Slovenia econ soc ter cohesion

Central

The central government is responsible for:

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

  • Overall legislation on economic and fiscal policies;
  • Promoting entrepreneurial development;
  • Increasing the competitiveness of enterprises;
  • Economic promotion, including  promotion of foreign investment;
  • Intellectual property;
  • Consumer protection;
  • Protection of competition; and
  • Market inspection.

European Social Fund (ESF)

  • Designing and conducting procedures for implementing active employment policy measures;
  • Participating in drawing up acts and other regulations governing labour;
  • Drawing up and implementing projects aimed at participating in international programmes; and
  • Preparing analyses, reports, and other information on national employment.

Spatial planning

  • Social housing;
  • Spatial and social cohesion;
  • Management of historical urban centres;
  • Protection of uninhabited (non-urban) areas;
  • Protection of national, regional, and local characteristics of the land, architecture and landscape; and
  • Development of modern architecture.

 

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

  • Providing the conditions for the economic development of the municipalities.
     

Spatial planning

  • Urban design;
  • Planning spatial development, carrying out tasks in the areas of activities affecting the physical space and the construction of facilities in accordance with the law;
  • Ensuring the public service of issuing building permits l;
  • Creating the conditions for the construction of housing, and
  • Providing for an increase in the rent/social welfare fund.

 


Responsible ministries/bodies

Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy

Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning

Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of the Economic Development and Technology



 

Sources

Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy

Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning

Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of the Economic Development and Technology

The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 33/91-I, 42/97, 66/2000, 24/03, 69/04, 68/06, 47/13 and 75/16)

Local Self-Government Act (Official Gazette RS, Nos. 94/07 – official consolidated text, 76/08, 79/09, 51/10, 40/12 – ZUJF, 14/15 – ZUUJFO, 11/18 – ZSPDSLS-1, 30/18 and 61/20 – ZIUZEOP-A)

 

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