OiER Web-Site new!

OiER is in a phase of expansion and development and in this relation we have also updated our web-site. During the next weeks and months we will upload more information and regularly updates on OiER work and projects

OiER – UNIDO Cooperation

From the 28 November – 3rd December 2011, OiER participated at the General Conference of UNIDO which was held in Vienna, Austria.
The five-day General Conference, UNIDO’s highest policymaking organ, brings together high-level Government officials and senior representatives of many international organizations, including from the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States. The General Conference consists of all 174 UNIDO Member States. At the session, Member States will be elected to the Industrial Development Board and the Programme and Budget Committee of the Organization and in addition, there are several pending decisions for consideration, including the approval of the programme and budgets for the next biennium.

This year, the event had as overarching theme; “The new industrial revolution: making it sustainable”. This highlights the fact that inclusive and sustainable industrial development strategies are of critical importance to reconcile the three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, economic and social.

OiER was awarded consultative status to UNIDO end of June this year with the overall aim to initiate, enhance and develop private-public partnerships.

OiER new partner: Vienna Economic Forum

The OiER has established a strategic cooperation with the Vienna Economic Forum and we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will benefit the members of both organizations. We will work in partnership with the Vienna Economic Forum amongst others in topics related to economic news and networking events. On the 21st of November 2011, the Vienna Economic Forum Meeting was held. It included participation of OiER members and partners.

Vienna Economic Forum (VEF)
Vienna Economic Forum was founded in April 2004 with the aim is to promote the economic cooperation between the countries from the Adriatic to the Black Sea - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine from the Headquarters in Vienna with the objectives of

• Popularising and promoting investment opportunities in the region from the Adriatic to the Black Sea.
• Providing impulses and pointing out – on the basis of 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 the united Europe.

More information on the following link: www.vienna-economic-forum.com