Most of the Presidents of the European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry EEIG came to Austria and met in Vienna on 21 st and 22 nd November 2003. A few Presidents were not able to come because of political reasons. After an introduction and presentation of the new website of the EEIG (www.economic-chamber-eu.org) and its advantages and links, the Chairman of the Board and Conference, Prof. Dr. Heinz Helmut Vejpustek, asked the attending Presidents to complete their own websites in order to be linked with the EEIG website.
Further he appealed to the participants to contribute to a fast development of the EEIG 's international network by recommending reliable and politically well- connected persons of high social and economic standing as Presidents, Vice Presidents, Chairmen of Commission and Heads of Central Offices for special tasks in countries whereever they have business friends and partners. The success of the European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry EEIG is founded in the fact that many of the national Presidents are very important persons in their countries, e.g. former ministers of government, presidents of parliament, advisers to the government, presidents of the national chambers, and presidents of international organizations.
Then the EEIG -Presidents reported on their activities and views on the work of the European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry EEIG . The Presidents passed unanimously Resolution No. 1/2003 that there should be one Presidents' Conference per year at the legal or operational headquarters of the EEIG in autumn. It was agreed upon to have the next Presidents' Conference in Brussels from Thursday, 16 th September till Sunday, 19 th September 2004.
The President agreed that there should be two or three bigger events per year, e.g. Trade Delegations, Economic Summits, with a clear view to international projects.
Following the advice of Hon. Izz El-Din El-Sayed Mohamed, a further decision was that every President should authorize a substitute to take part in case that he cannot attend a Presidents' Conference. Each President should be represented with a seat and a vote at every Presidents' Conference which will have the function of a guiding board which passes resolutions and sets up the policy of the EEIG and the working programme for the next period.
It was discussed to bring a trade delegation of high ranking businessmen leaded by the President for Iran, Prof. Dr. Techn. Massud Mossaheb, to Teheran where they can discuss governmental projects with the relevant ministers of government (in February 2004). The President for Romania, Mr Helmut Schott, invited the presidents to participate in the AGRARIA - International Trade Fair for Agriculture, Food Industry and Packing in Cluj-Napoca/Romania from May 4 th till 8 th, 2004. The next "Economic Forum" will be held in Moscow in June 2004, with a post-congress tour to St. Petersburg .
The President for Canada proposed to collect and forward all interesting informations on possible projects to a sort of "Project Pool" at the Head Office which will acts as a link and distribute these informations to all presidents. Further he suggested to make advertising and public relations activities in favour of the European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry EEIG. The general wording should be drafted and coordinated by the Head Office. In this context Mr Alexander Bocharov, President for Russia and Governor for the CIS, showed the advertising which he had put in Russian economic magazines.
President Prof. Dr.Techn. Massud Mossaheb indicated that two new products were on the market, namley the high-quality Digital Microscope Bilogic & Stereo which can be combined with computers and TV screens and the Firooz Dental Chair for dentist, a real unit for professionals.
The Chairman of the Conference, Prof. Dr. Heinz Helmut Vejpustek, pointed to the YDROSTAS® Water Desalination Method which is really revolutionary in this field since it sets not only new technical and economical standards but is also ecologically beneficial. The system can be used in any part of the world where sea water, brackish water, brine or any other water is available. It can be used on land and on ships. Since the plant works fully automatically no permanent staff is needed and the energy costs are very low thanks to a heat recovery system. The prodcuts are drinking water and cooking salt as a by-product. The producers are also working on a new generation of wind energy machines with a vertical shaft.
Further presentations of efficient companies and new products were:
The Global Chance Fond was presented by Mr Alfred Wieder, Chief Executive of AWV AG Innovationsmanagement in Seefeld/Germany, Global Chance Fond that are investments in innovative markets with high return on investment, e.g. ecology and medical products, to ensure high quality of life also in future and to guarantee high yields. For further information please see www.awvag.de .
Mr Hussein Kazak , President of the Encontra Inc. , Montréal/Canada, presented the Biodyne Water Reclamation. This system is already the fourth generation of systems of reprocessing of sewage and effluents and a unique technology for the treatment of industrial and municipal wastewater. The advantage of this biological system are the low costs for chemicals and a closed processing system which does not produce neither bad smell nor pollution of the environment. For further information please see www.biodyne-srq.com.
Mr Andreas Wergetis , Managing Director of Offert.com Internet Services GmbH , Vienna/Austria, explained the advantage of the website offert.com as a general source of information on international projects and as a market place for demand and supply. The mission statement of the company reads: "Utilization of the internet as a professional tool for improving the competitive position and marketing options". The company offers new ways of "b2b". For more information please see www.offert.com.
The project Koronis - Housing for the 3 rd Millenium was presented by Ing. Rudolf Purasík, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr.Petr Fousek, Chairman of the Managing Board of Koronis A.S. in Bratislava/Slovakia, and Ms Zuzana Krátká. The comprehensive Koronis-Housing Programme consists of a fully integrated system from brick manufacturing, banking, loans, insurance, reinsurance, construction till the building and fournishing of flats for young people, retired people, and gypsies. These clients can buy the flats by paying small long-term instalments. Due to demand, later the small flats can be exchanged to bigger ones. It is assumed that there will be created around 70,000 new jobs only in the Slovak Republic by this housing programme. It is intended to perform this system not only in the Slovak Republic but also in Hungary , Poland and in the Czech Republic. For more information please see www.koronis.sk .
The general impression and opinion of the participants was that the Presidents' Conference put many interesting ideas and projects on the table which brought together several partners for cooperation and joint ventures.
