Slovenia and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Practically all Slovenian ministries and some other government institutions participate in OECD activities, according to their respective areas of expertise. The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs is responsible for coordinating Slovenia's work in the OECD. To this end, the Government has appointed a National Coordinator for OECD Affairs and a permanent operational inter-ministerial working group on OECD affairs. The latter is responsible for coordinating Slovenia's positions on outstanding horizontal issues, presenting an annual report to the Government on its activities, and coordinating, at inter-ministerial level, the strategic orientations for Slovenia's cooperation within the OECD every three years, which are then endorsed by the Government.
The latest orientations were approved by the Government in January 2023 and will remain valid until the end of 2025. The aim of the strategic orientations is to ensure that all Slovenian representatives are united in pursuing national interests and defending coordinated positions in the OECD, that they codetermine the priorities of the OECD, which shapes future trends both in the EU and in the world, and that the priorities of Slovenia’s activities in the OECD are consistent with its national development priorities and planned reforms.
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OECD National Contact Point Slovenia
As part of the implementation of the procedures for accession to the OECD, Slovenia has undertaken, inter alia, to establish the OECD National Contact Point Slovenia to provide information and raise awareness among enterprises and the general public about the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and their implementation procedures.
About the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
The key mission of the OECD is to advise governments on how to create policies designed:
- to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment, while maintaining financial stability, and thus to contribute to the development of the world economy.
- to contribute to sound economic expansion in Member as well as non-member countries in the process of economic development.
- to contribute to the expansion of world trade on a multilateral, non-discriminatory basis in accordance with international obligations.
The OECD is a unique organisation that collects, analyses and compares a wide range of data and information on countries' economic and other policies. Through its work, the OECD establishes a set of global standards that are followed not only by the OECD countries, but also by interested third countries. For example, more than 140 countries comply with the OECD standards for the automatic exchange of financial account information. An open dialogue between experts from Member States and invited third countries in specific areas allows for the analysis of different practices in the implementation of OECD standards and for mutual learning in order to design better, objective, evidence-based national policies.
The OECD currently has 38 Member countries, which together define the organisation’s priority areas. Its global impact is also ensured through its work with five key partner countries – Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa – and six regional initiatives: Africa, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Southeast Asia and South-East Europe. It often brings together a large number of interested third countries to work together on a particular area on the basis of their expressed interest.
The OECD celebrated the 69th anniversary of its foundation in 2021, and to mark the occasion, on 6 October 2021, Ministers from Member countries adopted the new Vision for the OECD for the next decade. The Vision sets out the shared values of OECD countries – multilateralism, democracy, an open and inclusive economy, sustainable economic development, peace and prosperity for all. At the Ministerial Meeting in May 2024, the new OECD Secretary-General’s Strategic Orientations for the 2025–26 biennium and beyond were presented to Member countries.