The headquarters of the Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy (Služba Vlade RS za lokalno samoupravo in regionalno politiko) is relocating as of 1 September 2010. Changed telephone and fax numbers will be announced on the website. New address as of 1 September 2010: Služba Vlade Republike Slovenije za lokalno samoupravo in regionalno politiko Dunajska cesta 58 SI -1000 Ljubljana The address of the GOSP, Unit for Managing of Cross-border Programmes Maribor remains the same.

We would like to invite you to informative workshops for applicants within the 2nd Call for Proposals in the frame of Operative Programme Slovenia- Hungary 2007-2013. The workshop for Slovene applicants will take place in Slovene language in Ptuj on 16 June 2010. In Szombathely, Hungary, bilingual workshop for Slovene and Hungarian applicants will be organized on 22 June 2010. More workshop information are in the enclosed invitation. We kindly ask you to confirm your participation for workshops until 14 June 2010 for Slovene applicants and until 18 June 2010 for bilingual workshop in Hungary to the following e-mail: jts-si-hu.svlr@gov.si.

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2nd Open Call for Proposals in the frame of the Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 was published on 21 May 2010. The Call will be open till 30 September 2010. This Call for Proposals is issued by the Managing Authority, i.e. the Government Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy, represented by the Unit for Managing of Cross-border Programmes Maribor and is applicable for eligible applicants from Slovenia and Hungary. The subject of this Call for Proposals is co-financing of operations from the European Regional Development Fund. Under this Call for Proposals, the amount of 14.699.991,54 EUR from the European Regional Development Fund will be available for co-financing of the operations. When preparing applications please note that the forms, published for the 2nd Call, are used. The Application pack for the 2nd Call for proposals is available on the web site of the Programme, under the category “CALLS”.

The Joint Monitoring Comittee of Cross-border cooperation within OP Slovenia- Hungary 2007- 2013will on 13 April 2010 at the 4th Joint Monitoring Comittee meeting discuss and approve the Documentation Pack of the 2nd Call for proposals. There are no essential discrepancies between the Documentation Pack of the 1st Call for proposals and Documentation Pack of the 2nd Call for proposals. The documentation will be improved with the purpose to enable the potential applicants an easier way of filling out the application documentation. The Call for proposals will be published in the middle of May 2010. The Documentation Pack will be published on the programme web site: www.si-hu.eu/si2.

Managing Authority of OP SI-HU 2007-2013 publishes Reporting guidelines, Manual on eligibility and User Manual for Data Entry Module – MVP (ISARR). Manual on eligibility of expenditures Reporting guidelines for beneficiaries Manual for Data Entry Module – MVP (ISARR)

The 2nd Call for Proposals in the frame of the Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 will be published in may 2010.

Beneficiaries of the approved projects within the first deadline of the 1. Open Call are invited to attend the workshops for the beneficiaries of OP SI-HU 2007- 2013 on reporting held in: • for Slovene lead and project partners in Slovene language, on 24 February 2010 in the hotel Livada, Naravni park Terme 3000, Kranjčeva 12, 9226, Moravske Toplice, starting at 10.00 a.m.; • for Hungarian lead and project partners in Hungarian language on 25 February 2010 in Hungarian language in Szombathely in Herényiek házában (Szombathely, 9700 , Béke tér 7.) starting at 9.30 a.m.; Due to limited number of available spaces, beneficiaries are requested that only two (2 ) representatives of each lead and each project partner will attend the workshops. Attendance shall be confirmed at latest on 22 February 2010 on the JTS email jts-si-hu.svlr@gov.si by stating also the acronym of the relevant project.

The government office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy acting as the Managing Authority of the Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 publishes the List of approved Operations within the 1st Call for Proposals.

List of approved projects

The Government Office of the Republic Slovenia for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy, headed by mag. Zlata Ploštajner, acting as Managing Authority, organizes the ceremonial signing of Subsidy Contracts of approved operations in the frame of the first call for proposals of the Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 on 29th September, Tuesday, at 11 o’clock in The Murska Sobota Regional Museum, Trubarjev drevored 4, SI-9000 Murska Sobota. Representatives of Managing Authority, programme partners, Lead Partner and project partners will attend the event. The Government Office of the Republic Slovenia for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy published the first call for proposals in 2008. In the frame of the first call the amount of 14.000.000 EUR were available from the European Regional Development Fund for cofinancing activities regarding increase the attractiveness of the cooperation area and sustainable development.

On this webpage you can find invitation and the registration form for the Conference on the cross-border cooperation of Austria, Croatia, Italy, Hungary and Slovenia (Wednesday, 16 September 2009, at 10 a.m / International Trade Fair in Celje). The documents contain details on the conference and instructions on where to submit the registration form.

Invitation
Registration form