The European Cooperation Day, which is organised under the auspices of the European Commission and the INTERACT programme, was celebrated throughout Europe. In the framework of the events, joined under the slogan Sharing borders, growing closer, the programmes of cross-border and territorial cooperation were presented. In Slovenia, the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, as the Managing Authority for the programmes of cross-border cooperation with Austria, Hungary and Croatia in the programme period 2007-2013, organised a joint opening event at Hotel Arena in Maribor where the three cross-border cooperation programmes were introduced and presented. The participants were welcomed by the Director-General of the Directorate for regional development and european territorial cooperation, Mr. Marko Drofenik. In the frame of the Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013, which was at the opening event presented by the Programme manager, Mr. Aleš Mrkela, the group of participants carried out the visits of projects which are implemented in the programme area of the neighbouring countries Slovenia and Hungary. Given the fact that the number of projects co-funded from the programme of cross-border cooperation between Slovenia and Hungary is too large for the participants to see the results in the course of one day, this time we decided to closer present the public only few projects. The event, at which project results are presented and which was last year carried out as a project fair, is also foreseen to take place in the next year, so that there will be further opportunities for getting to know the results of the individual projects. Več informacij o čezmejnem sodelovanju in dogodku vam je na voljo na spletnih straneh: http://www.mgrt.gov.si http://www.si-at.eu, http://www.si-hr.eu, http://www.ecday.eu. . Photo Gallery

The Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (MEDT) acting as Managing Authority of three cross-border cooperation programmes: OP Slovenia – Austria 2007-2013, OP Slovenia – Hungary 2007-2013 and OP IPA Slovenia – Croatia 2007-2013, will on 19 September 2013 in the frame of the European Cooperation Day 2013 organize a joint event for the promotion of the programmes and the projects which are implemented within them. Therefore you are kindly invited to join us on 19 September 2013 at 9.00 a.m. in the premises of the Hotel Arena, Pot k mlinu 57, SI-2000 Maribor. After the official opening of the event the organized bus ride to the projects within the programme area will follow. . Promotional video abut the European Cooperation Day 2013 .

Invitation in Slovene language
Invitation in Hungarian language

The European Commission issued the RegioStars 2014 competition – the seventh annual awards – for the most innovative regional development projects co-funded by the EU’s Structural Funds, which will be awarded in in the beginning of 2014 in Brussels. As in the previous year, five award categories have been defined: * Smart Growth: SME innovation * Sustainable Growth: Green growth and jobs through Bio-economy * Inclusive Growth: Creating jobs for the young generation * CityStar: Investment projects in sustainable urban public transport * Major Investment Projects: Energy efficiency and the low carbon economy For the 2014 awards, the selected finalists will, will have the opportunity to showcase their projects before an independent jury during the October 2013 Open Days. For further information and the application forms see: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperate/regions_for_economic_change/regiostars_14_en.cfm. The Managing Authority’s deadline for sending in the most innovative projects to the European Commission is 30 April 2013. Interested Lead Beneficiaries should submit their application in English language until 26 April 2013 to the Managing Authority/Joint Technical Secretariat via e-mail to the e-mail address: jts-si-hu.svlr@gov.si. In case of further questions please contact Anita Plevnik on 00386 1 400 3160.

On 4 March 2013 the user support for the ISARR system was activated via telephone (the telephone numbers are 080 2002 for Slovenian users and 00386 1 478 85 90 for Hungarian users) – from 8am to 4pm – and via e-mail at ekc@gov.si. Please use the telephone support in cases where the problem can be solved over the phone (e.g. by providing short information). In all other cases, in which there are, for an easy and quick solution of your application, additional information and print screens needed, please use the electronic reporting option.

We would like to inform you that the Managing Authority (MA) / Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS) of the OP SI-HU 2007-2013 will move to a new location, in the premises of the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (MEDT) on Trubarjeva 11, in Maribor. The relocation will take place gradually in the week of 14 to 18 January 2013. The telephone numbers will be changed. We will post the new phone numbers on the program website. The e-mail addresses remain unchanged. Please be so kind to understand cases of eventual unavailability or disturbances in the workflow of the MA / JTS during the moving process. The Managing Authority / Joint Technical Secretariat of the OP SI-HU 2007-2013

The “Sail of Papenburg” award, endowed by the cross-border organisation Ems Dollart Region in the year 2002, will be bestowed also this year by the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR). The motto for this year’s award is: Cross-border labour market mobility – experiences, problems, challenges. Awarded shall be one or more outstanding activities in/of a border or cross-border region. The award ceremony will be organized in the framework of the AEBR Annual Conference that takes place on 8-9 November 2012 in Berlin. Please find the application form and the criteria for bestowing the award attached below. We kindly ask you to submit your application in English by 12 October 2012 at the latest. For more information (in English, French and German) please visit the following website: AEBR

Application Form
Criteria for bestowing the award

Maribor, 21 September 2012 – The European Cooperation Day, which is organised under the auspices of the European Commission and the INTERACT programme, was celebrated throughout Europe today. In the framework of the events, joined under the slogan “Sharing borders, growing closer”, the programmes of cross-border and territorial cooperation were presented. In Slovenia, the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, as the Managing Authority for the programmes of cross-border cooperation with Austria, Hungary and Croatia in the programme period 2007–2013, organised a project fair at the Leon Štukelj square in Maribor. Those programmes of cross-border cooperation and some projects, which are implemented in the framework of these three programmes, were presented. In 2004 with the help of the EU funds Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary prepared a trilateral programme of cross-border cooperation to better prepare for the consequences of expansion and to strengthen the relationships between the countries. The programme gave the basis for the development and implementation of joint development programmes in the field of economic and social cohesion, development of human resources and sustainable development. This paved the way for the new programmes of cross-border cooperation of Slovenia with Croatia and Hungary in the current programming period 2007–2013. Today, Slovenia successfully continues with the implementation of cross-border cooperation with Austria in the programming period 2000–2006. On the basis of good relationships of both countries included in the programme, numerous bilateral projects were designed and the results of these projects are visible on both sides of the border. The projects, which are designed in the framework of the Operational Programme Slovenia–Austria 2007–2013, strengthen the knowledge of border regions and contribute to cross-border cooperation in the field of competitiveness, knowledge and economic cooperation as well sustainable development. As was underlined by the keynote speaker at the project market Marko Drofenik, Acting Director-General of the Regional Development and European Territorial Cooperation Directorate at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, numerous good and successful projects were implemented in the framework of the cross-border cooperation between Slovenia and the neighbouring countries (projects in the field of the promotion and economy and the promotion and strengthening of small and medium-sized enterprises, their cooperation and joint activity in the markets, projects that promote cultural exchanges and events, regional development, natural resource management, social and cultural development, projects dealing with the environment and energy and the cooperation between institutions such as public health services and fire brigades, projects in the field of tourism, aimed at the establishment of joint cross-border tourist destinations). The Acting Director-General said that in the framework of the Operational Programme Slovenia–Austria two joint public calls for proposals were published in the current programming period. In the framework of these two calls 69 projects in the overall value of 62,587,641.73 Euros (99.2 percent of the available funds) were approved. Two public calls for proposals were also published in the framework of the Operational Programme Slovenia–Hungary. In the framework of these two calls 40 projects in the overall value of 29,131,640.66 Euros (99.50 percent of the available funds) were approved. 45 projects in the overall value of 26,044,074.90 Euros (67.8 percent of the available funds) were approved in the framework of the Operational Programme Slovenia–Croatia, in the framework of which three public calls for proposals were published thus far. For the last, i.e. third call for proposals, worth 10,817,946 Euros of the IPA funds, the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology received 227 project proposals which are currently being evaluated for administrative adequacy and eligibility. As was underlined by the Marko Drofenik, Acting Director-General, Slovenia is aware of the importance of economic and political cooperation of the neighbouring countries and the importance of a harmonious development of regions. “On the basis of the promotion of a harmonious and sustainable regional development, competitiveness and knowledge and economic cooperation in the programme area, the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, together with the cross-border partners, tries to ensure the conditions and the opportunities for the potential applicants to realise their projects, with a certain amount of financial aid, and, thus, contribute to the development of regions and the realisation of the objectives of the individual programmes”. You can find more about the individual cross-border programme at: http://www.mgrt.gov.si/en/ http://www.si-at.eu/start_en/ http://www.si-hu.eu/si2/start_en/ http://www.si-hr.eu/start_en/ Photo gallery

In cooperation with the European Commission and the INTERACT Programme, the European Cooperation Day will be celebrated on 21 September 2012 all across Europe for all European cross-border cooperation programmes under the slogan “Sharing borders, growing closer”. The event will take place at different levels: European, cross-border and local level. The Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (MEDT) acting as Managing Authority of three cross-border cooperation programmes: OP Slovenia – Austria 2007-2013, OP Slovenia – Hungary 2007-2013 and OP IPA Slovenia – Croatia 2007-2013, will on this day organize a so called “Project fair” in Maribor, at Leon Štukelj Square. All three programmes and also some of the projects which are implemented within those will be presented there. In the week from 17 until 22 September 2012, various local activities, such as open days, workshops, etc. will take place in all three programme areas. More information on local events in Slovenian language is published bellow. The events are also published in different languages on a web map under the following link: www.ecday.eu. You are kindly invited! Invitation_ European Cooperation Day 2012
Seznam lokalnih dogodkov_DES 2012
Flyer – European Cooperation Day

A new version of the of the Manual on the eligibility of expenditure of the Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 was published, containing a minor change in chapter 2.4.

Manual on Eligibility of Expenditures_V3_July_2012

We kindly invite you to opening of new premises for museum pedagogy in frame of operation with acronym Sense of place. The opening will take place on July 13th 2012, at 11.45 a.m. in the yard of the Murska Sobota Castle. More details about the project can be found on the following link: http://www.pok-muzej-ms.si/?jezik=en

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