The Southeast European Business Development Network (SEEBDN) is an independent business association of prominent managers, entrepreneurs and diplomats from the countries of Southeast Europe, Germany and Austria. We are a not-for-profit association based in Vienna. Our organization comprises the following countries: Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and the countries of the Western Balkans. We are convinced that economic growth and mutual cooperation, especially from the private sector, are one of the most important factors for the stability and prosperity of any country and SEEBDN would like to contribute with its involvement and activities in Southeastern Europe. The SEEBDN is a business network focused not only on small and medium-sized companies, but also on large manufacturing and service-offering companies to promote regional cooperation between companies in Southeastern Europe as well as with EU markets, and to initiate partnerships and new business opportunities. We aim to intensify economic growth and fully support our members and to back up the EU candidate countries of Southeastern Europe on their path to the European Union. Although we are a business network, we have a great deal of support from political decision-makers in the countries of Southeastern Europe and the EU, since politics is an important dialogue partner in national economies too. The SEEBDN maintains partnerships with well-known, like-minded business and similar organizations from the above mentioned countries in order to provide additional programs and projects to our members.