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Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy

State Secretary

Bojan Suvorov, MSc

Bojan Suvorov, MSc  

 

 

Bojan Suvorov, born in 1961, is a Master of Science in the field of mechanical engineering. He finished his Master’s and Bachelor’s studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana. He gained his MBA specialisation at the Bled School of Management.    

After his Bachelor’s studies he worked at the General Project Bureau and continued his work as a researcher at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and at the Milan Vidmar Electric Power Research Institute. Between April 1996 and May 2001 he was responsible for the management, coordination and organisation of the activities within Phare and ISPA (predecessor of the Cohesion Fund) at the Delegation of the European Commission in the Republic of Slovenia. He was responsible for the field of energy, environment, transportation, science and technology, statistics, telecommunications and information technology.  

 

Between 2001 and 2005 he worked at the Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Regional Development, first as Deputy-Director and from October 2002 onwards as the Director. Besides the management of the public agency he also cooperated in the coordination of the network of (12) regional development agencies and was the head of the working group for the establishment of the programmes of the Community Initiative INTERREG III in Slovenia – cross-border programmes with Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. The Agency later became the Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy where he worked from March 2007 onwards in the field of Phare cross-border programmes and the programmes of economic and social cohesion. He was also responsible for the implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy through the programmes of Community Initiative INTERREG.

Between 2007 and 2009 he acted as the deputy of the general director at the Employment Service of the Republic of Slovenia where he was responsible for the field of analytics, information and international cooperation and the operation of the centre for projects and other services. In February 2009 he was appointed Deputy-Director of the Government Office for Development and European Affairs where he was responsible for general services and development sectors and was active in the field of EU Cohesion Policy and Slovenian regional policy.

   

On 14 July 2011 he took over the Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy, namely in the function of its State Secretary.

 

Organisation

State Secretary:

Bojan Suvorov, MSc   

Phone:  +386 1 320 13 10

Faks: +386 1 320 13 01

e-mail: bojan.suvorov[@]gov.si

 

Office:

Phone:  +386 1 3201 311

Faks: +386 1 3201 301

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

 

Local Self-Government and Regional Polica Department

Director: Igor Strmšnik, MSc

Phone:  +386 1 3201 355

Faks: +386 1 3201 301

e-mail: igor.strmsnik[@]gov.si

 

 

Cohesion Policy Department

Director: Mateja Čepin, MA 

Phone: +386 1 3201 505

Fax: +386 1 3201 301

E-mail: mateja.cepin[@]gov.si

 

Director of the European territorial cooperation department:

Hermina Golob

Phone: +386 1 3201 418

Fax: +386 1 3201 301

E-mail: hermina.golob@gov.si 

 

 

Public Relations and Promotion Office:

Nina Omerza, Head of the Office

Phone: +386 1 3201 320

Fax: +386 1 3201 301

E-mail: nina.omerza[@]gov.si, sojp.svlr[@]gov.si

 

Nataša Kogej

Phone: +386 1 320 13 22  

Fax: +386 1 320 13 01  

E-mail: natasa.kogej[@]gov.si, sojp.svlr[@]gov.si

 

Maja Belec

Phone: +386 1 320 13 21  

Fax: +386 1 320 13 01  

E-mail:  maja.belec[@]gov.si, sojp.svlr[@]gov.si

 

 

Main Areas of Activity

The Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy performs the following tasks in the field of local self-government, regional development and European cohesion policy:

 

  • preparing systemic regulations in the field of organisation, functioning and financing of municipalities;
  • coordinating work with ministries and other bodies in the preparation of systemic solutions and regulations in the field of organisation, functioning and financing of municipalities;
  • ensuring the implementation of the European Charter on Local Self-Government and legislation in the field of organisation, functioning and financing of municipalities;
  • directing and advising municipal bodies in securing the legality of their work in the field of the systemic regulations of local self-government;
  • preparing systemic analyses of local self-government;
  • providing professional assistance to municipalities, and co-operating with associations of municipalities;
  • participating in the Steering Committee on Local and Regional Democracy (CDLR) of the Council of Europe, with the delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE), and the delegation of the Committee of Regions (COR) of the European Union;
  • cooperating with organisations, institutions and other bodies in foreign countries in the field of the organisation and implementation of local self-government;
  • setting-up a database for monitoring the operation of municipal bodies and a database for the support of municipalities;
  • performing other tasks in the field of local self-government;
  • coordinating the activities for the implementation of the Promotion of Balanced Regional Development Act and regional development policy and performing general administrative functions relating to direct regional initiatives and the National Development Programme;
  • directing the policies and monitoring the implementation of the programme of work of the National Agency for Regional Development and the National Fund for Regional Development and the Preservation of Settlement of Rural Areas; ensuring professional support to the functioning of the Structural Policy Council, the Council for Sustainable Development and the Development and Business Council for Slovenes Outside Slovenia;
  • performing tasks in the field of the international inter-regional development cooperation, particularly in the fields of cross-border development projects, the formation of Euro-regions and business and scientific research cooperation with Slovenes outside Slovenia;
  • preparing and harmonising strategic documents with the EU, on the basis of which the RS will receive EU Cohesion Policy support;
  • performing tasks of general management for the needs of European structural funds and the Cohesion Fund deriving from applicable EU cohesion policy legislation;
  • coordinating, defining, monitoring and evaluating the work of ministries, Government Offices and other bodies and offices involved in the implementation of the European Cohesion Policy and reporting on this to the Government, and other functions in the area of the European Cohesion Policy;
  • preparing systemic regulations in the field of regional development;
  • performing tasks of general management of development incentives for municipalities;
  • monitoring data concerning regional-level institutions, and signing contracts with these institutions for the performance of tasks of public interest;
  • advising bodies on the levels of development and cohesion in regions in order to ensure the legality of their work in the light of systemic legislation on regional development;
  • preparing analyses and reports on the implementation of the regional development strategy, ensuring the basis for research in the field of regional development, and systematically ensuring the development of analytical tools and methodologies in the field of the office activities;
  • performing advisory, acceleratory and other developmental and professional tasks of the government in the promotion of regional development;
  • implementation of the tasks of the National Contact Point for the Norwegian Financial Mechanism and the EEA Financial Mechanism;
  • implementation of the tasks of the National Coordination Unit for the Slovenian-Swiss cooperation programme (“Swiss Contribution”);
  • giving support for preparations for the implementation of the ETC programmes after 2013.

 

The office develops, maintains and ensures the functioning of the information infrastructure and the umbrella information system for the implementation and monitoring of the national development programme, regional development programmes and programmes part-financed by the EU.