12. 6. 2019 | LET4CAP, PR
APPLICATIONS FOR THE ToT COURSE ARE NOW OPEN!
Within the framework of the Internal Security Fund of the European Union, the Italian Carabinieri is leading a training initiative called “Law Enforcement Training for Capacity Building project” – LET4CAP”. Members of the consortium are also the Centre for European Perspective (CEP), founded by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, the Polish police force “Policja” and the in-house agency of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance “Studiare Sviluppo”.
We are now accepting applications for a ToT course that will be held in Ljubljana (Slovenia) from 8th to 11th July 2019, hosted by the Centre for European Perspective (CEP). The invitation letter and the registration form can be downloaded below.
Applications can be sent to the following email address: [email protected] and copies to [email protected]. Please mention “Application LET4CAP ToT training” in the email Ref.
Deadline for applications is 21st June 2019.
The Consortium will select up to 28 participants, according to the criteria mentioned in the invitation letter. Participants who have duly completed the registration form and have been admitted to the course will be contacted by Studiare Sviluppo for logistic and organizational arrangements.
Invitation letter ToT
ToT Course Programme LET4CAP
Registration form let4cap ToT training
Participation procedures and additional information can be obtained on the LET4CAP site
10. 6. 2019 | PR, U-LEAD: with Europe
The Centre for European Perspective is hosting its 7th International Study Visit in Slovenia. The event began on Monday, 10th of June at Jable Castle and will continue throughout the week.
The topic of the visit is “Local Economic Development”. Local economic development is one of the key issues for ensuring the success of the decentralization process in Ukraine. However, the number of enterprises and economic activity at the local level remains very low. It concerns both the lack of enterprises in general and the problem of registration outside the place of operation.
There are currently 18 local officials from Ukraine taking part in the study visit. Participants are coming from different spheres, ranging from, Heads of hromadas Head of departments, Land managers, Advisor on capacity development, Advisor on regional development, State Experts of the Expert Group on Strategic Planning of Regional Development of Directorate of Regional Development at the Ministry of Regional Development.
The event was open by Katja Gersak, CEP Exeutive Director and Andrej Vrčon, CEP Administrative Director, wHo warmly welcomed the participants at Jable Castle, and gave an overview of its work. Opening remarks were given by Andreja Purkart Martinez, Head of Sector at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia, who gave an insight of the general work the Ministry does with Ukraine and the region. Finally, a welcome speech was given by Andrii Borodenkov, Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Slovenia, who introduced the participants to Slovenia, doing business there and the topics handled in general. Meliha Muherina, Project Manager at CEP, followed their introductory remarks with an overview of the agenda for the following days and answered all the questions participants had.
The first lecture of the day was given by Dr Robert Drobnič, discussing the topic of Regional Development Planning. He focused on the planning of regional development, implementation of national programs, implementation of EU programs and Social Entrepreneurship. Dr Drobnič continued with a lecture on East and West Slovenia Cohesion Region Development Councils, the Functioning of development councils of cohesion regions, Initiating consultations, coordination, cooperation and joint action of ministries, development regions and development partners in the development region (representatives of municipalities, the economy and the non-governmental sector).
The third and last lecture of the day was given by Dr. Boštjan Grabner, on the topic of the Development Agency of Savinjska Region, where he gave an insight to regional sustainable development in Slovenia; National and international regional development; connecting and developing partnerships for sustainable development; finding financial resources and promotion of the region.
The visit is taking place in the framework of the multi-donor action U-LEAD established by the European Union and its Member States Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Poland and Sweden. It aims at contributing to the establishment of multilevel governance that is transparent, accountable and responsive to the needs of the population of Ukraine. U-LEAD with Europe is supporting the Ukrainian Government, represented by the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine (MinRegion) as a key political partner in the coordination and implementation of the decentralization and regional policy reforms. The Program carries out demand-driven and targeted trainings for officials at the national, regional and local level.
8. 6. 2019 | Macedonia - Finance, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
Click here to read more about the project in Slovenian language. 
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.
4. 6. 2019 | PR, U-LEAD: with Europe
The Centre for European Perspective has hosted its 6th International Study Visit of Ukrainian Local officials in Slovenia. The event begun on Monday, 27th of May at Jable Castle and lasted for 5 days.
The topic of the visit was “Local Economic Development”. Local economic development is one of the key issues for ensuring the success of the decentralization process in Ukraine. However, the number of enterprises and economic activity at the local level remains very low. It concerns both the lack of enterprises in general and the problem of registration outside the place of operation.
14 local officials from Ukraine have taken part in the study visit, coming from different spheres, ranging from Project coordinators, Directors of Regional Councils, Heads of amalgamated hromadas, Heads of financial units in amalgamated hromadas, Starosta in hromadas, Economists of units on humanitarian issues, family, youth and sports in amalgamated hromadas councils, state registrars in land issues, Deputy heads of the Department of economic policy, State Experts on interregional and cross-border cooperation and Leaders of the Expert Group on strategic planning of regional development.
The first day started by an opening delivered by Andrii Borodenkov and Oleksandra Yanushevska from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Slovenia, who have been present in all of the study visits so far. They gave an overview of Slovenia and doing business in Slovenia. Meliha Muherina, Project Manager at CEP, followed their introductory remarks with an overview of the agenda for the following days and answered all the questions participants had.
The first lecture of the day was given by Mr. Robert Drobnič, discussing the topic of Regional Development Planning. He focused on planning of regional development, implementation of national programs, implementation of EU programs and Social Entrepreneurship.
The second lecture was given by mag. Peter Medved, who focused on East and West Slovenia Cohesion Region Development Councils, the Functioning of development councils of cohesion regions, Initiating consultations, coordination, cooperation and joint action of ministries, development regions and development partners in the development region (representatives of municipalities, the economy and the non-governmental sector).
The third and last lecture of the day was given by Dr. Boštjan Grabner, on Development Agency of Savinjska Region, where he gave an insight to regional sustainable development in Slovenia; National and international regional development; connecting and developing partnerships for sustainable development; finding financial resources and promotion of the region.
The following days were full of practical experiences Participants started the second days with a lecture on Social Entrepreneurship at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, delivered by Urška Bitenc. Her lecture was followed by visit to two social entrepreneurships, Skuhna in Ljubljana and Pomelaj in Mala Polana. The third day was started by a lecture delivered by representatives of the Slovene Enterprise Fund in Maribor who presented their line of work, the process of finding financial resources for different development, business projects and business cooperation with domestic and international financial institutions. On the fourth day a lecture by Association of Municipalities and towns of Slovenia was delivered by Barbara Horvat who gave the participants an overview on what they do, their national and international activities, presented the sections of city municipalities, the section with the Administrative Unit headquarters and the sectiones of other communities.
One of the most important parts of the Study Visits are also long-term agreements for cooperation. During this study visit two Letters of intent were signed between:
- Mayor Roman Hrynus from Bibrka, Ukraine and Mayor Janez Kramberger from Lenart, Slovenia and
- Municipality of Hajdina and Zabolotsi (Ukrainian: Заболотці) village in Brodivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast, from western Ukraine.
The visit is taking place in the framework of the multi-donor action U-LEAD established by the European Union and its Member States Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Poland and Sweden. It aims at contributing to the establishment of multilevel governance that is transparent, accountable and responsive to the needs of the population of Ukraine. U-LEAD with Europe is supporting the Ukrainian Government, represented by the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine (MinRegion) as a key political partner in the coordination and implementation of the decentralization and regional policy reforms. The Program carries out demand-driven and targeted trainings for officials at the national, regional and local level.
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]
