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The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Tone Kajzer, attended the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk, where he reaffirmed Slovenia’s ongoing support for Ukraine. He announced that Slovenia would co-finance the construction of three civil protection shelters in the Kharkiv region through official development assistance, and that it would join the International Civil Protection Shelter Coalition for Ukraine.

In 2025, Slovenia allocated 0.22% of its gross national income (GNI) to official development assistance (ODA). Together with EU funds earmarked for this purpose, it allocated just under 152 million euros for humanitarian aid and development cooperation projects and programmes. This is 0.7% lower than in 2024, reflecting a 0.01 percentage point decrease as a share of GNI.

In the context of growing geopolitical tensions and security priorities, Minister Tanja Fajon discussed the challenges and future orientations in official development assistance with members of the Expert Council for Development Cooperation.

At the launch of new emergency humanitarian response projects that Caritas Slovenia will implement in 2026 with financial support from the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, State Secretary Dr Melita Gabrič met with Peter Tomažič, Secretary General of Caritas Slovenia.

During today’s session, the Slovenian Government allocated its contributions for 2026 to various international organisations, funds and other bodies.

Ambassador Franci But, Special Envoy for Africa at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, announced Slovenia's contribution of 1.46 million euros for humanitarian and development projects in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in the 2026–2028 term at today's Conference for Peace and Prosperity in the Great Lakes Region in Paris.

State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Dr Melita Gabrič, took part in the Ukraine Mine Action Conference in Tokyo, held under the auspices of the governments of Japan and Ukraine.

On the occasion of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Slovenia reaffirms its commitment to eradicating poverty as the first goal of sustainable development in Agenda 2030. As a developed donor, Slovenia contributes to the eradication of poverty around the world through development cooperation and humanitarian aid, which is based on the global responsibility to a world where every individual should have equal opportunities for a dignified life.

Tanja Fajon, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, presented the 2024 report on international development cooperation to the Committee on Foreign Policy of the Slovenian National Assembly, together with senior representatives of Caritas Slovenia, the Sloga platform and the Centre for European Perspective. The presentation was followed by a debate among deputies on Slovenia's activities in this field.

The 13th Slovenian Development Days have opened in Ljubljana under the title Business for Global Solidarity, highlighting the crucial role of the business sector in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and delivering humanitarian aid.

On the margins of the Bled Strategic Forum, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Tanja Fajon and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Špoljarić signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reaffirming and further strengthening the longstanding partnership between Slovenia and the ICRC in the field of humanitarian action and the promotion of international humanitarian law.

On the sidelines of the Bled Strategic Forum, Ms. Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia, and Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), signed a €4 million agreement to support the Agency’s work over the next four years (2025 – 2028), including €1 million per year in fully flexible funding.

The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs has selected eleven development and humanitarian projects in the Western Balkans, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, as well as two strategic partnerships aimed at raising public awareness of development cooperation and humanitarian aid and at promoting global learning. These activities will be implemented by Slovenian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) during the 2025–2028 period.

The 13th Slovenian Development Days will take place on 14–17 October under the title “Business in Support of Global Solidarity”. Today’s global challenges, including the consequences of armed conflicts, climate change and the energy crisis, call for innovative and comprehensive approaches. In this context, cooperation between the public sector, the business community and NGOs is vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and the ITF Enhancing Human Security have signed a contract for humanitarian activities in 2025 and 2026. The projects will focus on improving the living conditions of people affected by armed conflicts and their consequences.

State Secretary Dr Melita Gabrič attended the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in its Development configuration, focusing on financing for development, EU-Africa relations and the EU's external action post-2027. She called highlighted a joint letter by 16 EU Member States addressed to the EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, calling for an enhanced role for SMEs within the Global Gateway strategy.

Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon participated in the fourth European Humanitarian Forum in Brussels. In her speech, she emphasized that Slovenia has tripled its humanitarian aid since 2021 and that the EU must remain a leader in this field. She welcomed the joint announcement by the EU and its Member States to disburse EUR 5.5 billion in humanitarian aid to the most vulnerable in 2025

On the occasion of signing contracts for emergency humanitarian response, State Secretary Dr Melita Gabrič met with Secretary General of Caritas Slovenia Peter Tomažič to discuss the projects to be implemented by Caritas Slovenia in 2025 with the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

In 2024, Slovenia allocated 0.23% of its gross domestic product to official development assistance. Together with funding from the European Union budget, the EU committed EUR 152 million to humanitarian aid and development cooperation projects and programmes, a nominal decrease of just over EUR 700,000 compared to a year before.

Warsaw hosted an informal meeting of directors-general responsible for development cooperation and humanitarian aid in EU Member States, which was attended by Ambassador Edvin Skrt, Director-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. The future global role of the EU as a major donor of ODA was at the centre of the debate.