INVITATION: National Participation Day Slovenia

INVITATION: National Participation Day Slovenia

11. 11. 2022 | Danube, PR

EUSDR Priority Area 10 ˝Institutional Capacity and Cooperation˝ together with the  the Foster Europe Foundation, in Austria, and the Danube Civil Society Forum invite you to the second National Participation Day – Slovenia.

Civil Society, Academia, local authorities active in the realms of environment, participation, health, social care, social innovation, good governance, transparency, open data, tourism, culture, river and water management, transport energy, labour market and migration, education, youth, and other issues in Slovenia or in a trans-national cooperation or with a connection to the Adriatic -Ionian, Western Balkan, Alpine or Danube Region are welcome.

The event will take place on Thursday, 17th of November from 8:30 – 14:00 in Ljubljana (CITY Hotel, Dalmatinova ulica 15)

What is a National Participation Day?

A National Participation Day, NPD, is a regular (annual) meeting open to all interested active or potential stakeholders of the Danube Strategy in Slovenia. The NPDs specifically address civil society organisations and their networks, local actors from municipality level, academia, public authorities on the local and regional level, national institutions active in the EUSDR and EUSDR Priority Coordinators (PACs) based in the country, as well as the National Coordinator (NC). The NPDs are open to interested stakeholders from abroad, such as representatives from PACs, academia, umbrella organisations (CODCR, DCSF), and civil society. The NPD is an important link:

  1. between the national public actors (ministries, national agencies, NC, PACs, etc.) and the interested stakeholders active in the country,
  2. that gives stakeholders the possibility to meet and exchange information in view of possible cooperation on a macro-regional level,
  3. that gives stakeholders the possibility to inform themselves about ongoing projects, calls or other possible financing programs or instruments in the EUSDR between the supra-national activities of the EUSDR, at the Annual Fora and the annual Danube Participation Days.

Aims of a NPD

The NPD is a forum for stakeholders to report on their work concerning the Danube Strategy, experience, perspective, and planning on both state and non-state levels for mutual information and opinion building on a national level. Therefore, the respective national situation will be the priority in the thematic programming.

The NPD is open to stakeholders active in the realms of environment, participation, health, social care, social innovation, good governance, transparency, open data, tourism, culture, river and water management, transport energy, labour market and migration, education, and youth, nationally or in a trans-national cooperation.

The NPD creates with its state-actor – non-state-actor dialogue and the mutual information of either side a platform to build trust, share information and contribute to an informed and active EUSDR public in the country. This contributes to a capacity building of multi-sectoral and multi-level, trans-regional, trans-national cooperation on the local, regional, and national levels.

 

We will have an open dialogue and exchange on the Slovenian Presidency in the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, and the role of Slovenia in EU macroregional strategies in general.

 

 

Registration is open:

on the email [email protected]

And the online survey  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeqMQoDybXEfTlmc54FIg-bmBPwYrVIdp1_W5ySC9og9DpfQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

For further questions please contact:     [email protected]

AGENDA OF THE EVENT
TalentMagnet final conference on November 9 in Ptuj

TalentMagnet final conference on November 9 in Ptuj

28. 10. 2022 | Danube, PR

The consortium of the TalentMagnet project (Interreg Danube) is delighted to invite you to the project conference: TalentMagnet in practice: Together for Talent-Friendly Cities on November 9th 2022.

Is your city experiencing brain drain? Do bright, talented people move to other cities?

Learn how to attract and retain young talents and become a TalentMagnet city. Or – if you are a young talent – enjoy being “magnetized” by talent-friendly cities!

We invite you to join the closing event, where the focus will be on the practical aspects of talent attraction and retention – international practitioners, prominent experts, and city representatives will share their knowledge and practical experience – tips and tricks that you can apply in your own city immediately after the conference!

Intervention logic, strategies, actions, tools, and a wide range of good practices from various cities will be presented in an easy-to-use format, with the aim of transferring knowledge and practices to other cities facing similar challenges.

Knowledge and practices reflecting the latest scientific results and the combined experience of the most prestigious experts and practitioners in the field – accumulated during the 3-year-long hard work of our international consortium with partners from 10 countries.

TalentMagnet project addresses major societal (demographic and labour market) challenges caused by the outmigration of highly-educated young people, primarily from small and medium-sized towns in the Danube Region (brain drain). 

The conference will be held in the scenic and historic town of Ptuj in Slovenia, hosted by the leading partner of the TalentMagnet project, Scientific Research Centre Bistra Ptuj and Municipality of Ptuj on 9th November 2022. Participating in the conference is free of charge.


REGISTER: Please sign up for the event by filling out the registration form until 5th November 2022.

VENUE: The Dominican Monastery (Muzejski trg 1, 2250 Ptuj) has preserved its medieval architecture, with baroque features added at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries.

Paving the digital path in Central and Eastern Europe – Regional perspectives on advancing digital transformation and cooperation – a new publication by the Centre for European Perspective – CEP

Paving the digital path in Central and Eastern Europe – Regional perspectives on advancing digital transformation and cooperation – a new publication by the Centre for European Perspective – CEP

29. 11. 2021 | PR, Transformative Power of Digital

Mengeš, 29 November – The digital portfolio is one of the top priorities of Slovenia’s Presidency of the Council of the EU and upcoming Three Seas Initiative Ministerial Conference on digital transformation, organized by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of European Union, will feature discussions around key strategic challenges and digital policies.

Recognizing the importance of engaging in the ongoing debate on EU’s digital future, Centre for European Perspective – CEP is proud to announce a new publication titled ‘Paving the digital path in Central and Eastern Europe – Regional perspectives on advancing digital transformation and cooperation’, featuring articles from expert authors Theodore Christakis (AI-Regulation), Fredrik Erixon and Oscar Guinea (ECIPE – European Centre for International Political Economy), Soňa Muzikárová (GLOBSEC Policy Institute), Christian Kvorning Lassen (EUROPEUM), Ewelina Kasprzyk and Kamil Mikulski (Kosciuszko Institute), Katja Mohar Bastar and Jaka Repanšek (Slovenian Digital Coalition), Márton Ugrósdy (IFAT – Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade) and Mindaugas Ubartas (Infobalt) with a foreword by Minister of Digital Transformation of Slovenia, H.E. Mr Mark Boris Andrijanič.

Digital technologies are the future of our everyday life. The Covid-19 pandemic further increased the pace of adoption and penetration of digital solutions into all pores of our society, from our workplaces to our social interactions. Engaging in the ongoing debate on the EU’s digital future is crucial because of the impact it will bring for decades to come. It is, therefore, crucial to look at digital development from two perspectives – what the EU as a whole needs (for instance, what kind of digital standards will prevail in the future and whether or not they correspond to EU’s values) and what individual member states need, what challenges they face and where opportunities lie.

This publication aims to continue our quest to enhance cooperation in CEE and bring regional perspectives on digital transformation. Théodore Christakis affirms that the EU already is a digital regulatory superpower with international cooperation and strategic partnerships helping to secure digital standards that protect and support its values. Fredrik Erixon and Oscar Guinea alert us to the often-overlooked aspect of the new digital regulations that are still unknown but may prove to be critical for Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, while Katja Mohar Baster and Jaka Repanšek focus on two factors crucial for ensuring a digital future for Slovenia, the CEE and the entire EU: smart digital regulation and unified, competent and innovative digital environment.

Catching up with developed European countries requires the countries of the 3 Seas Initiative (3SI) to grow faster, become more competitive and build on its potential and synergy effects, write Ewelina Kasprzyk and Kamil Mikulski. They argue that increasing connectivity should be the centre point of such efforts. Soňa Muzikárová tackles the importance of skill development and posits that the shortage of relevant skills, talent and brains is likely to be the number one bottleneck for further growth; therefore, governments may want to stay open to collaboration with the private sector and other economic actors on skill enhancement. Márton Ugrosdy takes an honest look at what he calls a too optimistic approach to the CEE digital potential and highlights some of the current challenges through the Hungarian case study. Christian Kvorning Lassen discusses the challenges facing Czechia in digital development, explores policy solutions for a successful digital transformation and outlines key priorities of the upcoming Czech Presidency in support of such transformation – progressing the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Market Act (DMA), continuing work on making e-commerce part of the EU commercial policy and to further develop the Digital Compass. Finally, Mindaugas Ubartas makes a case for creating a digital environment that enables a real-time economy and moves away from document management in favour of data management as a means of avoiding the middle-income trap.

We are thankful for contributions from prominent European think tanks and organizations and find their perspectives invaluable.

Read and download the publication HERE.

In case of any questions, please contact: 

Mr Tine Šušteršič

CEP Project Manager

[Invitation] November 23 – Europe’s Digital Regulations – What’s The Impact On Slovenia?

[Invitation] November 23 – Europe’s Digital Regulations – What’s The Impact On Slovenia?

15. 11. 2021 | PR, Transformative Power of Digital

The Centre for European Perspective – CEP and the European Centre for International Political Economy – ECIPE invite you to a webinar:

 

Europe’s Digital Regulations – What’s the Impact on Slovenia?

Tuesday, 23 November, 14.00 CET

 

Register here

 

Europe’s digital regulations are changing, and the EU is now considering the shape and restrictiveness of the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act and a new AI regulation. These regulations will have an impact on Slovenia and the wider region. It will impact on the continued efforts to digitalise our society and prosper from investments in digital capacity. What is the likely impact and how will it affect different sectors?

We invite you to join an event during which we will look at the effects of the DSA, DMA and the AI regulation on Slovenia’s economy and discuss the regulation from the CEE perspective.

 

Join our panel of experts to discuss:

  • How will these regulations impact local digital players? 
  • Would it reduce digital investments into the local economy?
  • What would be the consequence for consumers and businesses when technology openness is restricted in the EU?

 

Speakers:

Mr Fredrik Erixon, Director of ECIPE, will present a new report analysing the impact of new digital regulations on CEE countries, including Slovenia.

The presentation will be followed by a discussion with industry and government representatives: 

  •  Dr Til Rozman, Secretary, Government Office for Digital Transformation of the Republic of Slovenia
  • Igor Zorko, President of Management Board of Slovenian Digital Coalition
  • Alina Dimofte, EU Policy and Political Campaigns Manager, Google

Moderator: Jaka Repanšek, Founder of RePublis d.o.o.

 

Join us and register here

 
or follow us live on November 23:
 


 

To learn more about the event, follow Centre for European Perspective on Facebook and Twitter, you are also invited to follow ECIPE on Facebook and Twitter.

Third TalentMagnet newsletter out!

Third TalentMagnet newsletter out!

5. 10. 2021 | Danube, PR

The TalentMagnet consortium is happy to present the third eNewsletter of the project!

Fifteen months of the project have already gone by and the consortium has created important outputs and achieved great progress with the Practical Guide to Talent attraction and retention and the training for writing the Local Talent attraction and retention plans.

The most important activity in this period happened this September: the partnership of project TalentMagnet met in person for the first time at the 3rd SC meeting, in Nyíregyháza. Until this meeting, we only had online meetings, which are – as we all know – not the same as meetings in person.

 

But we won’t spoil more about the content of the eNewsletter – you can read it here.

For more about the TalentMagnet project, check out the Danube Transnational Programme website or TalentMagnet Facebook page.

 

 

[Invitation] July 15 – The Future of the Transatlantic Relations – Priorities for the Slovenian Presidency

[Invitation] July 15 – The Future of the Transatlantic Relations – Priorities for the Slovenian Presidency

30. 6. 2021 | PR, Transformative Power of Digital

The Centre for European Perspective – CEP and the European Centre for International Political Economy – ECIPE invite you to a webinar:

The Future of the Transatlantic Relations – Priorities for the Slovenian Presidency

Thursday, 15 July, 15.00 CET

There is a new energy in EU-US relations. Digitalisation played a crucial role during the pandemic to keep the society going, and its role will only grow in the coming years. China’s rise as a technological power and the desire to protect liberal values, such as democracy and human rights, have made it urgent to deepen the partnership with like-minded countries on technology and digital trade. The recently established Trade and Technology Council (TTC) demonstrates that both the EU and the US are keen to deepen their relations and promote faster tech-enabled growth.

Join our panel of experts to discuss:

  • What should be the focus of the TTC? How to achieve better market access and streamline differing regulations?
  • What role can transatlantic cooperation play in the EU’s recovery plan?
  • How can the transatlantic partnership help transform the European digital environment?
  • Can Europe’s unilateral (regulatory) actions or the quest for strategic autonomy hurt the reinvigorated cooperation and the newly established TTC?
  • What are the core problems in Europe’s path towards a technologically advanced digital economy?

Speakers:

  • Dr Stanislav Raščan, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
  • Fredrik Erixon, Director of the European Centre for International Political Economy
  • Joanna van der Merwe, fellow, Defense Tech Initiative, Center for European Policy Analysis
  • Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Ambassador-at-Large, Director of Cyber Diplomacy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
  • Rihards Kols, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Latvian Parliament (TBC)

Moderator: TBA

Join us and register here!

To learn more about the event, follow Centre for European Perspective on Facebook and Twitter, you are also invited to follow ECIPE on Facebook and Twitter.