The tenth festival of NGOs LUPA started on 12 September 2011 at the premises of the City Museum of Ljubljana. The festival is organized by the Centre for Information, Cooperation and Development of NGOs (CNVOS) and the Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy (GOSP). The festival took place between 12 and 16 September 2011 in Ljubljana. This year's festival focused on the role of the European Social Fund in the promotion of the development of NGOs in Slovenia. The festival events presented the opportunities of co-financing projects, examples of good practices, the implementation of the Operational Programme for Human Resources Development 2007-2013, and other information in the field of drawing on the EU funds.
Last week, between 26 and 30 September 2011, Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy (GOSP) organized guided tours of the regional centres for waste management, co-financed by the European Cohesion Policy funds. More than 550 visitors of the centres in Puconci, Celje (including the Heating Station), Novo Mesto, Ljubljana, and Koroška were able to see for themselves how the EU funds contribute to a cleaner environment.
The European Commission approved the changes of the Operational Programme of Environmental and Transport Infrastructure Development and Operational Programme for Strengthening Regional Development Potentials. In the framework of both mentioned operational programmes almost 196 million Euros will be redistributed for promotion of innovations and development-research projects. Also the resources among various priorities within the two operational programmes were redistributed. Both operational programmes are the basis for drawing on the 3.345 billion Euros from the Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund.
The educational-promotion campaign “Europe is educating – 1000 courses for 1000 drivers” was successfully brought to a close with the last courses of safe driving – in the framework of the campaign all the 1000 courses were given away.
We have prepared some useful links to the websites of the government and international institutions, financial institutions, etc.
Slovene programming documents for both financial periods.
The latest news about Cohesion Policy implementation.
