The EU Coordination and International Affairs Service is responsible for the promotion of the Republic of Slovenia’s interests in the international community in all areas within the competence of the Ministry to ensure coordinated sustainable development. In accordance with the foreign policy guidelines of the Republic of Slovenia and the needs of the Ministry, it ensures that the Ministry acts in a coordinated manner in relation to individual countries and in international relations in general. The EU Coordination and International Affairs Service participates in the development and formulation of positions in the process of adopting legislative proposals and other acts of the European Union falling within the competence of the Ministry and is responsible for their inter-ministerial coordination.