At the 2026 Procurement Conference, one of Slovenia's leading professional events in the field of procurement, Dr Matja\u017e \u010crnigoj from the Institute for Economic Research gave a presentation on 7 May 2026. Titled \u201cThe Competitiveness of Slovenia and the EU\u201d, his presentation outlined the key challenges and opportunities for Slovenia's and the EU's competitiveness amid geopolitical shifts, the restructuring of global supply chains, and rising operating costs. Dr \u010crnigoj outlined the factors influencing economic performance, investment and business development, emphasising the importance of macroeconomic trends, innovation policies and access to financing in the business environment. The lecture also emphasised the connection between the broader economic environment and strategic procurement decisions, highlighting that an understanding of economic and development trends is becoming an increasingly important factor in business success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every year, the Procurement Conference brings together more than 250 directors, procurement managers, and other experts, serving as an important platform for exchanging knowledge and best practices, as well as for discussing current challenges and the future development of the procurement function.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Na Nabavni konferenci 2026, enem osrednjih strokovnih dogodkov na podro\u010dju nabave v Sloveniji, je 7. maja 2026 s predavanjem sodeloval tudi dr. Matja\u017e \u010crnigoj z In\u0161tituta za ekonomska raziskovanja. V prispevku z naslovom \u00bbKonkuren\u010dnost Slovenije in EU\u00ab je predstavil klju\u010dne izzive in prilo\u017enosti za konkuren\u010dnost Slovenije in Evropske unije v \u010dasu geopoliti\u010dnih sprememb, preoblikovanja globalnih dobavnih verig ter nara\u0161\u010dajo\u010dih stro\u0161kov poslovanja. Udele\u017eencem je predstavil dejavnike, ki vplivajo na gospodarsko uspe\u0161nost, investicije in razvoj podjetij, ter poudaril pomen makroekonomskih trendov, inovacijskih politik in dostopa do financiranja za poslovno okolje. Predavanje je izpostavilo tudi povezavo med \u0161ir\u0161im gospodarskim okoljem in strate\u0161kimi odlo\u010ditvami na podro\u010dju nabave, kjer postaja razumevanje ekonomskih in razvojnih trendov vse pomembnej\u0161i dejavnik uspe\u0161nega poslovanja. Nabavna konferenca vsako leto zdru\u017ei ve\u010d kot 250 direktorjev, vodij nabave in drugih strokovnjakov ter predstavlja pomembno platformo za izmenjavo znanja, dobrih praks in razpravo o aktualnih izzivih ter prihodnjem razvoju nabavne funkcije.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novice"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-17 23:15:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11123,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11121\/revisions\/11123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}