VÖWG
Austrian Association for Public and Social Economy
Organization based in Vienna, Austria
The Austrian Association for Public and Social Economy (German: Verband der Öffentlichen Wirtschaft und Gemeinwirtschaft Österreichs, abbreviated as VÖWG) is the Austrian lobby of enterprises and institutions of public interest, as well as establishments, which carry out services of general interest, whatever their ownership or status, also in the form of Public-Private Partnerships. VÖWG also acts as the Austrian section of the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest (CEEP) in Brussels as well as of the International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy (CIRIEC) in Liège. Being member to those organisations the association also represents its members’ interests on the boards and institutions of the European Union and therefore is able to co-shape decisions of European Law.