Minister Zvone Černač and State Secretary mag. Monika Kirbiš Rojs meet with cohesion region Zahodna Slovenija representatives

Ljubljana, 3 December 2021 – Government Office for Development and Cohesion Policy (GODC) organised a third round of consultations with stakeholders regarding the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 programming, namely with Cohesion Region Zahodna Slovenija representatives, that will result in the design of future Cohesion Policy measures.

In his introductory presentation, Minister Zvone Černač outlined the state of play in terms of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2014-2020 absorption, the planned timeline of MFF 2021-2027 document adoption and the complementarity of the MFF with the funding available under the ReactEU mechanism and the Recovery and Resilience Facility. State Secretary mag. Monika Kirbiš Rojs, her colleagues and the representatives of the region discussed in detail the Partnership Agreement and its supporting documents as well as the starting points of the Cohesion Policy Operational Programme 2021-2027. Dr. Robert Drobnič, acting Director of the Regional Development Directorate at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology presented the plan of territorial mechanism implementation. The Minister and the State Secretary answered questions posed to Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy by the Development Council of the Cohesion Region Zahodna Slovenija, which was followed by a debate. Representatives of the region focused on the amount of funds allocated to the Cohesion Region Zahodna Slovenija and the change in the co-financing rate, territorial cooperation mechanisms and the simplification of the MFF implementation, as well as the reduction of administrative barriers.