Government’s note of the initialled agreement on the settlement of strike demands and the suspension of the strike by employees of the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia

In January this year, the strike committee of the Slovenian Customs Officers' Trade Union announced a strike by employees of the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia. In early February, the government appointed a negotiating team and set the starting points for the negotiations. As part of the negotiations, an agreement was reached on how to resolve the strike demands and to postpone the start of the strike, and the government also became acquainted with its initials and authorised the Minister of Finance Klemen Boštjančič to sign the agreement.

Source: Ministry of Finance

Slovenia to provide material assistance to Syria to mitigate the consequences of the earthquake

The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has decided to provide material assistance to the Syrian Arab Republic in the form of 1,500 self-inflatable mattresses, following a request made due to the earthquake through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism. The estimated value of the assistance, including transport, is EUR 115,000.

Up to EUR 105,000 will be provided from the budget reserve of the Republic of Slovenia, while the cost of transport of up to EUR 10,000 will be covered by the Ministry of Defence, the Protection and Rescue Administration of the Republic of Slovenia.

Source: Ministry of Defence

Government appoints Acting Director of the public agency SPIRIT Slovenia

The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has issued a decision appointing Rok Capl as Acting Director of the Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship, Internationalisation, Foreign Investment and Technology, with effect from 12 February 2023, until the appointment of the Director, but for a maximum period of six months, i.e. until 11 August 2023 at the latest.

As the public competition procedure for the selection of the Director was closed in 2022 without a proposal for the appointment of the Director, and the new composition of the SPIRIT Slovenia Council for the next five-year period was appointed in December, the announcement of a new public competition procedure was postponed until January 2023. In view of the above and the likelihood that the competition procedure for the selection of a new Director will not be completed by the end of the term of office of the current Acting Director, the Council of SPIRIT Slovenia has adopted a decision proposing that the Government of the Republic of Slovenia reappoint the current Acting Director, Rok Capl, as Acting Director of SPIRIT Slovenia, as of 12 February 2023, until the appointment of a new Director, but for a maximum period of six months. This will ensure the smooth functioning of the Agency.

The CV shows that the candidate fulfils the conditions for the post of Director under the Public Agencies Act and the Decision on the establishment of the Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship, Internationalisation, Foreign Investment and Technology. If the Director of the Public Agency ceases to hold office, the founder shall, on a proposal from the Council, appoint an Acting Director without a public competition until a new Director is appointed, but for a maximum period of six months.

Source: Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport

Appointed members of the Monitoring Committee for European Funds Programmes

The Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted a Decision appointing the members and deputy members of the Monitoring Committee for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy programmes under the Integrated Border Management Fund.

Slovenia will set up one monitoring committee for the programmes of all three Funds. The following shall be appointed to the Monitoring Committee:

(a) from ministries, government departments and constituent bodies:

• five representatives of the Ministry of the Interior:  State Secretary Tina Heferle, chairperson, and Erik Kern, deputy chairperson; Dr Simona Brešćanski, member, and Uroš Rojšek, deputy member; Olga Cedilnik, member, and mag. Olga Simona Gerjevič, deputy member; Nataša Potočnik, member, and Pina Stepan, deputy member; Tjaša Škreblin, member, and Damijan Janežič, deputy member;
• representative of the Police: Tomaž Pečjak, member, and Klavdija Zajc, deputy member;
• representative of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs: mag. Viktor Mlakar, member, and mag. Mitja Bensa, deputy member;
• representative of the Ministry of Defence: mag. Boštjan Pavlin, member, and Tea Kranjc, deputy member;
• representative of the Government Office for the Support and Integration of Migrants: Ms Mateja Fabina, member, and Luka Vodopivec, deputy member;
• representative of the Ministry of Finance: mag. Evelyn Filip, member, and Mirjana Matić, deputy member;

b) by the partners:

• representative of local communities: Roman Fortuna, joint representative of the Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia, the Association of Municipalities of Slovenia and the Association of Urban Municipalities of Slovenia, member;
• representative of the regional development agencies: Nataša Šterban Bezjak, representative of the Association of Regional Development Agencies of Slovenia, member, and mag. Liljana Drevenšek, representative of the Association of Regional Development Agencies of Slovenia, deputy member;
• representatives of the economic and social partners: Marko Jare, representative of employers' organisations appointed to the Economic and Social Council, member; Tjaša Škedelj, representative of trade union organisations appointed to the Economic and Social Council, member, and Marko Tanasić, representative of trade union organisations appointed to the Economic and Social Council, deputy member;
• representative of non-governmental organisations: Tina Divjak, representative of representative non-governmental organisations in the field of migrants, equality and human rights, member;
• representative of organisations of persons with disabilities: Aleš Jeraj, representative of the National Council of Disability Organisations of Slovenia, member, and Milan Kotnik, representative of the National Council of Disability Organisations of Slovenia, deputy member;
• representative of research organisations and representative of universities: Prof Dr Mateja Sedmak, representative of the Coordination of Independent Research Institutes of Slovenia, member, Aleš Bučar Ručman, representative of the Slovenian Rectors Conference, member, and Prof Dr Simona Kustec, representative of the Slovenian Rectors Conference, deputy member.

Source: Ministry of the Interior