The promotion of diplomatic support for craftspeople is part of a series of events aimed at systematically promoting the internationalisation of Slovenian companies through the network of the Chamber of Craft and Small Business and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and in particular within the framework of the Strategic Research and Innovation Partnerships (SRIP) between Slovenian companies and research institutions.

The Director-General of the Directorate for Economic and Public Diplomacy, Slobodan Šešum, addressed the business leaders and representatives at the consultations organised by SRIP ACS+ on certain legal and economic aspects of doing business in automotive supply chains. He explained how economic diplomacy supports them in their efforts to expand their business to foreign markets, and outlined its activities and its links with the network of diplomatic missions and consular posts. He also presented concrete examples of support for companies through the Economic Project Fund and best practices in the internationalisation of Slovenian companies abroad, outlined the Ministry's activities to date aimed at strengthening Slovenia's economic cooperation with foreign countries and revealed some plans for the future. In this context, he invited them to participate in the planned visits of high-level officials accompanied by business delegations, and in international business events, as both can provide business opportunities.

Tanja Mohorič, Director of the Slovenian automotive cluster, highlighted best practices in cooperation with economic diplomacy, informed about the planned business delegation to China and presented the SRIP ACS+ outline plans until 2030, in which she suggested close cooperation with economic diplomacy.

The consultations were also attended by Prof Jernej Letnar Černič from the European Faculty of Law at the New University, who spoke about mandatory due diligence in supply chains, which also affects Slovenian companies, Janja Zaplotnik and Aljaž Cankar from the Jadek & Pensa law firm, who presented the pitfalls of cooperation and information exchange between competitors, and Marjeta Bajt from the Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport, who spoke about the imposition of a provisional countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles from China.

More recently, such discussions with companies took place during visits to regional chambers of commerce and industry in the Savinja region in April, the Primorska region in March, the Zasavje and Koroška regions in February and the Slovenian Chamber of Craft and Small Business in March and May as well as during various annual meetings of members of the Strategic Research and Innovation Partnerships (SRIPs).