The supervisory board for the 2004-2006 Single Programming Document (SPD) has discussed Slovenia's drawing of EU funds, saying that 70.8% of all contracts worth SIT 56bn (EUR 232.8m) were signed by the end of April 2006, a rise from 58% in the same period in 2005.
Indeed, means worth 103.4% (SIT 81.6bn/EUR 339.23) of all available EU funds were tendered out in 2006, with 91.3% of the means (SIT 72bn/EUR 299.32m) having already been allocated, the board heard as it met in Mokrice on Wednesday.
According to the government Office for Local Government and Regional Policy, by the same time last year 88% of all means were tendered out and 77.6% allocated, while the numbers stood at 57.7% and 36.4% in 2004, respectively.
Joint payments from the Slovenian and EU budgets totalled 35.6% (SIT 28.1bn/EUR 116.82m) of available funds by April 2006, while the numbers stood at 29.7% (SIT 23.5bn/EUR 97.69m) in 2005 and at 6.8% (SIT 6.8bn/EUR 28.26m) in 2004.
In Q1 of 2006 Slovenia moreover ranked first among the EU 2004 newcomers with payments in comparison with the funds allocated for the country totalling 33.8%.
Yet, the country could still improve on its absorption capacity, mainly by cutting red tape, employing enough qualified staff, simplifying the legislation and more active management of available funds, the office added.
The improvements to the drawing of the funds could also be achieved by the establishment of regions and by ensuring their autonomy.
The meeting of the council was attended by Local Government and Regional Policy Minister Ivan Zagar, representatives of the European Commission, businesses, social and regional partners as well as NGOs.
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