“Concentrated competence” – Land bundles the business agendas

The tasks of the regional management of Burgenland will be carried out from January 1st by the business agency of the state as well as the office of the state government. The state emphasizes that all jobs will be retained.

After the change of name from Wirtschaft Burgenland GmbH led by Harald Zagiczek to Wirtschaftsagentur Burgenland GmbH and the appointment of Michael Gerbavsits as second managing director, there will be renewed changes in the national company from January 1, 2022. This was announced by the Economic Councilor Leonhard Schneemann in a press conference today, Monday. Specifically, it is about the integration of responsibilities that have so far been taken care of by the regional subsidiary Regionalmanagement Burgenland GmbH (RMB). “A few months ago we made the fundamental decision to realign the funding management of the Province of Burgenland. As a result, synergies in Burgenland are to be used even more and efficiencies increased in the future, ”says Schneemann. In the course of this restructuring, the responsibilities of Regionalmanagement Burgenland GmbH will be carried out on the one hand by the Burgenland Business Agency and on the other hand by the Burgenland Provincial Government. “The employees stay in employment”, assures Schneemann. “Bundling economic competence” Regionalmanagement Burgenland GmbH, which is wholly owned by the state, was founded in 1995 to handle EU funding projects. Its integration into the state’s business agency and the office of the Burgenland state government is part of the realignment of funding management in Burgenland. It is said that all funding matters are bundled in the interests of lean and efficient administration. This is intended to enable an even more targeted and successful funding process, in order to offer companies and all other affected stakeholders the greatest possible support. Almost 26 million euros in funding 439 funding applications were approved in 2021. This triggered a total investment volume of over EUR 217.7 million in Burgenland. Funding from the EU, the federal government and the state totaled 25.6 million euros flowed into the Burgenland economy. An evaluation showed that a public funding euro triggers five euros in funding from private capital. This will fuel the economy massively. The ongoing development of tailor-made funding programs is an important area of ​​responsibility, particularly with a view to strengthening Burgenland as a business location and expanding and making the Burgenland tourism businesses more attractive.
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