Secretariat-General

Government Secretary-General and Chief of Staff



Helena Kamnar

Helena Kamnar, MSc

 

Helena Kamnar was born on 15 October 1954 in Ljubljana. In 1978 she graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana in analysis and planning of national economies and received her MA from the Faculty of Social Sciences with the thesis "Conflict between the Authority of the Founder and the Autonomy of a Public Institute".

 

She began her career in finance and accounting at the Založba Partizanska knjiga publishing house and then taught economics subjects at the Secondary School of Economics. In 1985 she began work at the University Institute of Health and Social Care (today’s Institute of Public Health), where she was head of the Sector for Econometric Analyses in Health Care. She worked in the health area care until 1991, when she was employed by the Ministry of Finance as an assistant to the Minister, State Undersecretary and head of the Budget Division. In 1996, 1997 and 2000 she worked at the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia as a Senior Advisor in the area of auditing methods with an emphasis on the audit with regard to prudent business operations. From 1997 to 2000 she was a State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs. Between 2000 and 2005 she worked at the Ministry of Finance as a State Secretary and the Acting Director for the Budget. She worked at the University of Ljubljana from 2005 up until her appointment as State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance in 2008.

 

She has authored many articles on public finance and the operations of public institutes and also written the book entitled "Public Institutes between the State and the Market".

 

She has been a member of the supervisory boards of the University of Ljubljana, the University of Maribor, the Ljubljana Medical Centre, the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia, KAD, the Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia (DARS), NKBM, SID – the Slovene Export and Development Bank, and the Institute for Innovation and Development of the University of Ljubljana (IRI UL). She is currently President of the Council of the IRI UL and is no longer a member of any company supervisory board or public institute management board.

 

 

Organisation

Government Secretary-General and Chief of Staff:

Helena Kamnar, MSc.

Phone: + 386 1/478 11 02

Fax: + 386 1/478 15 00

 

 

Deputy Government Secretary-General

Barbara Peternelj, MSc.

Phone: + 386 (0)1/478 15 13

e-mail: barbara.peternelj[@]gov.si

 

 

Head of Office of the Secretariat-General of the Goverment

Dr Boštjan Petelinc

Phone: + 386 (0)1/478 15 76

e-mail: bostjan.petelinc[@]gov.si

 

 

Public Relations

Dr Boštjan Petelinc

Phone: + 386 (0)1/478 15 76

e-mail: bostjan.petelinc[@]gov.si

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main areas of Activity

The Secretariat-General of the Government is responsible for:

  • organising sessions of the Government, its working bodies, strategic councils and other Governmental bodies;
  • monitoring the implementation of resolutions adopted by the Government and obligations taken on or assigned to the Government;
  • the participation of the Government or its representatives in the sessions of the National Assembly, cooperation with the President of the RS and other state bodies and organisations, and cooperation with other states and international organisations;
  • ensuring the availability of opinions and other materials necessary for the formation of policy standpoints by the Government and its working bodies;
  • the organisation and activities of Government offices whose directors report to the Government Secretary-General;
  • other matters necessary for the functioning of the Government, its working bodies and councils, as well as those Government offices whose directors report to the Government Secretary-General.
    The Secretariat-General of the Government also provides translation and editing services and transport by car for the ministries, for the Office of the Prime Minister and for the Government Offices.

 

The Secretariat-General of the Government carries out the following professional, administrative and technical tasks for the Office of the Prime Minister:

  • managing the financial affairs of the Office of the Prime Minister and the maintenance of its premises;
  • information and documentation activities;
  • the regulation of employee rights and working conditions;
  • postal, courier, printing and photocopying services.

 

 

Organisational Units

The Office of the Government Secretary-General
Division for the preparation and conduct of Government sessions
Division for cooperation with the National Assembly and for European and international cooperation
Division for the work of Government working bodies
Division for the work of Government councils and other expert working bodies
Documentation and IT division
Analytical and personnel affairs division
Finance and technical division
Translation and Interpretation Division
Joint internal audit service
Defence preparation and security service
Division for support to the work of the Government Commission for Personnel and Administrative Affairs

 

 


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