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1 @ aOECD TemtoooB 379034 IfcWOECDTABLE OF CONTENTST able of ContentsForeword 3 Acknowledgements 4 Acronyms and Abbreviations 11 Assessment and Recommendations 13 Chapter 1. A Regional Approach for Development 25 Introduction Macroeconomic trends Regional development gaps in Slovenia Drivers of growth in Slovenian regions and areas for potential growth.

2 Key policy and governance challenges 63 Notes 69 Bibliography 69 annex OECD Regional Classification and Regional 71 annex Zipf s Law in OECD Countries 73 annex Methodology for Decomposition of Factors of Growth .. 75 annex Beveridge Curves in Slovenia's Regions 78 Chapter 2. Regional Policy in Slovenia 85 Introduction Overview of regional policy reforms in Slovenia Improving the quality of places and networks through regional policy.

3 Upgrading skills through regional policy 126 Conclusion 143 Notes 145 Bibliography 147 annex 151 Chapter 3. Making the Most of Regional Policy Through Reformsin Multi-Level Governance 159 Introduction Three key challenges to effective multi-level governance Addressing governance challenges for regional policy Conclusion 216 OECD TERRITORIAL REVIEWS.

4 SLOVENIA 2011 OECD 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTSN otes 217 Bibliography 220 annex Dimensions of Slovenian Municipal AdministrativeCapacity, 2007 225 annex Indicators for Regional Capacity Building: Italy's NationalPerformance Reserve (2000-06) 227 annex Municipal Competencies in Slovenia Real GDP growth per capita compared to other Centraland East European countries Within-sector contributions to labour productivity growth,percentage average, 1997-2007 Slovenia: Demand output and prices Mutual dependence across levels of government:Multi-level governance challenges/gaps in OECD countries Transition in regional policy: Where does Slovenia stand?

5 Assessment of the Strategy for Balanced Regional Developmentof Slovenia (SRDS) Exceptional measures for the Pomurje region Possible interactions between regional policy and selected sectoralpolicies Spatial planning and regional policy programmes in Changes in spatial planning in OECD countries Examples of spatial planning instruments in selected OECD countries Budget for rural policy in Slovenia, 2007-13 Possible complementarities between agricultural policy and regionalpolicy in Slovenia Breakdown of the Operational Programme on the Developmentof Environmental and Transport Infrastructure 2007-13 Types of cross-border co-operation in OECD countries Commodity diversity of Northern Adriatic ports (2010) Port specialisations in the Northern Adriatic Sea (2010) Competitors in the main commodities of the port of Koper (2010).

6 Financial allocation of OP HRD in Slovenia, 2007-13 Top ten cities attracting more than 1 000 dailycommuting schoolchildren Universities in the regional innovation system Financial allocation of OP Strengthening Regional DevelopmentPotential 2007-13 SWOT analysis of regional policy in Slovenia 144 OECD TERRITORIAL REVIEWS: SLOVENIA 2011 OECD 2011 TABLE OF Laws on regional development in Slovenia between 1971 and 2011 . Regional policy architecture in Slovenia Indirect funding for regional policy from line ministries Main inter-port links in the Adriatic Sea (2006)

7 Administrative capacity of Slovenian municipalitiesby municipal size, 2007 Key priorities and governance arrangements to overcomechallenges , Hierarchy of regional policy documents Examples of regionalisation reforms across OECD countries Pros and cons of the creation of a new regional administrative layerin Slovenia Inter-municipal co-ordination and regional participation in Slovenia,2007 Responses from a survey of 118 directors of municipaladministration Real GDP per capita in USD at constant pricesand constant purchasing power parity, EU15 = 100 Slovenia's export performance in selected commodities,per cent, 1997-2007 Labour productivity, measured by GDP per hour worked Top performers in reading, mathematics and science Science and innovation profile of Slovenia, 2008 Real GDP growth among OECD countries.

8 2008-09 Natura 2000 areas in Slovenia Inhabitants per square kilometre in OECD countries, 2007 Range of variation in population density among OECD TL3 regions,2007 Distribution of the national population into predominantly urban,intermediate and predominantly rural regions, 2007 Concept of polycentric urban network - 15 regional centreswith potential functional urban regions (2004) Geographic concentration index of population and GDP (TL3), 2007 Zipfs law in population D TL3 regions, 2007 Change in the concentration index of GDP in OECD countries (TL3),1995-2007 Share of national GDP and population by four regions (TL3),1995 and 2007 Territorial disparities in GDP per capita within countries (TL3), 2007 Gini index of inequality of GDP per capita across TL3 regions,1995-2007 45 OECD TERRITORIAL REVIEWS.

9 SLOVENIA 2011 OECD 2011 TABLE OF Change in inequality in GDP per capita, Gini Index over 1995-2007,TL3 Regional performance in GDP per capita over time, 1995-2007 .. Territorial disparities in GDP per capita within countriesand GDP per capita levels, (TL3), 2007 Level and growth of GDP per capital in TL3 Slovenian region,1995-2007 Level and growth of GDP per capita in OECD regions (TL3),1995-2007 GDP per capita gap, Slovenian regions with respect to OECD TL3average, 2007 Level and growth of GDP per capita in OECD and Slovenian ruralregions (TL3), 1995-2007 Unemployment and employment rates in Slovenian regions (TL3)

10 ,2008 National Beveridge curve for Slovenia, 2006 and 2007 Unemployment rates in Slovenian TL3 regions, 2007-09 Unemployment rates and population density, SlovenianTL3 regions, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Contributions to national growth by Slovenian TL3 regions,1995-2007 Performance of Slovenian regions, productivity and participationrate growth (TL3), 1997-2007 Specialisation index in four sectors (TL3), 1996-2008 Per cent of labour force with tertiary educational attainments (TL3),1997-2008 Tertiary educational attainment and GDP per capita growth (TL3),1997-2008 Private and public R&D expenditures (TL3), 1998-2007 Enterprise births and population density, 2007 International links in Slovenia Population density of Slovenian municipalities, 1995 and 2008.