Promoting regional economic cooperation has been the goal of Vienna Economic Forum since its foundation in 2004, and we are proud that the economic cooperation between entrepreneurs from the member countries of Vienna Economic Forum - Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine - has developed successfully over all these years.

Among the founding members of the Vienna Economic Forum are some of the most renowned Austrian companies and industrialists. The Prime Ministers of the states of the region are, together with the Austrian Federal Chancellor, Members of the Patronage Committee of Vienna Economic Forum. All accredited ambassadors in Austria of the VEF- Members countries take part in the VEF- activities as Members of the Ambassadors Committee. To the organs of Vienna Economic Forum also belong the Honorary Committee and the Cultural Committee of the countries of the region of Vienna Economic Forum.

Vienna Economic Forum, which has been granted the Status of an International Non-governmental Organization and the Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is constantly growing and developing.

Since 2015, Vienna Economic Forum has also been listed in the Transparency Register of the European Parliament and the European Commission.

In all these years, Vienna Economic has remained true to its founding goals:

• To popularize and promote investment opportunities in the region from the Adriatic to the Black Sea.
• To provide impulses and, based on research, the joint projects required in the region for short-term, medium-term and long-term realisation, and promoting their implementation
• Becoming a place of definition, encounter, and of realising the public and private interests in connection with the various projects in the region as part of a united Europe.

These goals incorporate the vision that led to the creation of the VEF in 2004: to follow a strategy that contributes to economic cooperation and development of the VEF member countries as a region that is growing together, a “VEF economic area”!

The implementation of this strategy is always in focus and determines the planning and execution of all the work of the Vienna Economic Forum team over the years!

Vienna Economic Forum is pleased to inform that the Secretary General Ambassador Dr. Elena Kirtcheva became a Member of the International Advisory Board of the EU Project TRANSIT : "TRANSITion to sustainable future through training and education".

The Project has received successful funding from the HORIZON EUROPE Topic “Sustainability and educational aspects for renewable energy and renewable fuel technologies”.

The project is expected to start on the 1 October 2022 with an official launch during the 13th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversions (MEDPOWER2022).

VEF Member Canon Austria launches new campaign for monthly printing flat rate

Vienna Economic Forum is pleased to announce the launch of the new monthly printing flat rate campaign by VEF member Canon Austria, represented by Mag. Anderl, Managing Director of Canon Austria and a long-time reliable member of Vienna Economic Forum.

Here is the press release.

Ambassador Dr. Elena Kirtcheva as a guest on Bloomberg TV Bulgaria's "In Development" program.

Bloomberg Television is an international news network specializing in business and finance. Since Bloomberg first launched TV news in the United States in 1994 and four years later in Germany, it now reaches over 310 million homes worldwide. It has its headquarters in New York, London and Hong Kong.

On 5. September 2022, the founder and Secretary General of Vienna Economic Forum, Ambassador Dr. Elena Kirtcheva was invited to be a guest on Bloomberg TV Bulgaria in the highly acclaimed live program “In Development”.

The program was moderated by Mag. Delyan Petrishki (Делян Петришки), twice nominated for his publications as a winner of the “Club of Journalists AAA” and known as a news presenter on Bloomberg TV Bulgaria.

The VEF Secretary General spoke about the founding, the goals and the visions of Vienna Economic Forum. The economic development of the 13 VEF member states and the economic consolidation of the entire VEF region “From the Adriatic to the Black Sea”, which also includes Bulgaria, as well as the plans for further VEF development as an International organization, seated in Vienna, in accordance with the international public law, were discussed.

Here is the broadcast in Bulgarian.

The Secretary General of Vienna Economic Forum Ambassador Dr. Elena Kirtcheva with a Video Statement at the Kazakhstan - North Macedonia B2B Forum in Almaty

On 5. September 2022 the first North Macedonia - Kazakhstan B2B Forum was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Organized by the Embassy of North Macedonia in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the national company KAZAKH INVEST, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the forum discussed issues of investment opportunities in such areas as the agro-industrial complex, pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals.

The VEF Secretary General Ambassador Dr. Elena Kirtcheva greeted the forum with a Video statement accentuating the common goal of the Almaty B2B Forum and Vienna Economic Forum: strengthening regional economic collaboration between neighboring countries to promote investment opportunities in North Macedonia, as well as in the whole VEF region and contributing to economic consolidation of the region.

Ambassador Dr. Kirtcheva pointed to the investment talks held in Vienna and other VEF member countries that resulted in investments in the Republic of North Macedonia, a founding member of the Vienna Economic Forum.

In this regard, the Secretary General thanked H.E. Ambassador Sali Limani, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of North Macedonia to the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic, Member of the Honorary Committee of Vienna Economic Forum and organizer of the First B2B Forum North Macedonia - Kazakhstan and underlined, that Kazakhstan and its companies have the capacity, resources and opportunities to become a key player in the economic cooperation with North Macedonia, as well as with VEF and all 13 member countries of Vienna Economic Forum in the region, defined as “The region From the Adriatic to the Black Sea”.

Video statement of the Secretary General Ambassador Dr. Elena Kirtcheva

Here is the Press release.

 

The artistic program can be found here.