Kazakh-Austrian business forum held in Vienna

About 100 representatives of Austrian companies, government and business associations participated in the work of the business forum. Among the honorable guests were members of the Austrian Parliament, led by the second president of Austrian Parliament Mr. Karlheinz Kopf, vice-minister for transport, innovation and technology of Austria Mr. Andreas Reichhardt and other seniors officials, Kazinform refers to the Kazakh MFA's press service.

A keynote speaker at the forum Mr. Yerlan Sagadiyev, Vice-Minister for Investment and Development of Kazakhstan, informed the participants of the opportunities of the Kazakh-Austrian cooperation in the framework of the Plan of the Nation "100 specific steps", State Program for industrial-innovative development of Kazakhstan in 2015-2018, the "Nurly Zhol" program for 2015-2017, investors' support measures and more. During the panel discussion, held on the sidelines of the business forum, Meiram Pshembayev, Member of Majilis of the Kazakh Parliament - Chairman of the Board, the Union of Machinery Builders of Kazakhstan, Richard Schenz, vice-president of the Economic Chamber of Austria and Assel Yergaziyeva, Deputy Chairman of "KaznexInvest", in an interactive format elaborated on opportunities of doing business in Kazakhstan, the investment climate and why one need to invest in Kazakhstan. Vice-Minister Yerlan Sagadiyev met with Vice-Minister of Economy of Austria Bernadette Gierlinger and the sides confirmed their interest in further strengthening and expansion of bilateral cooperation. In the framework of the forum, KaznexInvest and KapschTrafficCom, Austrian transnational company, signed a memorandum of cooperation on the development of road systems in Kazakhstan. In addition, Vice-Minister Yerlan Sagadiyev met with the leadership of number of top Austrian companies in the office of the Federation of Austrian Industries. The forum revealed a significant interest of Austrian companies in cooperation with Kazakhstan. The event was crowned by a concert of Kazakh classical music performers - a world-famous violinist Ms. Aida Ayupova and a pianist Ms. Gulzhan Uzembayeva under the project "Pearls of Kazakhstan" implemented by the Embassy of Kazakhstan to Austria with the aim of popularisation of the arts and young artists of Kazakhstan in Europe.