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Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy

Kotnikova 28

SI-1000 Ljubljana 

Slovenia

T: +386 1 308 3178

F: +386 1 478 3619

E: gp.svlr(at)gov.si

Prime Minister of the RS

Government of the RS

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Areas of work


The Government Office has three responsibilities:
  • Local Self-Government Department
  • Regional Development Department
  • EU Cohesion Policy Department
The Office performs the following tasks:
  • coordinating the inter-ministerial preparation and harmonisation of framework agreements with the EU, on the basis of which Slovenia can receive funds from the EU budget;
  • performing the management function in the area of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund;
  • coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the work of the ministries, government services as well as other public bodies and services involved in the implementation of Structural Policy tasks and reporting on the findings to the Government of the Republic of Slovenia;
  • establishing and maintaining a functioning information system for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the National Development Plan and the Single Programming Document;
  • performing other expert tasks in accordance with the rules and decisions of the Slovene Government.

Areas of Local Self-Government

  • preparing system regulations in the field of the organization, functioning and financing of municipalities,
  • coordinating the work with the ministries and other bodies in the preparation of system solutions and regulations in the field of the organization, functioning and financing of municipalities,
  • ensuring the implementation of the European Charter on Local Self-Government and the legislation in the field of the organization, functioning and financing of municipalities,
  • directing and advising municipal bodies in securing legality of their work in the field of system regulations on local self-government,
  • preparing system analyses of local self-government,
  • providing professional assistance to municipalities and co-operating with the associations of municipalities,
  • participating in the Steering Committee on Local and Regional Democracy (CDLR) of the Council of Europe, with the delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) and with the delegation of Committee of Regions (COR) of the European Union and  
  • co-operating with organizations, institutions and other bodies in foreign countries in the field of organization and implementation of local self-government,
  • setting-up a database for monitoring the operation of municipal bodies and a database for the support of municipalities and  
  • performing other tasks in the field of local self-government

Areas of Regional Development


  • coordinating activities of the implementation of the Promotion of Balanced Regional Development Act and the regional development policy and performing tasks of general management of direct regional incentives from the National Development Programme,
  • guiding the policy and monitoring the implementation of the work programme of the National Agency for Regional Development and the Public Fund of the Republic of Slovenia for Regional Development and Preservation of the Settlement of Slovene Rural Areas and others,
  • ensuring professional support to the Structural Policy Council, the Sustainable Development Council and the Development and Business Council for Slovenians Abroad,
  • implementing tasks in the area of interregional international development cooperation in particular cross-border development connections, the formation of euro-regions and scientific research cooperation with Slovenians abroad.

Areas of the EU Cohesion Policy

  • running preparations and harmonisation of strategic documents with the EU, on the basis of which Slovenia can receive funds from the EU budget,
  • performing general management tasks in the area of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund arising from the Community acquis in force in the field of the cohesion policy,
  • coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the work of the ministries, government services as well as other public bodies and services involved in the implementation of the European cohesion policy and reporting on the findings to the Government of the Republic of Slovenia as well as performing other tasks in the field of the European cohesion policy.


Main regulations and documents governing the activities of the Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy:
  • Decision on the establishing of the Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy and the tasks and organisation thereof (OG RS, No. 115/02)
  • Promotion of Balanced Regional Development Act (OG RS, No. 60/99)
  • Decree on Standard Classification of Territorial Units (OG RS, No. 28/00)
  • Rules on the composition, organisation and tasks of the National Agency for Regional Development (NARD) (OG RS, No. 52/00)
  • Rules amending the Rules on the appointment, organisation and tasks of the National Agency for Regional Development (OG RS, No. 44/01)
  • Instructions on conditions governing the activities of the Regional Development Agency (OG RS, No. 52/00 and 111/00)
  • Rules amending the Rules on the organisation and conditions for carrying out the tasks of the Regional Development Agency (OG RS, No. 44/01)
  • Instructions on minimum mandatory contents, methodology for the preparation, and on the method for monitoring and evaluating the regional development programme (OG RS, No. 52/00 and 111/00)
  • Instructions amending the instructions on minimum compulsory contents and methodology for the preparation and on method for monitoring and evaluating the regional development programme (OG RS, No. 44/01)
  • Decision on the establishment. composition, organisation and tasks of the Structural Policy Council (OG RS No. 59/00)
  • Decree on the criteria for defining territories with special development problems, and on the determination of municipalities meeting these criteria (OG RS No. 59/00)
  • Decree on detailed conditions and criteria for granting development incentives required for balanced regional development (OG RS No. 59/00)
  • Decision amending the decision on the establishment, composition, organisation and tasks of the Structural Policy Council (OG RS No. 17/01)
  • Decree amending the Decree on detailed conditions and criteria for the allocation of incentives essential for the coherent regional development (OG RS, No. 60/01)
  • Instructions on the priority areas for the allocation of incentives essential for the coherent regional development (OG RS, No. 44/01)
  • Rules on the regional map for the implementation of the state aid regional policy in the Republic of Slovenia (OG RS, No. 58/01)
  • Rules on the allocation of regional state aids and regional development incentives to local communities and regional development agencies (OG RS, No. 62/01)
  • Decree on criteria, conditions and procedure of allocating funds for creating the economic basis for ethnically mixed areas in 2001 (OG RS, No. 62/01)
  • Rules amending the Rules on the appointment, organisation and tasks of the National Agency for Regional Development (OG RS, No. 63/02)
  • Rules on the allocation of regional state aids and regional development incentives to local communities and regional development agencies (OG RS, No. 108/02)
  • Decision amending the decision on the establishment, composition, organisation and tasks of the Structural Policy Council (OG RS No. 13/03)
  • Strategy of Regional Development of Slovenia, adopted by the Government of RS at its 38th session on 26 July 2001
  • National Development Plan of the RS 2001-2006, adopted by the Government of RS at its 54th session on 13 December 2001
  • COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1447/2001 of 28 June 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds
  • Regulation (EC) No 1783/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 1999 on the European Regional Development Fund
  • Regulation (EC) No 1784/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 1999 on the European Social Fund
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2760/98 of 18 December 1998 concerning the implementation of a programme for cross-border cooperation in the framework of the PHARE programme
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 of 21 June 1999 on coordinating aid to the applicant countries in the framework of the pre-accession strategy and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 of 21 June 1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 of 22 December 1999 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1263/1999 of 21 June 1999 on the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 of 16 May 1994 establishing a Cohesion Fund
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1264/1999 of 21 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 establishing a Cohesion Fund
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1265/1999 of 21 June 1999 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 establishing a Cohesion Fund
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1386/2002 of 29 July 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 as regards the management and control systems for assistance granted from the Cohesion Fund and the procedure for making financial corrections
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 438/2001 of 2 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 as regards the management and control systems for assistance granted under the Structural Funds
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1681/94 of 11 July 1994 concerning irregularities and the recovery of sums wrongly paid in connection with the financing of the structural policies and the organization of an information system in this field
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2001 of 2 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 as regards the procedure for making financial corrections to assistance granted under the Structural Funds
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 of 21 June 1999 establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession (ISPA)


Kotnikova 28, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, tel: 00 386 1/ 308 31 78, fax: 00 386 1/ 478 36 19, e-mail: gp.svlr(at)gov.si
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