1. 4th Vienna Economic Forum
Round Table 4 – Ecology and Sustainable Development in the Region – Water and Waste Management
Andreas Tschulik

2. Estimated necessary investments in selected countries of the region
Country
Waste (Mio.€)
Water (Mio.€)
Romania
6000
10000
Bulgaria
1000
3300
Croatia
2200
Czech Rep.
400
3200
Slovakia
450
3400
Hungaria
1300
2800
Ukraine
800
600
Studies by Austrian Society for Ecology and Technology estimate the investment needs into water and waste management infrastructure for selected countries (with different time frames from )

3. Austrian exporting initiative for environmental technologies
Austria as „Environmental Technology Leader“ shall become a high-tech supplier for environmental technologies with a regional focus in central and eastern Europe.
Technological Focus:
Waste Management
Waste and Waste Water Treatment
Water Supply
Renewable Energies

4. Austrian exporting initiative for environmental technologies
Austria is highly competitive in environmental technologies within the EU
More the 50% of relevant Austrian companies have a growth rate of > 7% p.a.
Export: > 70%
Environmental Technologies
Turnover (Baseline 2003) EU
(Quelle: EC DG Env.) Ö
(Quelle: WIFO-Studie)
€ 227 Mrd.
€ 2,6 Mrd.
2.2% GDP
4 % GDP
3,4 Mio. Empl.
Empl.

5. Austrian environmental technologies industry: Development 1993-2003
Q: WIFO-Erhebung 1995, 2000, 2005.

6. Relative importance of the environmental technology industry, 1993 - 2003
Source: WIFO surveys 1995, 2000, 2005, WIFO calculations, Statistics Austria: economic statistics, Austrian foreign trade database. ‑ ¹) estimate.

7. Environmental activities as share of the environmental industry, 1997 and 2003
Companies are assigned by their main product.
Source: WIFO surveys 2000, 2005.