27. 6. 2019 | Albania - Election, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
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Within the framework of the international development project “Strengthening the transparency of the electoral bodies – exchange of experiences between Slovenia and Albania 2019-20”, the activity of monitoring of the integration of good practices in the conduct of local elections in Albania will be carried out on Sunday, 30 June 2019, the day of local elections in Albania.
CEP experts will, in cooperation with local partners, monitor the implementation of the observation of domestic election observers and Albanian NGOs involved in the project, based on recommendations developed within the March workshop.
The project is financed from the funds for international development cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
8. 6. 2019 | Macedonia - Finance, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
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A working visit of the high-level delegation of the Republic of North Macedonia was successfully concluded with the ceremonial signing of joint guidelines for financial investigations on 7 June 2019 in Slovenia, at the Center for European Perspective. The common guidelines are the result of the impressions summarised after the demonstration of the functioning of the Slovenian financial investigation system, which took place from 4 to 7 June 2019. The composition of the delegation was at the highest level, involving heads of all the institutions of the Republic of North Macedonia, important for financial investigations: General Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski, Head of the State Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime Vilma Ruskovska, Director General of the Customs Administration Gjoko Tanasoski, Director General of the Public Revenue Office Sanja Lukarevska, Director of the Financial Police Arafat Muaremi, Director of Financial Intelligence Office Blažo Trendafilov, with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of the Interior and Central Registry. The working visit is part of the Development Assistance of the Republic of Slovenia in Chapter 24 of the accession to the EU, in the part of financial investigations.
The working visit started on 4 June 2019 with the introduction of the role of the Slovenian regional level and the operation of financial investigations by the District Public Prosecution of Koper, Criminal Police Department at the Police Administration Koper and Financial Office Koper. In Koper, Macedonian delegation was received by the head of District Public Prosecution Koper Barbara Milič Rožman and Head of the Economic Crime Department Alenka Drolc in the addition to the participation of Slovenian national level representatives.
On 6 June, the familiarisation with the functioning of Slovene financial investigation system continued in Ljubljana, where the Macedonian delegation was received by the Slovenian State Prosecutor General Drago Šketa, and presented, together with the head of the Specialized Prosecution for Organised Crime Hari Furlan and representatives of the Slovenian Supreme and Specialized Prosecution, features and some important experiences that can be useful for the Macedonian system of operation. The demonstration of the functioning of the Slovenian financial investigation system continued with the familiarisation of involvement of the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia in financial investigations and the role of the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Agency for Public Legal Records and Related Services. Representatives of the Ministry of the Interior – Police presented their approaches to the strategic and operational planning of integrated and financial investigations and demonstrated some of the features of the system that are necessary for the effective operation of investigators. Program Director Andreja Dolničar Jeraj emphasized at the conclusion the importance of an integrated approach in the functioning of the financial investigation system and the good cooperation of all institutions for achieving results.
This is a two-year project of international development cooperation of the Republic of Slovenia (2019-2020), the activities of which will continue in the Republic of North Macedonia. The project is financed by the Republic of Slovenia from the funds of the International Development Cooperation Program of the Republic of Slovenia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and is implemented in cooperation with the aforementioned Slovenian authorities.
30. 5. 2019 | BIH - Supporting the way to the EU, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
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In the framework of the project “Supporting BiH on its way to the EU” the Centre for European Perspective (CEP) today starts with implementation of its first training for selected chapters of the acquis communautaire, that is designed for Bosnian civil servants. A two-day training is held at Directorate for European Integration in Sarajevo and covers the topic of freedom of movement for workers.
Three Slovenian experts from the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities and Employment service of Slovenia are sharing their knowledge and experience on the challenges that Slovenia has encountered in the context of the mentioned topic in the adoption of the acquis. Thirty civil servants from different ministries and governmental working groups of BiH are participating at the training.
Maja Rimac Bjelobrk, assistant director at the Division for Communication and Training in the Field of European Integration at the Directorate for European Integration, welcomed participants and stressed that the CEP’s training was prepared just at the right moment, as BiH has received the first opinion of the European Commission on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s application for membership of the EU yesterday. For the country, this is the first assessment of the situation and the first set of recommendations for further work in the pre-accession process.
Participants were addressed by Zorica Bukinac, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia in Sarajevo as well. She agreed that the Commission’s opinion is an important message for BiH, adding that Slovenia continues to strongly support the EU’s enlargement. BiH should understand the opinion of the Commission as a signpost for direction of the future work, and the document itself indicates that BiH is in the right direction already. She told participants that in the pre-accession process they should learn from the mistakes of others that have been through the same processes, including Slovene.
The project is part of the CEP program activities supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of the Slovenia’s Development Cooperation.
27. 5. 2019 | Macedonia - Finance, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
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A delegation from the Republic of North Macedonia, led by State Prosecutor General Ljubomir Joveski, will be on a working visit from 4th to 7th June 2019 in Slovenia. The delegation will include the heads of the Customs Administration, Public Revenue Office, Financial Police Administration and Financial Intelligence Office, with Ministry of Interior and Central Registry involved. The purpose of the working visit is to demonstrate the functioning of Slovenian system of financial and integrated investigations, especially in terms of successful confiscation of property of illegal origin, exchange of applicable experiences and further development of the functioning of North Macedonian system in this area.
The project is part of programme activities of the Slovenia’s Development Cooperation Programme financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and carried out together with the Supreme State Prosecution, State Prosecution for Organised Crime and Corruption, Financial Administration, Ministry of Interior/ Police of the Republic of Slovenia as well as Office for Money Laundering Prevention and Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services.
Further information:
Andreja Dolničar Jeraj
Programme Director
[email protected]
23. 5. 2019 | BIH - Supporting the way to the EU, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
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In the framework of the project “Supporting BiH on its way to the EU” the Centre for European Perspective (CEP) will implement its first training for selected chapters of the acquis communautaire which is intended for Bosnian civil servants. A two-day training will be held on 30 and 31 May 2019 and will cover the topic of freedom of movement for workers.
Slovenian experts will share experiences and good practices with their colleagues from BiH in the field of recognition of professional qualifications, active employment policy and strengthening public service – Employment Service.
The project is part of the CEP program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the scope of international development cooperation.
10. 5. 2019 | PR, Slovenian Development Assistance, WB6 Startup academy, Youth
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Center for European Perspective is this year, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and in cooperation with the GIZ Regional Office in Sarajevo, implementing a project ‘WB6 Startup Academy,’ whose main purpose is to empower innovative young entrepreneurs from all six Western Balkan countries to strengthen their knowledge and increase the opportunities for realizing their business idea.
The first three workshops were held in the region (Tirana, Niksic and Pristina), and the last one will take place in Slovenia. On Monday, May 20th, 25 young people, representing 15 entrepreneurial ideas from all six Western Balkan countries, will meet with the Business Angels of Slovenia in the ABC accelerator, where the 8 best will be able to present their entrepreneurial idea to investors. Investors will help them improve ideas, a business model or marketing strategy with critical comments and tips. The group will move to Maribor, where the international conference Podim will be held on May 21 and 22, which is the regional largest conference for start-ups, investors and other experts. The young entrepreneurs will be able to present their ideas at the event, look for potential partners, investors and learn a lot through listening to various lectures from world-renowned experts. One of the main dimensions of the whole workshop is also the peer-to-peer networking of young people, who often face similar challenges in the region.
