The European Commission took an Implementing Decision to support and co-finance Slovenia’s intention to further advance its E-Invoicing system and align it with the relevant EU legislation, contributing thus to the digital transformation of eProcurement. The action titled “Readiness Of Slovenian E-Invoicing” (ROSE) is prepared and implemented by the Public Payments Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, ZZI d.o.o., Mojdenar IT d.o.o. and Centre for European Perspective who coordinates the action.
The objective of this Action is to increase the uptake and use of e-invoicing of 90% of the Slovene contracting authorities and contracting entities, and to be compliant with newly adopted European standard (EN) on electronic invoicing by the end of May 2018. Implemented eDelivery DSI will establish conditions of interoperability on local and national level and in cross-border communications.
EU countries and the European Commission introduced a European Standard for e-Invoicing in response to the many e-invoice formats used across the EU. These varied formats cause unnecessary complexity and high costs for economic operators and public entities and prevent electronic invoices to flow seamlessly across the EU.
To achieve targeted uptake and use of e-invoicing and compliance with EN and document delivery for contracting authorities, the existing single entry and exit point at the Public Payment Administration will be upgraded accordingly. It also requires Slovenian e-Invoices standard eSLOG aligned with the newly adopted European standard. According to the European Directive on electronic invoicing in public procurement (2014/55/EU), the receipt of e-invoices send in the European standard is also required from public service providers other than budget users – in large number local utility and public services companies. The action will pay special attention to introduce and support the implementation of this novelty to them. Trainings of local contracting entities and solution providers as well as promotion and dissemination activities will build awareness and understanding of Slovenian local utility and other public service providers of EU standardisation of e-invoicing and their obligations of receiving it. Deliverables will be produced as reusable building blocks to support trans-European connectivity and will be available for wider deployment.
The action is launched on 1 June 2017 and it will be completed by 31 May 2018.
E-invoicing system in Slovenia
The e-invoicing in Slovenia is in a good shape. The electronic exchange of invoices supported with electronic delivery system has been present in Slovenia for several years, as the Slovenian economic space prepared a national standard of electronic invoice back in 2005.
Despite this possibility, the usage of the e-invoices did not reach the expected extent. In 2012, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia and the Public Payments Administration of the Republic of Slovenia established the National Forum for E-Invoice with intention to take active leadership and coordination role in the popularisation and introduction of benefits.
Cooperation of all stakeholders through the National Forum in the past few years and coordinated approach by regulators led to the first actual extended usage of e-invoices: from 1 January 2015, budget users, who represent major part of public sector can only receive e-invoices instead of paper invoices. Since the legislation in Slovenia permit PPA to exchange e-invoices only for budget users, it is necessary to establish the appropriate solutions to the remaining organizations, which are legal entities governed by public law but are not budget users.
About the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
The action “Readiness Of Slovenian E-invoicing” is co-financed by the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). CEF in Telecom is a key EU instrument to facilitate cross-border interaction between public administrations, businesses and citizens, by deploying digital service infrastructures (DSIs) and broadband networks. Supported actions will contribute to the creation of a European ecosystem of interoperable and interconnected digital services that sustain the Digital Single Market.
E-invoicing represents a clear example of how digital innovation can provide efficiencies and cost-cutting measures of tangible benefit to public administrations, citizens and businesses throughout Europe. Digital technologies are transforming our world. It’s time to make the EU’s single market fit for the digital age.
Slovenija bo krepila enotni digitalni trg s podporo programa e-računi znotraj EU Connecting Europe Facility E-Invoicing
Evropska komisija je sprejela odločitev, da podpre in sofinancira namero Slovenije, da nadalje razvije sistem e-računov in ga uskladi z relevantno zakonodajo Evropske unije (EU), kar bo pripomoglo k digitalni transformaciji naročil. Projekt z naslovom “Readiness Of Slovenian E-Invoicing” (ROSE) so pripravili in implementirali Uprava Republike Slovenije za javna plačila, Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije, ZZI d.o.o., Mojdenar IT d.o.o. ter Center za evropsko prihodnost, ki projekt koordinira.
Cilj je, da bo ob zaključku projekta 90 % zavezancev za prejem računa v elektronski obliki v skladu z Direktivo 2014/55/EU vpisanih v Register prejemnikov eRačunov, ki ga bo vzpostavila Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije ter 90 % zavezancev sposobno prevzeti eRačun v skladu z novo sprejetim evropskim standardom (EN) o elektronskih računih do konca maja 2018. Implementirani eDelivery DSI bo zagotavljal pogoje za operativnost na lokalni in nacionalni ravni in čezmejno komunikacijo. .
Države EU in Evropska komisija so evropski standard za e-račune uvedle v odziv na raznolike formate e-računov, ki se uporabljajo v državah EU. Raznoliki formati so namreč privedli do nepotrebne zapletenosti in visokih stroškov za gospodarske subjekte in javne institucije in preprečevali, da bi elektronski računi tekoče krožili znotraj EU.
Da bi dosegli zadano uporabo in sprejemanje e-računov v skladu z EN in dostavo dokumentov za javne organe naročnike , bo nadgrajena obstoječa enotna vstopna in izstopna točka pri Upravi RS za javna plačila. To hkrati zahteva uskladitev slovenskega standarda e-računov eSLOG z na novo sprejetim evropskim standardom. V skladu z evropsko direktivo o izdajanju elektronskih računov pri javnem naročanju (2014/55/EU) je prejemanje elektronskih računov poslanih po evropskem standardu zahtevano tudi za izvajalce javnih storitev, ki niso proračunski porabniki. Predvsem gre za lokalna komunalna podjetja in ostale izvajalce javnih storitev. Projekt bo posebno pozornost podpori pri uvajanju novosti namenil prav tem subjektom. Treningi za lokalna komunalna podjetja in ostale izvajalce javnih storitev ter ponudnike elektronskih storitev in rešitev, promocija in aktivnosti razširjanja rezultatov bodo prispevali k ustvarjanju zavesti in razumevanja slovenskih lokalnih komunalnih podjetij ter ostalih izvajalcev javnih storitev glede standardizacije e-računov v EU ter njihovih obvez. Rezultati bodo predstavljeni v obliki gradnikov, ki jih je mogoče ponovno uporabiti za podporo vseevropske povezljivosti ter bodo na voljo za širšo uporabo.
Projekt se začenja 1. junija 2017 in se bo izvajal do 31. maja 2018.
Sistem e-računov v Sloveniji
Sistem e-računov v Sloveniji dobro deluje. Elektronska izmenjava računov, podprta z elektronskim sistemom dostave, je v Sloveniji uvedena že več let, saj je slovenski gospodarski prostor uvedel nacionalni standard elektronskih računov že leta 2005.
Kljub možnosti uporabe pa e-računi niso dosegli pričakovanega obsega. Leta 2012 sta Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije ter Uprava RS za javna plačila ustanovili Nacionalni forum za eRačun z namenom, da bi prevzeli aktivno vodstvo in koordinacijsko vlogo pri popularizaciji in uvajanju pozitivnih učinkov elektronskih računov.
Sodelovanje vseh deležnikov pri Nacionalnem forumu v preteklih letih in koordinirani pristop regulatorjev je privedel do prvega primera razširjene uporabe e-računov: od 1. januarja 2015 vsi proračunski uporabniki, ki predstavljajo večji del javnega sektorja, sprejemajo le e-račune. Uprava za javna plačila omogoča izmenjavo e-računov le za proračunske uporabnike, zato je nujno vzpostaviti primerne rešitve za ostale subjekte, ki zagotavljajo javne storitve, a niso proračunski uporabniki.
O Instrumentu za povezovanje Evrope
Projekt “Readiness Of Slovenian E-invoicing” je sofinanciran preko Instrumenta za povezovanje Evrope (CEF). CEF Telecom je ključni instrument EU za podporo čezmejnim stikom med javnimi upravami, podjetji in državljani, preko uporabe digitalne storitvene infrastrukture in širokopasovnih omrežij. Podprti projekt bo prispeval k ustvarjanju evropskega ekosistema medsebojno kompatibilnih in povezanih digitalnih storitev, ki odlikujejo enotni digitalni trg.
E-računi predstavljajo jasen primer, kako digitalne inovacije prinašajo merljive koristi pri učinkovitosti in varčnosti za javno upravo, državljane in podjetja širom Evrope. Digitalne tehnologije spreminjajo naš svet. Čas je, da enotni evropski trg prilagodimo digitalni dobi.
In the framework of the project ‘Assistance to Albanian municipalities in the preparation of the EU and other international projects’ between 23 and 26 May 2017 Centre for European Perspective (CEP) is conducting this year’s second workshop in Tirana. The workshop is a continuation of the first workshop that was held in April in Albanian Vlora. Same participants continue with the preparation of their project proposals.
Participants are representatives of local government (different municipalities and regional development agencies), various ministries, university and Donor Coordination Office of the Prime Minister. The workshop started with the presentations of logical frameworks that were prepared by all participants’ groups. Preparation of the log frames took place during the last four weeks since the first workshop has finished. The second workshop addresses the familiarization with the standard grant application pack, budget planning, risk assessment, horizontal principles, project partner search and project implementation (including reporting, evaluation and dissemination). The main objective of the second workshop is that each group of participants prepare an outline of the project proposal that could successfully compete in a concrete call.
The very successful project initially started in 2012 with a focus on strengthening the capacities of the Albanian Institutions for disbursement of funds from Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). Since then, CEP conducted 8 workshops on project preparation for civil servants. Last year’s follow up on training shows that 71 project applications were submitted with 27 projects awarded (these figures are from December 2016).
CEP is preparing a training in cooperation with the Balkan Center for Cooperation and Development (BCCD), the American development agency USAID and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Tirana.
The project is part of the CEP program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the scope of international development cooperation.
Photos: BCCD
Pripravimo uspešen projektni predlog – druga delavnica CEP v Tirani
Center za evropsko prihodnost (CEP) v okviru projekta ‘Pomoč albanskim občinam na področju priprave EU in drugih mednarodnih projektov’ med 23. in 26. majem 2017 v Tirani izvaja letošnjo drugo delavnico. Delavnica je nadaljevanje prve delavnice, ki je bila izvedena aprila. Ista skupina udeležencev nadaljuje s pripravami projektnih predlogov.
Udeleženci so predvsem predstavniki lokalnih oblasti (različnih občin in razvojnih agencij), med njimi pa so tudi predstavniki nekaterih ministrstev, univerze in urada predsednika vlade za koordinacijo donatorjev. Delavnica se je začela s predstavitvijo in pregledom logičnih okvirjev projektnih idej, ki so jih udeleženci, razdeljeni v skupine, pripravili v štirih tednih, kolikor je minilo od prve delavnice. V okviru druge delavnice bodo udeleženci med drugim podrobno spoznali standardno obliko projektnih razpisov, pripravo finančnega načrta projekta, oceno tveganja, upoštevanje horizontalnih načel, iskanje projektnih partnerjev in samo izvajanje pridobljenih projektov (vključno s poročanjem, evalvacijo ter diseminacijo). Cilj druge delavnice je, da ima vsaka skupina udeležencev ob koncu zasnovan okvirni projektni predlog, ki bi lahko uspešno konkuriral na konkretnem razpisu.
CEP podobna usposabljanja za albanske javne uslužbence uspešno izvaja že od leta 2012. Podatki iz decembra 2016 so zelo spodbudni in kažejo, da so občine in razvojne agencije, ki so sodelovale na usposabljanju minulo leto, prijavile 71 projektov, pri čemer so bila sredstva dodeljena 27 projektom v skupni vrednosti dobrih 3,7 milijona evrov.
CEP pripravlja usposabljanje v sodelovanju z Balkanskim centrom za sodelovanje in razvoj (BCCD), ameriško razvojno agencijo USAID in Veleposlaništvom RS v Tirani.
Projekt je del programskih aktivnosti CEP, ki jih financira Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve iz sredstev za mednarodno razvojno sodelovanje.
ENTRi is a unique capacity building programme that was initiated in early 2011. Currently the project is in its third cycle, lasting until 2019. The main focus lies on the preparation and training of civilians that are either going to, or already working in, crisis management missions worldwide. ENTRi consists of 12 partners, led by German Center for Peace Operations (ZIF) from Berlin. All 12 partners will be represented at the meeting, held at Jable Castle between 29 and 31 May.
Welcome address to the meeting will be delivered by Ms Sabina R. Stadler, Director-General for Multilateral Affairs, Development Cooperation and International Law at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia. Participants will also be greeted by CEP Executive Director Dr Gorazd Justinek and Project Manager Ivana Boštjančič Pulko. In the light of Slovenia’s plans to establish its own International Peace Operations Training Centre for military, police and civilian personnel, the first part of the meeting will also be devoted to exchange of experience and lessons learnt among different international training providers and the representatives of Slovenia’s Ministry of Defence and Ministry of the Interior.
Empowering BiH’s and Kosovo’s Young Entrepreneurs is a region-wide project that supports the young entrepreneurs and youngsters with a promising start-up idea on their way to the development of the idea and launch of their own start-up company. Watch the video about the project!
Centre for European Perspective hosted a group of young entrepreneurs for a three-day training in the field of entrepreneurship and transfer of good practices from Slovenia. The participants visited Maribor, Jable Castle and Ljubljana and had a chance to get to know Slovenian entrepreneurial ecosystem and existing start-up initiatives.
The project is part of the CEP program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the scope of international development cooperation.
The Young BSF, an integral part of the Bled Strategic Forum, traditionally held in the days preceding the Forum, has become a unique meeting place for a diverse array of young leaders, entrepreneurs, bloggers, thinkers and socially active individuals, offering them a platform to share their visions, exchange ideas and network with one another throughout the year. The Young BSF is organised jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre for European Perspective.
Each year Young BSF gathers young people, who engage in vibrant dialogues on current most pressing issues, address inventive approaches in promoting positive change and finding solutions to the many complex challenges.
The Young BSF model is growing and changing annually. The topics have varied and ideas evolved, but the main objective remained clear: to bring together bold, brave and action-oriented individuals from different walks of life, both foreigners and Slovenians, and offers them a collaborative, creative, and inspiring environment for discussion and networking.
This year’s Young BSF will be held on 2 – 4 September 2017 under the title “The (Dis)connected Reality” addressing the three E-s of today globalized world – electronics, environment and economy. The three main topics will be further examined through the main panels: Electronics: the future of people in the land of robots?, Environment: No flow, no go?, and The Virtual Reality of Economy and the Real Sector.
The Young BSF departs from the simple, yet exciting perspective: “We live in interesting and turbulent times. A prominent Slovenian novelist Bartol would say that nothing is real and everything is allowed. The realities of our physical world seem to be completely disconnected with the reality that we are trying to live, the virtual reality where all our wishes seem to be possible.”
The 2017 Young BSF will give visionary young leaders an opportunity to form real, connected or virtual partnerships and networks. This goal-oriented forum will seek to prompt discussions and create synergies of different ideas, turning them into connected or disconnected realities of and for everyone. Read more about Young BSF here.
In the framework of the project ‘Assistance to Albanian municipalities in the preparation of the EU and other international projects’ between 23 and 26 May 2017 Centre for European Perspective (CEP) will conduct the second workshop in Tirana. The workshop is continuation of the first workshop that was held in April in Albanian Vlora. Same participants will continue with the preparation of their project ideas.
In the four weeks that have passed since the first workshop the participants prepared a logical frameworks for their project ideas. The logical frameworks were submitted to the trainers who have checked them and will continue to work on them with the participants next week. The main objective of the second workshop is that each group of participants prepare an outline of the project proposal that could successfully compete on a concrete call.
CEP is preparinga training in cooperation with the Balkan Center for Cooperation and Development (BCCD), the American development agency USAID and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Tirana.
The project is part of the CEP program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the scope of international development cooperation.
