economic Forum was granted the honour by the official Viennese authorities to display and wave the VEF flag in the Prinz-Eugen-Street 58, in the heart of the Embassy district. With this highly symbolic act, Vienna Economic Forum reaffirmed its high status and international reputation as the European economic platform based in Vienna!

The Board unanimously accepted the admission of new VEF members as Cooperation partners and Members-legal entities.

Furthermore, it was accepted that the voted changes in the VEF Board, as well as the updates in the Patrons, Ambassadors, Honorary committee were to be proposed at the forthcoming Annual General Assembly for resolution.

The Annual General Assembly of Vienna Economic Forum will take place on 14. March 2022 at the Headquarters of the VEF Cooperation partner EVN AG in EVN Platz, 2344 Maria Enzersdorf.

A big Thank you for the constant support in the past year 2021 goes to all dedicated VEF partners and friends.

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