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The European Commission today welcomed the third proposal to amend of the Slovenian Recovery and Resilience Plan. The amendment to the plan also needs to be approved by the Council of the European Union.

The Government adopted the text of the proposed Act Amending the Pension and Disability Insurance Act. Amendments are necessary primarily to adapt the system to the ageing population, while the reform is also part of commitments under the Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Construction has begun in Maribor on Arnes' data centre, which will also house a supercomputer for the artificial intelligence factory. This will be the biggest data centre in Slovenia. The foundation stone was unveiled by Prime Minister Robert Golob, Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation Igor Papič and Director of the Academic and Research Network of Slovenia (Arnes) Marko Bonač.

At today's extraordinary session, members of parliament approved the proposal of the new Civil Servants Act (ZJU-1). The Act focuses on enhancing the competence and independence of public employees while increasing flexibility in human resource management within public administration. The most important new development is the establishment of the Human Resources Centre.

Today, the Government approved a proposal for the third amendment to the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), which the Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Recovery and Resilience will submit, together with all supporting documents, to Brussels for formal consideration. The Government will also submit the proposal to the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia for information.

The National Assembly adopted the Act Amending the Health Services Act (ZZDej-N). It is one of the fundamental healthcare acts, as it regulates health services as a whole, public health services, health service providers, healthcare workers and co-workers and other key issues related to the provision of health services.

186 new public rental housing units were opened today in the Podbreznik neighbourhood of Novo Mesto, built by the Housing Fund of the Republic of Slovenia and the Novo mesto Municipality. This is one of the largest public housing projects in the Dolenjska region.

Minister of a Solidarity-Based Future Simon Maljevac, together with Mayor Robert Smrdelj, today opened five new public rental housing units in Pivka. The purchase and renovation of the building was supported by the Ministry with funds from the European Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Today, a symbolic event marked the completion of the upgrade of the Nova Gorica railway station, which began in December 2023 and marks an important step towards improving rail transport in that region. The upgrade provided the station with more robust infrastructure with more features, improved safety, and a better user experience for passengers.

At today's session, the Government approved the text of the proposed Act Amending Health Services Act, which regulates and governs the situation in the field of health care and enables faster, better and higher quality treatment of patients in the health care system while also seeking to motivate healthcare workers to remain in public healthcare institutions.

The Ministry of a Solidarity-Based Future continues to be successful in absorbing funds of the European Recovery and Resilience Plan for housing construction this year. The ministry made all the necessary preparations to ensure that the majority of the projects for constructing homes for the elderly could be co-funded by EU funds next year.

The SIChain EIPS project that is part of the Important Project of Common European Interest – Next-Generation Cloud Infrastructure and Services (IPCEI CIS) demonstrates that Slovenians can also play a key role in Europe's digital breakthrough.

Today, the Council of the European Union comprising finance ministers approved an amendment to Slovenia's Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). This is a minor amendment, mainly relating to the method of implementing seven measures.

The Minister of Education, Vinko Logaj, attends the grand opening of renovated and new premises of the Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Ljubljana. The renovation was funded under the Recovery and Resilience Plan and with integrated budget funds.

The Minister of Education, Vinko Logaj, attends the grand opening of a new gym at Gimnazija Šiška, general upper secondary school, in Ljubljana.

The European Commission today welcomed the second proposal to amend of the Slovenian Recovery and Resilience Plan. The amendment to the plan also needs to be approved by the Council of the European Union.

15 November 2024 – The Ministers of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and representatives of the representative trade unions of the public sector today signed the key documents necessary for introducing the reformed public sector salary system on 1 January 2025.

The Recovery and Resilience Office informed the Government of the implementation of measures of the Recovery and Resilience Plan, with regard to which the ministries record major substantive and temporal derogations. To optimise the implementation of the plan and subsequent drawing of available European funds, the Government ordered the Office to draft and harmonise the third proposed amendment to the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) on the basis of the ministries’ proposals for adjustment of the measures.

24 October 2024 – The National Assembly today adopted the Common Foundations of the Public Sector Salary System Act (ZSTSPJS).

Slovenia today received the transfer from the third payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility in the amount of EUR 257.7 million.