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Slovenian
Research Agency - ARRS
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Slovenian Research Agency has a status of
agency with a public charter and is responsible
to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and
Technology. The highest decision making body of
the Agency is the Board of Governors which
consist of seven members. Board is composed by
four representatives of the Government, two
members as representatives of the research
institutes, universities and Slovenian Academy
of Sciences and Art and one representative of
the Chamber of Commerce. The highest advisory
body of the agency is the Scientific Council,
which is a professional and advisory organ
composed of six members, representing the six
scientific disciplines, which are as follows;
Natural Sciences, Technical Sciences, Medical
Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Social Sciences
and Humanities. The work of the Slovenian
Research Agency is organised in five
departments; Department for Research, Young
Researchers Department, International
Cooperation Department, Research Infrastructure
Department and Administration Unit.
The key policy objectives of the Slovenian
Research Agency are as following:
- To achieve excellence in sciences and to
strengthen applied research
- To strengthen the cooperation between research
community and business
- To strengthen bilateral and multilateral
international cooperation in R&D
In the Slovenian Research Agency funding
priorities include ICTs, biotechnology, advanced
materials, complexity and systems, knowledge and
science and technologies for sustainability. A
specific focus is also related to the national
cultural and natural heritage and contemporary
social challenges. The Agency is an indirect
user of the state budget in accordance with the
legal provisions in the fields of public
finances and public agencies. The annual budget
is app. M€ 150. Around 50% of the budget is
related to Research programmes and projects, 20%
to Young researchers programme (about 1.200
young researchers are financed annually), 16 %
for Research infrastructure programme, 14% to
International scientific co-operation programme
and 14% for the funding responsibilities for the
public research institutes (National Research
Institutes). Inside of the research programmes
and projects, together with Young Researchers
programme there are two other important
instruments (programmes). First is Young
Researchers for Business Enterprises programme
and second is Targeted Research Projects (TRP)
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Republic of Slovenia
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Slovenia covers 20,273 square kilometres
stretching between the Alps, the Adriatic and
the Pannonian Plain. In spite of its
geographically small size, it is a convergence
point of a range of different landscapes: Alpine
and Mediterranean, Pannonian and Dinaric, each
of which has its own characteristics and unique
features. At the heart of Europe, between
Austria to the north, Italy to the west, Hungary
to the east and Croatia to the south, Slovenia
has always been a crossroads of trans-European
routes. The port of Koper is one of the most
important Central European gateways to the
world. The still developing railway links, which
from 1857 connected Vienna and Trieste, now link
the Danube region with the Mediterranean. Roads
running from the north-east to the south-west
perform a similar function, whilst those running
from the north-west to the south-east link
Central Europe with the Balkans. Historical
tradition and strong economic ties with Europe
and the world, together with its geographical
location, provide Slovenia with great potential
for development.
Slovenia has a population of 1,964,036. The
official language is Slovenian. There are also
two national communities of Italians and
Hungarians. Italian and Hungarian are, in
addition to Slovenian, official languages in
these two ethnically mixed areas. On average,
the population density is 96.9 people per square
kilometre (census 2002), which is much lower
than in the majority of other European states
(460 in the Netherlands, 240 in Great Britain,
195 in Italy). People have mainly settled the
river valleys and transport routes, where long
ago Slovenian towns began to emerge, whilst the
mountainous and forested areas remain
unpopulated. Approximately 34% of the population
live in towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants,
whilst the rest live in nearly six thousand
smaller towns and villages.
Some short facts:
Area: 20,273 km2
Length of borders: 1,382 km;
with Austria: 330 km; with Italy: 280 km;
with Hungary: 102 km;
with Croatia: 670 km
Length of coastline: 46.6 km
Population: 1,964,036 (2002 census)
Population density: 96.9 inh. per km2
Nationalities (2002 census):
Slovenian 1,631,363; Italian 2,258;
Hungarian 6,243; others: 324,172
Language: Slovenian; in nationally mixed
areas also Italian and Hungarian
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NEWS |
8th-9th June 2009
EREF -
European Regional Economic Forum
(Slovenia)
"Human Capital Development and
International Migrations Management for a
more Competitive"
www.eref.si
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