16/06/2023

At�the initiative of the European Management Centre the first Bulgarian-Austrian Regional Management Forum was accomplished in Rousse on 16th of June 2009.
Businessmen, politicians and academics from Bulgaria and Austria�detained their meetings in Rousse�in the Bulgarian-Austrian Regional Management Forum. The event�was part of a series of regional meetings�with the view to built centers where the experience of the last 20 years of innovation, corporate governance, regional development, social and cultural practices - arising from�Bulgarian relations with Austria -�can be integrated. The main idea of the Forum is to develop and�encourage the traditional Bulgarian-Austrian economical and cultural bonds and�to strengthen the partnership between Bulgaria and Austria via the Danube, on the basis of historical relationships.

Mr. Petroslav Petrov, Executive Director of EMC,�opened the first discussion with�following words:�"Recent years have shown that the Austrian model of development is most successful for Bulgaria". He explained, that the long-term interests in the Danube region are associated with the construction and modernization of transport and energy infrastructure, environmental protection, the development of research and technology and some�tourism and cultural cooperation. The�speeches,�given during the meetings,�were concepts of�the experiences of various companies in the region and were supposed to�extend the Bulgarian-Austrian business contacts and to transfer corporate knowledge through joint training, which the European Management Centre organized by means of Austrian consultants.