Topics and Projects of the Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport

Topics

• Requirements for products in the single market

  Products in the EU single market

• Entrepreneurship

  Small and medium-sized enterprises, assessment of impact on the economy, social entrepreneurship, commercial law, employee financial participation, intellectual property, human economic rights, and aid and restructuring for companies in difficulties

• Business and economy

  Entrepreneurship, international economic cooperation,tourism, consumer protection, competition protection, petroleum products and commodity reserves, wood industry, free movement of services and products, intellectual property
  
  
  

• Tourism

  Green, active, healthy, promotion of Slovenia, the Slovenian Tourist Organisation, tourist service providers

• International economic cooperation

  Export activity, foreign direct investments, trade policy, economic diplomacy, restrictive measures

• Cooperation with the European Space Agency

  Slovenia is an associate member of the European Space Agency (ESA). This provides Slovenian companies and research and development institutions with the opportunity to participate in ESA projects in the field of space technologies. Participation is open to companies and institutions working on innovative materials, technologies, processes or IT solutions. Small and medium-sized enterprises also have the opportunity to cooperate with ESA, as confirmed by successful projects by companies from Slovenia.

• Trade activity

  As a very important economic sector, trade accounts for almost 35% of the economy's sales revenue and employs just under 18% of the Slovenian economy's workforce, making it one of the largest employers in the national economy. In recent years, it has undergone many changes and a fundamental transformation.

• Funeral and cemetery activities

  Cemetery activities include the management and maintenance of cemeteries and are the responsibility of municipalities, which lay down by decree a cemetery code that sets out the details of the activities to be implemented in the cemetery and funeral sector.
  

• Consumer protection

  Consumer protection is the provision and promotion of consumer rights. As consumers are considered to be the weaker party on the market, their interests are protected both by law and in practice, in particular through consumer information and education and consumer advice.