President Dr. Erhard Busek and Secretary General Amb. Dr. Elena Kirtcheva are proud that Vienna Economic Forum has received the status of an international non-governmental organization already at the beginning of this year according to the NGO law, BGBI. Nr. 174/1992.
Now, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Federal Law Gazette No. 218/1975/ 24.2.2011 and § 1 Abs. 4 of the law on employing foreigners – AuslBG, BGBl. Nr. 218/1975, BGBl. I Nr. 135/2009, it was decided that Vienna Economic Forum will be in a position to employ foreigners in the forum.