Programme: Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy Slovenia

This National Operational Programme focuses on encouraging economic development and ensuring prosperity for all citizens in Slovenia while taking into account the specific characteristics of the two less developed regions - Western Slovenia and Eastern Slovenia. It aims to strengthen efforts particularly in the area of research and development, boost the innovation potentials of SMEs, promote resource efficiency and reduce environmental pressures, further develop the transport sector, boost the growth of employment rates and reduce the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion. In order to achieve these objectives, the Programme is divided into the following Priority Axes (PA):

• PA1 - International competitiveness of research, innovation and technological development in line with smart specialisation for enhanced competitiveness and greening of the economy
• PA2 - Enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies
• PA3 - Dynamic and competitive entrepreneurship for green economic growth
• PA4 - Sustainable consumption and production of energy and smart grids
• PA5 - Climate change adaptation
• PA6 - Improvements of the environment and biodiversity status
• PA7 - Infrastructure development and promotion of sustainable mobility
• PA8 - Promoting employment and supporting transnational labour mobility
• PA9 - Social inclusion and poverty reduction
• PA10 - Knowledge, skills and lifelong learning to enhance employability
• PA11 - Rule of law, enhancing institutional capacity, efficient public administration and capacity building of NGOs and social partners