1. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si EXPERIENCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA Meeting of the EGTC Approval Authorities Budapest, March 7th, 2014

2. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si Co-operation at Slovenian borders

3. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si

4. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION PROGRAMMES 2007-2013 CBC SLOVENIA-AUSTRIA 79 mio EUR Managing Authority + JTS SVLR – Maribor CBC - IPA SLOVENIA- CROATIA 18 mio EUR (2007 – 2010) Managing Authority + JTS SVLR – Ljubljana CBC ITALY-SLOVENIA 136 mio EUR Managing Authority + JTS Friuli Venezi Giulia Autonomus Region – Trieste + JTS CBC SLOVENIA- HUNGARY 36 mio EUR Managing Authority + JTS SVLR – Maribor CBC IPA ADRIATIC INITIATIVE 106 mio EURManaging Authority + JTS Abruzzo Region – L’Aquila

5. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si CBC SLOVENIA-AUSTRIA (www.si-at.eu): 79 mio EURwww.si-at.eu Length of the border is 330 km Priority 1: Competitiveness, knowledge and economic cooperation Priority 2: Sustainable and balanced development

6. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si CBC SLOVENIA-HUNGARY (www.si-hu.eu): 36 mio EURwww.si-hu.eu Length of the border is 103 km Priority 1: Increase the attractiveness of the cooperation area Priority 2: Sustainable development

7. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si CBC ITALY-SLOVENIA (www.euskladi.si): 136 mio EURwww.euskladi.si Length of the border is 232 km Priority 1: Environment, Transport and Sustainable Territorial Integration Priority 2: Competitiveness and a Knowledge-based Society Priority 3: Social integration

8. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si CBC IPA SLOVENIA-CROATIA (www.si-hr.eu): 18 mio EUR (2007 – 2013)www.si-hr.eu Length of the border is 670 km Priority 1: Economic and social development Priority 2: Sustainable management of natural resources

9. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si CBC IPA ADRIATIC INITIATIVE (www.euskladi.si): 106 mio EURwww.euskladi.si Priority 1: Economic, social and institutional cooperation Priority 2: Natural and cultural resources and risk prevention Priority 3: Accessibility and Networks

10. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si Slovenian municipalities in EGTC 1.EGTC “Territory of municipalities: Gorizia (Italy), Mestna občina Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and Občina Šempeter-Vrtojba (Slovenia)” –Members: Nova Gorica, Šempeter-Vrtojba –Acronym Gorizia-Nova Gorica (GECT GO) –Registered on September 15th, 2011 2.PANNON EUROPEAN GROUPING OF TERRITORIAL COOPERATION –Lendava/Lendva and Ptuj (joined 2013) –Acronym PANNON EGTC –Registered on March 28th, 2012

11. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si Experiences of Approval Authorities of the Republic of Slovenia concerning approval of member’s participation in EGTC

12. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si CLEAR VISION OF THE PURPOSE OF EGTC 1/10  poorly defined strategy, goals and performance targets of EGTC  definition of general and specific tasks of EGTC  no clear vision of the reason for establishing EGTC  clear understanding of their interests and specific goals in border area.

13. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si EGTC AS A HIGER LEVEL OF COOPERATION 2/10  members jump into EGTC as a form of cross border cooperation without past cooperation at lower lever of formalization  it is evidently far more successful when future members cooperate before establishing EGTC  certain degree of confidence into each other and experience in cross border cooperation

14. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si THE SCALE OF EGTC TASKS 3/10  narrow interpretation of Regulation (EC) No. 1082/2006: EGTC carries out projects but cannot be managing authority of the operational programs (OP) under the European territorial cooperation framework  that position will probably not change for the next Multiannual financial framework (MFF, formerly ‘financial perspectives’) of the EU due to the cohesion implementation framework in Slovenia

15. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE EGTC 4/10  EGTC members attend to agree on very complex institutional structure with too many bodies  the length of their mandates varies from body to body etc.  the complex institutional structure of EGTC:  slow decision making process and  transparency.

16. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si OBSTACLES FOR MEMBERSHIP 5/10 The members of the EGTC :  government  municipalities and  bodies governed by public law  i.e. financed, for the most part, by the State or local authority  subject to management supervision by those bodies (private partners in public – private partnership)

17. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si SIMPLIFICATION OF APPROVAL PROCEDURE6/10  in case when new member joining EGTC the other Slovenian members are not required to apply once more  poor translations of convention and statutes of the EGTC (ambiguity)

18. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBERS AND APPROVAL AUTHORITIES 7/10  the need for consultation between the authorities responsible for issuing approvals and future members of the EGTC  future EGTC members can facilitate the approval process  potential non-compliance of founding acts with Regulation (EC) No. 1082/2006 and national legislation can be avoided

19. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si THE REGISTER OF THE EGTC 8/10 Slovenia has no official register of EGTCs –small number of municipalities is involved –no EGTCs is registered in Slovenia

20. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si THIRD COUNTRIES MEMBERS OF EGTC 9/10  EGTC Regulation 1302/2013/EC resolves situation where third country and EU member share a common land border  Slovenia has no such border

21. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si TACITUS APPROVAL 10/10  the approval process adheres to the General Administrative Procedure Act, which provides time framework of administrative action (3 months), but a prerequisite for it is a complete application

22. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR roman.lavtar@gov.si dr. Roman Lavtar vodja službe Office for Local Self-government Tržaška cesta 21, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija T: +386 1 4788 569, F: +386 1 4788 757 E: roman.lavtar@gov.siroman.lavtar@gov.si