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Greetings. The decisions from
today's 144th government session

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will be presented by two ministers
and one state secretary.

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Minister for Higher Education,
Science, and Innovation,

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Dr. Igor Papič, go ahead.

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Thank you.
Esteemed colleagues,

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today, the government
adopted changes

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to the Scientific Research
and Innovation Activity Act.

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This is mainly
a strategic change.

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We are further increasing funding
for science and innovation

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from the current 1% of GDP
to 1.25% of GDP.

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This increase mainly applies
to innovation.

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We are hereby
following the policy

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that our society must be
a knowledge-based one,

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development in particular
is knowledge-based.

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Let me highlight some numbers.
Before this government took office

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funding for science
was around 350 million euros.

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Under the latest adopted budget
for this year and for 2026,

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it is approaching
700 million,

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basically doubling
the funding for science.

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Last year we allocated this field
528 million euros.

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this year 674 million euros,

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and in 2026 funding for science
will surpass 700 million euros.

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We are also increasing the scope
of funding to other ministries,

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so our Ministry will not be the
only one responsible for this field.

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We are also taking into account
other funds, especially EU funds.

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We have thus met
the strategic conditions

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for the development
of our society

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through an efficient transfer
of knowledge into everyday life.

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Other changes in the amendment

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mainly set certain legal bases
for the full operation

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of the Research
and Innovation Agency.

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We wish to empower the Innovation
Council as soon as possible.

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It also regulates
a few administrative areas,

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primarily self-evaluation,
the assessment of institutes,

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the establishment of institutes,
et cetera.

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For me, the main highlight
is the additional increase

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in funding for science
in the coming years.

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Journalists,
please introduce yourselves.

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Manja Delašjava, STA.

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What are the sources
of these additional funds

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and which ministries will
participate in this funding?

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Of course,
the main carrier

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is the Ministry of Higher Education,
Science, and Innovation.

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We are covering mainly
the part that is strictly related

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to the scientific research
of research institutes.

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But, like I said, we are also
taking into account EU funds,

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the Cohesion Fund, and the RRP,
while the programme still lasts.

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Additionally,
it is our Ministry's task

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to collect the data
of all other ministries

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that are also
investing in science.

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This includes the Ministry
of the Economy, Tourism and Sport,

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and the Ministry
of Digital Transformation,

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whose aim is the transition
to a digital society.

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Given the current situation,

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I am confident
that this scope of funding

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will also increase significantly
for the Ministry of Defence.

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Any further questions?

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Thank you, Minister,
have a nice day. -Thank you.

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The government
reviewed the guidelines

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for preparing public calls

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for the allocation of public funds
at the SPIRIT agency.

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State Secretary at the Ministry
of Economy, Tourism and Sport,

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Matevž Frangež, will outline
their contents. Go ahead.

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Greetings.
Although public perception suggests

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that the allocation of public funds
through public calls

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operates under a lawless,
Wild West-like system,

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this area is in fact
highly regulated.

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Within the scope of the Ministry of
Economy, Tourism, and Sport alone,

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there are 68 legal regulations
governing public calls,

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including 8 laws,
3 programming documents,

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6 government regulations,
17 EU regulations,

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and, in the case
of the Ministry of Economy,

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8 approved
state aid schemes,

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and 12 different procedural
guidelines and instructions.

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In this regard,
the procedure is regulated,

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though it is true that,
in conducting public calls,

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for some reason or other,
mistakes happen.

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With regard to the state and the
correct utilisation of public funds,

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it is important
that we have mechanisms in place

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that either prevent
the allocation of public funds

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to those who are ineligible,
or, on the other hand,

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enable the efficient
recovery of public funds

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from those who do not meet
the objectives of the public calls.

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The most important part
of the review of the guidelines

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for improving
the system of public calls

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is determining what needs
to be corrected moving forward.

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In this regard, the government
considered the proposed directives,

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namely the digitisation
of call procedures,

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which includes submitting
applications in digital form,

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integrating AI tools to verify
conditions and access databases,

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as well as to verify
and rank data,

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and the digitisation
of oversight

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in the implementation
of individual projects.

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But, as we discussed
at the government session,

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we cannot hide behind
checking off formal requirements.

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Instead,
we must implement

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a more thorough substantive
evaluation of submitted projects,

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and increase the accountability
of the evaluation committees.

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Furthermore, we want to explore
the possibility of incorporating

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the principle of prudent use of
public funds into our legislation.

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This would allow
taking into account

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past experiences
in conducting public calls

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for both individuals
and legal entities,

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like issues with chain-opening
companies, and similar matters,

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through a preventive prohibition
on awarding public funds

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or by imposing an additional
obligation of diligent scrutiny.

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Various suggestions for optimising
procedures of awarding state aid,

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mainly by limiting the number
of application supplements,

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including assessments
by external evaluators,

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and the assessment
of business models,

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in order to increase
the detection and identification

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of fraudulent practices
and fraudulent business models.

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The government also
reviewed the consideration

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on how to prepare
a repeated public call

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for productive investments
in coal regions.

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There are three specifics
regarding this call.

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Firstly, the public call
is focused on creating jobs.

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We need jobs to replace
the jobs tied to the coal industry

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in the Savinja and Šalek Valley
and the Zasavje coal regions.

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Secondly, it is focused on two
narrowly defined territorial areas,

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Zasavje and the
Savinja and Šalek Valley

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and on mandatory consultation

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with the two
regional development agencies

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that have a very specific
consulting role in this procedure.

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In this regard
we are announcing two public calls,

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one through the SPIRIT agency

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and the other through
the ARIS agency.

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The first is for
production investments

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amounting
to 68 million euros,

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and the other for co-funding
development, research

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and innovation activities
of companies in the two valleys,

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amounting
to 14.5 million euros.

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We intend to prepare the new call
as soon as possible and,

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based on revised guidelines,

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structure it into
two distinct segments.

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One segment will address
newly established companies,

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with a capped
maximum allocation,

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set, for example,
at 500,000 euros,

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while the other will cover
established companies,

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for which we plan to limit annual
turnover to an absolute threshold,

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as was already incorporated
in the previous call.

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We also aim to include
assessments by external evaluators,

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and a bank statement
confirming the financial

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feasibility of the projects
will be required.

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In addition,
we must devise a method

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to more effectively assess
fraudulent business models

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that may sometimes
underpin submitted projects,

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and, in this respect,
allow the agency,

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as the executor
of the public call,

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to reserve the right
to take into account past conduct,

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particularly non-compliance
with tax obligations

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by individuals and legal entities,
and other criteria.

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Thank you, State Secretary.
Journalists, go ahead.

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No questions. -Thank you.
-Thank you, goodbye.

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The last speaker is the Minister
of Labour, Family, Social Affairs

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and Equal Opportunities Luka Mesec
who introduces the adopted draft law

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on asserting
the partial wage compensation

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for part-time work.
Go ahead. -Thank you.

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Hello and thank you
for coming to the press conference.

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I will introduce
a crisis scheme for a part-time work.

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Companies or employees
can use it

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in the event of crisis
or natural disasters.

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I will explain a bit of history.

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Because of a crisis or natural
disasters we have used subsidies

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for part-time work in Slovenia
two times, to keep the workplaces.

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First, after the global financial
crisis in the years 2009 and 2010,

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and in the Covid period
for the second time.

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The European Commission estimates
that back then the European countries

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saved
over 10 million workplaces.

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As you know, the economic climate
is unfavourable again.

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The Slovenian companies are afraid
of the events in export markets.

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The automotive industry is worried
and there are less orders already.

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They urged the government
to impose a possibility

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for some kind of intervention scheme
for part-time work.

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We don't want to face mass
redundancies and unemployment again.

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We know it very well,
if we look a bit into the past.

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When I was finishing my studies
in the year 2012 or 2013,

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135,000 people in Slovenia
were unemployed.

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Ten years later
we have one third of this number.

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There are
48,000 unemployed people.

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We want to keep it like that, because
it means social security for people.

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It means that it's not hard
to find work in Slovenia

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and everyone who can
and wants to work can find it.

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The problem is, if the crisis came
and got a cyclical nature.

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The unemployment could increase
for tens of thousands people.

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To prevent it,
we took a look at foreign practices

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in the countries we are inspired by.
Austria and Germany among them.

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We found out that both countries
have established a scheme

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that they can activate in a natural
disaster or economic crisis.

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When the crisis comes, they don't
invent intervention measures,

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but they have a mechanism
that a government can activate,

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when it seems that a hard
economic period is on the horizon,

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to save the workplaces.

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We have adopted
such a law today.

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It was coordinated
in the Economic and Social Council

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and is supported by both sides,
by the employers and union trades.

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In the economy employers see it
as a protection from the crisis.

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Mainly from the one
that is appearing on export markets.

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On the other hand,
the union trades support it,

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because they see it
as a safeguard for workplaces.

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Now I can say a few words,
how this scheme works.

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After the adoption of this law,

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the government
can activate the scheme.

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It can activate it in two cases.

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The first case
are natural disasters or epidemics.

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Like floods
or a case of Covid-19.

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In both cases the government
could activate the scheme.

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The companies would apply and the
government could for the employees,

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who can't keep the job,
subsidise a part-time work.

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The second case
is an economic crisis.

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In this case, a Ministry of Labour,
which submits the proposal,

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and a Ministry of Economy,
which prepares it, should say

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what the economic trends are,
what does the IMAD say,

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what are the data on unemployment,
what are the companies worried about,

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if the orders are decreasing
and so on.

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Then the government decides
if the crisis is serious enough

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to activate the scheme.

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When the government decides
to activate the scheme,

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the companies have a possibility
to report to the employment office

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or arrange it
via electronic means.

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They have to say

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that they can't ensure 90% of the
work for 30% of the employees.

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This should apply to approximately
one third of the employees.

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the company cannot
provide the work for.

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It must therefore state
which employees these are,

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and how much their work
will be cut back.

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The Employment Service must then
approve the scheme within 14 days.

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If it does, the employees' hours
can be reduced

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by a minimum of 5 hours
or a maximum of 20 hours per week.

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It may not be reduced by more than
half for any individual employee.

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They must work half-time,
they can be at home half-time.

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This is not waiting for work.
It's a reduction in working time.

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In case of natural disasters, the
company can also make arrangements

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to work for a fortnight
and have a fortnight off.

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If the work has stalled because
the premises have been flooded.

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In that case, the state
subsidises 60% of the waiting time.

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This measure can be used
by the company for six months,

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and for a maximum of six months
in a two-year period.

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It cannot use it
for six months,

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and after three months,
another six months.

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For a maximum of six months
because of one such incident.

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Of course, it's different
if there's a flood,

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then an epidemic,
then an economic crisis.

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Those are
three different cases.

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But if there is only an economic
crisis, which lasts for two years,

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the company has to judge in which
six months during the two-year period

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it will apply this measure
and use the state aid

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to enable employees
to keep their jobs.

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Employees can receive
training while working part-time.

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They can undertake additional
training for the work they do,

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with the agreement of their employer
they can also receive other training.

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The Employment Service
will draw up this list.

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The company, however,
in order to avoid the malversations

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that we have seen in the past,

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during the period of time
that it's using the scheme,

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will not be allowed
to pay out bonuses and profits.

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To put it simply, if it uses
the scheme for half a year,

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it is not allowed to pay out
bonuses and profits for half a year.

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And then, because
it has happened quite often

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that some have simply waited
and kept the profits,

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and then paid out double
in the second year,

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they can continue to pay bonuses and
profits for a second and third year,

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but if they pay
a million in bonuses,

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they have to pay a million, if the
scheme cost more than a million,

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back to the state budget. The same
amount of the bonus they pay out,

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they have to pay back to the state
budget if they received subsidies

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for reducing working hours
the previous year.

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That's it. In a nutshell,

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the Government has adopted
the act on crisis schemes

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to reduce working time
during a crisis.

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On the one hand,
this act is intended

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to ensure that companies currently
facing a decline in orders,

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whether because of export
markets,

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the car crisis and so on in Europe,
do not go bankrupt.

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On the other hand, this act
is intended to protect our employees

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from the crisis,

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to maintain the full employment
that Slovenia now enjoys,

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and, in the long term, to keep
unemployment where it is now,

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below 50,000.

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The act will be adopted in Parliament
in about two months' time.

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From then on, the government
will be able to activate this scheme

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at any time.
If the economic circumstances

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seem suitable
for such a measure.

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We didn't invent
this scheme in Slovenia.

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It is based on a thorough study
of good practices abroad.

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In particular, we have drawn on
the Austrian and German models.

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Thank you very much.
Any press questions?

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No, you were very thorough.
-Thank you. -Good luck.

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That concludes
the press conference. Goodbye.

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Thank you very much.
Good luck.