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The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the Integrated Territorial Investment project in the Urban Municipality Murska Sobota called Noršinska (ITI MO MS Noršinska).

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the Call for proposals for the co-financing of projects of youth career centres+.

Minister of Cohesion and Regional Development, Dr Aleksander Jevšek, participated in the Regional policy dialogue on good governance and women leadership in Southeast Europe. The Minister emphasised that the gender gap in decision-making and leadership positions points to the urgent need for effective strategies and measures to enhance women’s participation across all sectors of society.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the project Improving the quality and accessibility of the green urban infrastructure in the Bonifica SRC area.

At today’s meeting in Brussels, which focused on the soon-to-be-published new Cohesion Policy legislative framework, EU Ministers responsible for Cohesion agreed that Cohesion Policy should adapt to better respond to current and future challenges.

“Interreg GO! is an opportunity to reflect on the future of European territorial cooperation beyond 2027,” underlined State Secretary Marko Koprivc in his opening address on the second day of the biggest Interreg event. The second day of the event was dedicated to parallel thematic panels on topical issues related to the current Interreg 2021-2027 programmes, as well as visiting the projects on both sides of the border.

On 27 and 28 March 2025, the border cities of Gorizia and Nova Gorica, which hold the title of European Capital of Culture this year, hosted the Interreg GO! event, which was opened by keynote speakers Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Cohesion and Reform, Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement, and Aleksander Jevšek, Minister of Cohesion and Regional Development.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the projects Renovation of the Bloudek Park in Tivoli, Construction of the Savsko naselje Sports Park and Construction of the children's park by the pool.

The Monitoring Committee for Slovenia's EU Cohesion Policy Programme 2021-2027 held its regular session and approved Programme amendments. It also took note of the progress made in the implementation of the Programme and discussed key challenges and opportunities of Programme implementation.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the SUPER 8 EPK GO!2025 project.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the call for proposals to strengthen social dialogue. The aim of the call is to strengthen the capacity of the social partners to cooperate more effectively in the design and implementation of policies in the fields of labour market, lifelong learning and improving the working environment.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the project Model of early vocational and occupational rehabilitation on the process of returning to work in terms of health (ZPZR-2).

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the Libertas cultural hub project.

The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has approved measures to improve the absorption of the funds available under Slovenia’s EU Cohesion Policy Programme 2021-2027. The Government also approved amendments to the Programme and issued a supplemented decree regarding Cohesion Policy implementation. The draft measures were prepared by the Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development, together with the other line ministries.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the project Integrated improvement of the Savska cesta Road.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the projects Development of Slovenj Gradec Sports Park, Urban Culture Centre and Langer Villa. The projects that follow urban strategies of respective urban municipalities will receive EUR 9.5 million from the European Regional Development Fund.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the call for proposals Promotion of R&D programmes (TRL 3-6). The call seeks to strengthen collaboration between the research sector and businesses, while fostering innovation in Slovenia. The call is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, its contribution standing at over EUR 31 million.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the call for proposals that aims to co-finance the network of multi-purpose Roma centres. The call makes a total of EUR 5.5 million available, with over EUR 4.4 million coming from the European Social Fund Plus.

Minister Dr Aleksander Jevšek held his first meeting with the newly appointed Commissioner for Cohesion and Reform, Raffaele Fitto. The meeting, which took place in Brussels, focused on the future of Cohesion Policy and measures to improve EU funds absorption.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the project “Systemic treatment of frailty with a focus on pre-frailty for healthy and quality ageing”, the short title “Frailty treatment”.