On January 1st, 2008 Slovenia will be the first new Eastern European member state to step into the rotating EU presidency TOf the 10 nations that joined the European Union in May 2004, Slovenia’s economic policies made it aa model “new member candidate”: reform-opriented and with a strong political will. But things have changed; a divisive internal dispute has paralysed reform and hurt the economy. Growth is still 6%, but the future looks bleak: inflation has risen dramatically and foreign investment has stagnated. Banking and insurance sector reforms are moving forward – but slowly. Karl Harenbrock travelled across the country to find out what ails Slovenia. He met with captains of industry and union leaders in the capitol city Ljubljana, sensed dissatisfaction on the streets of Maribor and saw what’s working in Koper – the city with the fastest growing harbor on the Adriatic coast.
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End of 2010, the Knowledge Economy Network (KEN) was established and is now registered in Brussels as a non-profit association. KEN is committed to contribute in strengthening knowledge economy and competitiveness by providing good service to its members worldwide. Together with the Municipality of Maribor and the Slovenian Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy, the annual Knowledge Economy Forum is organized in early June. Prior to the Forum, 4 workshops are organized in KEN partner regions/countries, addressing one of the specific topics of the Forum agenda for the year. The preparatory workshops produce draft-recommendations addressing stakeholders, regional/local, national and EU policy makers in the domains of knowledge economy. What started out as the European Regional Economic Forum (EREF) in 2005 gradually evolved into a Network, with the Slovenian Business & Research Association serving as its Secretariat. As of January 2011, EREF evolved into the Knowledge Economy Network (KEN). On our homepage you can find a detailed account of previous fora, as well as a schedule of this year’s workshops and Annual Forum. Also available, Network’s general Philosophy and Mission. If you are interested in attending the Forum taking place on the 11th and 12th June 2012, please visit www.knowledge-economy.net and register.
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this fuckin euro destroy all
First of all Slovenia is officialy a CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRY. Second of all, Slovenia has better economy than Portugal for example… and is by far the most developed country of the ex-socialistic countrys.
cause of the money of the german tax payers!!!! …..
– Great SLovenia and eaetern wuerope in general can only grow ,, CAUSE they were on the butttom in 1989….