At a constructive meeting held on December 9th 2017 in Vienna, Amb. Dr. Elena Kirtcheva, Secretary General of the Vienna Economic Forum, and Aleksandar Vlahović, President of the Serbian Association of Economists, reaffirmed their joint commitment to establishing efficient and pragmatic regional cooperation between member countries of the Vienna Economic Forum by formally signing a Memorandum of Understanding. As previously agreed upon, this cooperation includes joint activities of promoting regional economic connectivity and incentivizing regional investments, as well as joint organization of conferences.

During the meeting, Mr. Vlahović presented the Vienna Economic Forum with a Certificate as a token of long-term cooperation and outstanding contributions to achieving program objectives of the Serbian Association of Economists.

These prestigious awards were presented on the occasion of celebrating 70 years of successful operation of the Serbian Association of Economists organized in November 2017 in Belgrade.