Speaking to business leaders and also to the press, as part of the 2nd Ministerial Conference of Ministers from South East Europe, BIAC Secretary General, Tom Vant, highlighted that a regulatory and institutional environment that generates business confidence and fosters private investment is key to sustained economic growth in the South East European Region.

  Mr. Martin Bartenstein, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour from Austria thanked BIAC for its involvement in the Joint Business Statement presented to the Ministerial and the engagement in the ongoing work program of the OECD in this region.

  For more concerning BIACs Committee on Non-Member Economies and the Task Force on Southeast Europe, please contact Dirk Manske at the BIAC Secretariat.

Mark Primmer for BIAC

BIAC Secretary General Mr. Tom Vant (Left) with Mr. Martin Bartenstein, Austrian Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour (Right) during the 2nd Ministerial Conference of Ministers from South East Europe