Govt to Finance EU Resource Centre From Now On
The government has provided funds to Center Evropa as the management of the former resource centre of the European Commission in Slovenia is turned over to a private entity.
The centre, which offers EU education and runs public-awareness campaigns about the bloc, had previously been funded by the European Commission, which used it as its resource centre in Slovenia, but that was stopped at the end of last year.
The Slovenian government in turn took the decision to take on part of the financial burden because it believes the lack of such a centre in Slovenia would impact negatively on the public's awareness about the EU.
The Government PR and Media office will provide SIT 30m (EUR 125,000) to the centre in 2005 for promotional and educational activity from the money earmarked for the government's EU public awareness efforts, the office said.
The funds were awarded in public bidding through a call to tenders that was published in January. The company 3S, a PR agency, was chosen as the best bidder and put in charge of running operations at the centre.
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