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The conference titled “Artificial intelligence - new trends in development and challenges for Slovenia" was held at Jablje Castle. The focus was on the rapidly developing trends and complex challenges that position artificial intelligence (AI) in all societal domains – from public administration and the economy to education, new models of behaviour and organisation, as well as current issues of ethical use, hybrid protection, security and defence.

State Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration Mojca Ramšak Pešec attended the third session of the Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Democracy in Strasbourg. At the Committee's invitation, she presented Slovenia's recent reforms to the public sector salary and employee systems as examples of best practice.

At yesterday's session, the Government adopted the Human Resource Management Strategy in State Administration until 2030. The strategy aims to introduce strategic and comprehensive human resource management, utilise the potential of public employees effectively, and create an attractive work environment with a development-oriented organisational culture. Its adoption forms part of the public administration reform project under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP).

At today's press conference, "Public Sector in Numbers", the Minister of Public Administration, Franc Props, the Minister of Finance, Klemen Boštjančič, and the Director General of the Public Sector Directorate at the Ministry of Public Administration, Peter Pogačar, emphasised that public employees are key to the functioning of society, which is why the wage system reform ensures the proper evaluation of their work performance and a stimulating working environment.

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.

The Ministry of Public Administration in Ljubljana is hosting the annual meeting of the Central Purchasing Bodies (CPB) Network – a European network that supports national purchasing bodies in implementing effective solutions. The two-day event was opened with an introductory address by State Secretary Jure Trbič.

The Minister of Public Administration, Franc Props, received Ambassador of Montenegro to Slovenia, Dragan Tufegdžić, for a courtesy visit. The two discussed the bilateral cooperation between Montenegro and Slovenia on public administration matters.

Slovenia's Minister of Public Administration Franc Props and North Macedonia's Minister of Public Administration Goran Minčev signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on public administration reform in Skopje. In a joint statement, the ministers emphasised that this marked a significant milestone in their bilateral relationship, clearly demonstrating their shared commitment to strengthening cooperation.

At the invitation of British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar attended the Border Security Summit: Organised Immigration Crime in London.

Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar hosted the Brdo Process Ministerial Meeting. Alongside Minister Poklukar, the meeting was opened by Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement, and Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration.

In the 20th episode of the GOVSI podcast, host Petra Bezjak Cirman talks with Mojca Ramšak Pešec, State Secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration, and Irena Ilešič Čujovič, President of the Health and Social Care Trade Union. They discuss the importance of the public sector for society and the reform of the public pay system, which brings significant changes for more than 188,000 employees within the public wage framework.

State Secretary and National Anti-Trafficking Coordinator Helga Dobrin hosted a meeting of the Network of Anti-Trafficking Coordinators of South-East Europe (NATC SEE) at Brdo pri Kranju.

Ministry of Digital Transformation and Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Slovenia joins the countries that will play a key role in the future of AI in Europe. Under the EU's latest initiative, Slovenia will host one of six new AI factories, backed by a high-performance supercomputer. This is a strategic step towards the development of a state-of-the-art computing infrastructure that will strengthen research, innovation and digital sovereignty of Slovenia and Europe.

The European Commission has today officially announced that Slovenia has achieved the highest possible score in the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking Call for Proposals. This success is due to the high quality of Slovenia's proposal and the expertise of the experienced team behind it.

During its presidency of MED9, Slovenia will focus on strengthening Europe's resilience and competitiveness, youth empowerment and capacity-building in higher education, digitalisation and culture as well as the EU enlargement and other foreign policy issues. A number of events will be organised during the Presidency, which you can follow on the dedicated MED9 website.

Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar attended the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Brussels.

Paris is this week hosting the world's most influential leaders, visionaries and experts for a crucial meeting on the future of artificial intelligence (AI). The AI Action Summit is shaping the key guidelines for AI development, with the active involvement of the Minister of Digital Transformation, Ksenija Klampfer.

Slovenia has submitted a tender to the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking call for the deployment of a high-performance supercomputer with an AI Factory. If successful, the project will make a significant contribution to the development of the Slovenian economy, the efficiency of the public sector, the advancement of science, and the strengthening of international cooperation.

At today's session, the National Assembly adopted the draft act on the ratification of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. Slovenia has therefore ratified the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar hosted a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with the Croatian Minister of the Interior, Dr Davor Božinović, and the Italian Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi.