Presentation of the draft Regional Development Strategy 2026–2050 at the Slovenian Regional Days
The Slovenian Regional Days 2025 took place on October 22 and 23 in Kope, under the title Comprehensive Planning for the Future of Regions. The main theme of the event was the presentation of the draft Regional Development Strategy 2026–2050, presented by Damjan Kavaš, Director of the Institute of Economic Research. The strategy will enable better coordination of sectoral and territorial perspectives, while ensuring the coordinated integration of bottom-up and top-down approaches in the implementation of regional development priorities. This will contribute to greater policy coherence and provide a framework for regional measures that will enable more efficient use of limited public resources. Particular emphasis will also be placed on reducing the current fragmentation of regional incentives, both in terms of purpose and funding.
Presentation on Slovenia's competitiveness at the Change Makers conference
V Kristalni palači v Ljubljani je 21. oktobra 2025 potekala konferenca Change Makers – Voditeljstvo v času sprememb v organizaciji Beyond Leadership Slovenia. Gre za prvo konferenco v Sloveniji, posvečeno konkurenčnosti in voditeljstvu v času sprememb. Konferenca je združila voditelje, vizionarje in podjetnike s skupno idejo, kako voditi in zmagovati v času sprememb. Vrhunski govorci, predstavniki stroke, gospodarskih združenj in podjetij so predstavili svoje zgodbe o podjetniškem pogumu, inovacijah in spremembah ter spregovorili o tem, kaj Slovenija potrebuje za preboj med 20 najkonkurenčnejših držav na svetu. Na dogodku sta Damjan Kavaš, direktor IER, in Sonja Uršič, raziskovalka IER, osvetlila rezultate konkurenčnosti Slovenije na podlagi raziskave IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, ki jo pripravlja Mednarodni inštitut za razvoj managementa (IMD) iz Lozane v sodelovanju s partnerskimi organizacijami – v Sloveniji sta to Inštitut za ekonomska raziskovanja in Ekonomska fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani. Več informacij lahko najdete na spletni strani konference https://changemaker.si/.