Vienna’s new Economy and Innovation Strategy

The Strategy “VIENNA 2030 – Economy & Innovation” builds on the strengths of the business location Vienna and makes use of the existing potential. The intention is to put forward “Viennese solutions” to provide answers to the big challenges of coming years from climate change to digitalisation. Vienna strives to become a world leader in these and other thematic areas. The city wants to create prosperity and quality of life for all Viennese, in particular by providing high-skilled jobs and excellent infrastructure.

  • The new Economy and Innovation Strategy aims at strengthening Vienna as a business location and at creating high-skilled jobs
  • It focuses on excellence in 6 thematic areas (Smart solutions for life in the 21st-century city, Vienna as a metropolis of health, Digitalisation, Vienna-style, Smart production in the big city, place of international encounter, Vienna – a metropolis of culture and creativity)
  • Guidance is provided by the Vienna Economic Council, a high-ranking group of experts

Further information and the strategy document can be found here.