The first concrete interest by Austrian businessmen to invest in the Republic of Srpska arose only ten days after the successful Investment Forum in Vienna, organized by the Republic of Srpska Investment Development Bank (IDBRS) and Republic of Srpska Representative Office in Austria. Acting director of the IDBRS, Dražen Vrhovac, and Head of the Republic of Srpska Representation in Austria, Mladen Filipović, met with Thomas Hörburger,