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Government Office for Development and European Affairs

Minister Responsible for Development and Euroepean Affairs

Mitja Gaspari

Mitja Gaspari, MSc

 

 

Mitja Gaspari was born on 25 November 1951 in Ljubljana. In 1975, he graduated in ‘financial and monetary economics from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana. He earned his MSc in monetary economics at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade. He began his career at the Bank of Slovenia where he first worked as an analyst in 1981 and then as the Director of the Analysis and Research Centre. In 1987 he became Deputy Governor of the Bank of Slovenia and then Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia. In September 1991 he went to work for the World Bank in Washington D.C. for a year. He worked as a Senior Financial Economist in the Trade & Finance Division, Technical Department and the Europe & USSR Region. Between 1992 and 2000 he was Minister of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia. In the autumn of 2000 he was elected an MP, but gave up his seat in April 2001 to become Governor of the Bank of Slovenia. During his mandate Slovenia successfully introduced the euro as the country’s currency. He has written several articles for international journals and publications and participated in numerous debates and conferences. Before he became Minister for Development and European Affairs, he worked at the Economic Institute of the Law School.

 

 

Organisation

Minister Responsible for Development and European Affairs:

Mitja Gaspari, MSc

Phone: + 386 1 478 11 90

fax: + 386 1 478 11 91

e-mail: gp.svrez[@]gov.si

 

 

Head of the Office:

Gordana Pipan

Phone: +386 1 478 11 73

Fax: +386 1 478 11 91

e-mail: gordana.pipan[@]gov.si

 

Public Relations:

Mateja Gornik Mrvar

Phone: +386 1 478 11 93

Fax: + 386 1 478 11 91

e-mail: gp.svrez[@]gov.si, mateja.gornik-mrvar[@]gov.si

 

Helena Vodušek

Phone: + 386 1 478 2420

Fax: + 386 1 478 2496

e-mail: helena.vodusek[@]gov.si  

 

 

Programme Priorities

Lisbon Strategy – preparing the National Reform Programme for the new 3-year cycle of the Lisbon Strategy 2008-2010.


Sustainable Development – Implementation of council recommendations following the progress report on the renewed Sustainable Development Strategy of the EU.

 

 

Related links

  • "Slovenija jutri " (Slovenia Tomorrow - website  in support of the implementation Slovenia's development strategy and reforms)
  • The national development plan 2007-2013