Vienna Economic Forum
Budget
€300 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
4
3.25 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
-To popularize and promote investment opportunities in the region from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. -To give impulses and, based on research, to point out the necessary joint projects in the region for short, medium and long-term realization and to promote their implementation. Serving as a platform for defining, meeting, and realizing public and private interests related to various regional projects, to become part of a unified Europe. -To strategically collaborate with national, regional, and international media representatives to enhance the visibility of Vienna Economic Forum’s objectives and to foster new economic opportunities for the region. -To take a leading role in promoting, facilitating, and supporting the establishment of Start-Ups in the Region “From the Adriatic to the Black Sea,” thereby strengthening regional economic development as an integral part of the European and global economy.
EU Legislative Interests
1) Südosteuropa Zusammenarbeit (seit 10 Jahren) 2) Donau-Strategie 3) West-Balkan Meetings 4) Ost-Partnerschaft
Communication Activities
Annual Vienna Economic Forum Summits and “Vienna Economic Forum Talks” (last 8 years): in 2025: 22nd Vienna Economic Forum – Vienna Future Dialogue 2025 on 17 November 2025, under the Patronage of H.E. Dr. Christian Stocker, Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria and Patron of Vienna Economic Forum, at Raiffeisen Bank International, Vienna. and Vienna Economic Forum – Chișinău Meeting 2025, on 19 May 2025 under the patronage of H.E. Dorin Recean, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova and Patron of Vienna Economic Forum, in the Government House, Piața Marii Adunări Naționale 1, Chișinău. in 2024: 21st Vienna Economic Forum – Vienna Future Dialogue 2024 "Regional Economy as part of the European and Global Economy" on 4 November 2024 in Haus der Ingenieure, Vienna in 2023: 20th Jubilee Vienna Economic Forum - Vienna Future Dialogue 2023 - "Continuing to Build Economic Bridges During Difficult Times“ Vienna Economic Talks – Prishtina Meeting 2023 "Regional Cooperation in a Fragmented Environment" in 2022: 19th Vienna Economic Forum - Vienna Future Dialogue 2022 - "Economy Meets Politics in Difficult and Uncertain Times" (Special Hybrid Edition). "Vienna Economic Forum Talks" - Istanbul Meeting 2022 "Economy as a Driving Force in Difficult and Uncertain Times" In 2021:18th Vienna Economic Forum - Vienna Future Dialogue 2021 - “Energy Transition, Infrastructure and Financial challenges for the countries of the VEF Region" (hybrid edition). “Vienna Economic Forum Talks” on the topic of the European Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans (hybrid edition). In 2020:17th Vienna Economic Forum - Vienna Future Dialogue 2020, „Economic meets Politics in a Digital World“ (Special online Edition) In 2019: 16th Vienna Economic Forum - Vienna Future Dialogue 2019 - "From Planned Economy to Market Economy- 30 Years after the Fall of the Iron Curtain"; Vienna Economic Talks - New Perspectives for the Republic of North Macedonia In 2018: 15th Jubilee Vienna Economic Forum - Vienna Future Dialogue 2018; Vienna Economic Forum - Sofia Talks 2018 In 2017: 14th Vienna Economic Forum – Vienna Future Dialogue 2017; Vienna Economic Talks - Belgrade Meeting 2017 In 2016: 13th Vienna Economic Forum – Vienna Future Dialogue 2016; In 2015: 12th Vienna Economic Forum - Vienna Dialogue 2015 - Investments as a motor for Competitiveness and Growth; “Vienna Economic Forum Talks” in Tirana with Prime Ministers of Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo Territory, FYROM;
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
List of Cooperation partners, Partners and members: https://vienna-economic-forum.com/en/partners/ List of Board Members, Acting Prime Ministers of the VEF Member Countries who are Patrons of VEF, List of Strategic Partners: https://vienna-economic-forum.com/en/organs/ VEF has Special consultative status at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) Vienna Economic Forum (VEF) has extended its activities to the academic sphere through the establishment of the League of Universities from the Region of Vienna Economic Forum, an initiative aimed at strengthening cooperation between higher education institutions across the VEF Region and beyond. The founding act of the League was signed by six universities with which VEF has concluded Memoranda of Understanding: Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski,” the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, the University of Pristina in Kosovo, Moldova State University in Chișinău, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (North Macedonia), and the Bled School of Management in Slovenia. Strategic Partners of VEF include: Anatolian Businessmen Association (ASKON), Istanbul, Turkey Bled Strategic Forum, Bled, Slovenia Biopolitics International Organisation (B.I.O.), Athens, Greece Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Sofia, Bulgaria Business Advisory Council for Southeast Europe and Eurasia (BACSEE), Thessaloniki, Greece Central European Initiative (CEI), Trieste, Italy Confederation of the Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria – CEIBG, Sofia, Bulgaria DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey), Istanbul, Turkey Delphi Economic Forum, Athens, Greece Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Vienna, Austria EastEuroCo Executive Search Group Ltd., Budapest, Hungary east forum Berlin - Ost-Ausschuss der deutschen Wirtschaft, Germany European Center for Environmental Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria Federation of Austrian Industries, Vienna, Austria Foreign Investors Services d.o.o., Belgrade, Serbia Handelskammer Schweiz-Österreich-Liechtenstein, Vienna, Austria Hayek Institut, Vienna, Austria Industriellen Vereinigung, Vienna, Austria Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa (IDM), Vienna, Austria International Business and Diplomatic Exchange (IBDE), London, United Kingdom International Foundation for Sustainable Peace and Development, Bulgaria, Sofia New Bulagian University (NBU), Sofia, Bulgaria Marmara Group Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey Organisation for International Economic Relations, Vienna, Austria OstWestWirtschaftsForum Bayern, Munich, Germany Österreichischer Gewerbeverein, Vienna, Austria Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Risk Management Laboratory, Sofia, Bulgaria Robert Schuman Institute (RSI) SOCIETY The Leading Magazine of Modern Diplomacy TSOMOKOS GROUP INTERNATIONAL d.o.o., Serbia TURKONFED Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation, Istanbul, Turkey
Organisation Members
https://vienna-economic-forum.com/en/partners/ https://vienna-economic-forum.com/en/organs/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.