Slovenian development model will slowly ripen off, we need a new

In the changing global situation, Slovenia needs a new development policy to maintain prosperity in the future. This is a finding of numerous events this week, featuring representatives of the economy, the academic and research spheres and other institutions.

After we are in Work Last week in a series of articles pointed to structural changes, from demographic trends and technological development to the growing Asian competition, and the need for new development policy, this is a finding in the commentary of ranking Slovenia to unenviable 46. A place on the Global Competitiveness of IMD underlined the director of the Institute for Economic Research Damian Coffeeand the speakers of the consultation with the economy, organized by the Council for Development at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU) and the Slovenian Academy of Slovenia, also agreed.

After a series of events, SAZU will prepare a proposal for a new development model to be presented in October.

« The development model on which our prosperity is based will slowly get rid of it, » he said at the consultation Peter Wostner from the Office for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development. He pointed to the « brutal competition », as the pressure on the Slovenian economy is increasing, and the unfavorable demographic trends, as we lose almost 5,000 each year from the market of the Kočevje market.

We need to activate everyone who, such as young and older and immigrants, can activate work. If we had such results as the most successful, we would have 100,000 more people in the labor market. We also need to be attractive for high -level staff, including tax restructuring, and automate everything that is possible, Wostner listed.

“It is crucial to raise productivity, without this there is no equation. Investments in personnel, in more penetrating innovations, need to be increased, to support the innovation ecosystem, the country must be more responsive and lean. We have to move into society based on knowledge and creativity. « 

Sonja Šmuc From Dewesoft, she analyzed five documents on Slovenia’s development and found a high match in identifying key barriers and challenges. Among them, she listed low productivity and added value, inactivity of the labor population, the disconnection of education and labor market, inefficiency of public administration and justice, non -stimulating tax policy, lagging in infrastructure…

Our problem is not that we do not know the challenges and necessary measures. The problem is that the umbrella connecting mechanism is missing, an institutional framework that would make the measures to implement, said Sonja Šmuc, adding: « I do not see such a mechanism anywhere else than in the Prime Minister’s cabinet. »

Someone must have a hand over goals, measures, responsibilities and means. As an obstacle to the implementation of measures, for example, she pointed out that the key performance indicator in the state administration is a percentage of funds spent, and less frequently, actual results, mismatch between departments, frequent changes in legislation without effectiveness cause unpredictability, and development documents do not survive governments …

Economy: Without step forward we will decline

Even in economic associations related to the economic circle, they emphasize the need for measures for greater innovation, faster digital and green transformation, tax relief of work, elimination of bureaucratic obstacles and better public service management. The start of the capital market, attracting foreign investments and a stable legislative environment is also crucial. A long -term strategy for raising competitiveness, upgrading the pension system and better domestic capital management is required.

« At the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, we have been constantly drawing attention to and submitting proposals for how to improve the business environment in the most important segments of companies where we are not competitive, which the results of the IMD competitiveness be confirmed, » commented on Slovenia’s ranking Tibor SimonkaPresident of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia.

Benjamin Jošar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association for Investment Fund Management Companies, he estimated that international competitiveness for a small country, such as Slovenia, is extremely important: “I want to adopt a strategy for the development of the country’s international competitiveness, similar to that we already have and implement the capital development strategy. Such a strategy should contain a clear commitment and concrete steps for Slovenia to come in five years between the twenty internationally economically economically economic countries. « 

Blaž Brodnjakchairman of the Supervisory Board of the Banking Association of Slovenia and the President of the NLB, highlighted the fast -paced geopolitical situation: “Security in Europe is no longer self -evident, but has become an exception overnight a fragile goods and a key priority if we want to address the challenges of demographic and green transition. Slovenia is also one of the most open economies in the world and with enormous potential for further development, but our competitiveness is suffocated by congestion regulation, lengthy and impenetrable administrative procedures and an unpredictable tax and legal environment. « 

“Economic indicators of Slovenia’s development show that we have fully neglected the economic aspect of development, which is also pointed out by the IMD competitiveness ranking this year, according to which Slovenia has drastically slipped by eight places in the last two years. In addition, in Slovenia this year, we also witness a decline in economic growth, which means that it is high time for the government to change its economic policy and turn it into law, that is, in a positive direction, « said the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia Mariča Lah.