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Egovernment in Slovenia Country Profile Recent Developments Strategy Legal Framework Actors Who’s Who Infrastructure Services for Citizens Services for Businesses INSIDE WHAT’S eGovernment in Slovenia ISA2 Visit the e-Government factsheets online on Joinup.eu Joinup is a collaborative platform set up by the European Commission as part of the ISA² programme. ISA² supports the modernisation of the Public Administrations in Europe. Joinup is freely accessible. It provides an observatory on interoperability and e-Government and associated domains like semantic, open source and much more. Moreover, the platform facilitates discussions between public administrations and experts. It also works as a catalogue, where users can easily find and download already developed solutions. The main services are: • Have all information you need at your finger tips; • Share information and learn; • Find, choose and re-use; • Enter in discussion. This document is meant to present an overview of the eGoverment status in this country and not to be exhaustive in its references and analysis. Even though every possible care has been taken by the authors to refer to and use valid data from authentic sources, the European Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the included information, nor does it accept any responsibility for any use thereof. Cover picture © Fotolia Content © European Commission © European Union, 2017 Reuse is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. eGovernment in Slovenia March 2017 Edition 3.00 Country Profile ...................................................................................................... 2 eGovernment Recent Developments...................................................................... 7 eGovernment Strategy ........................................................................................ 12 eGovernment Legal Framework .......................................................................... 19 eGovernment Actors ........................................................................................... 23 eGovernment Who’s who .................................................................................... 26 eGovernment Infrastructure ............................................................................... 27 eGovernment Services for Citizens ...................................................................... 33 eGovernment Services for Businesses ................................................................. 40 eGovernment in Slovenia March 2017 Basic Data Population (1 000): 2,064,188 inhabitants (2016) GDP at market prices: 39,769 million Euros (2016) GDP per inhabitant in PPS (Purchasing Power Standards EU 28 = 100): 83 (2014) GDP growth rate: 2.5% (2016) Inflation rate: -0.2% (2016) Unemployment rate: 7.9% (2016) General government gross debt (Percentage of GDP): 83.1% (2015) General government deficit/surplus (Percentage of GDP): -2.7% (2015) Area: 20,273 km2 Capital city: Ljubljana Official EU language: Slovenian Currency: EUR Source: Eurostat (Last update: 13 March 2017) [1] eGovernment in Slovenia March 2017 Country Profile Basic data and indicators Political Structure Slovenia is a parliamentary republic. Legislative power is held by a unicameral parliament, the National Assembly, which has 90 members (88 elected representatives of the parliamentary parties and one representative each from the Italian and the Hungarian national communities). Apart from the National Assembly, the Constitution also provides for a National Council, which comprises 40 members elected for five years and is mainly an advisory body without full law-making powers. The Head of State is the President of the Republic (elected for a maximum of two five-year terms via direct elections). Executive power is exercised by the government, which consists of the Prime Minister and other Ministers. The government and the ministers are independent within the framework of their jurisdiction, and responsible to the National Assembly. Slovenia has a single-level system of local self-government; a municipality regulates only local tasks. Slovenia comprises 212 municipalities, 11 of which have the status of a city municipality. The Constitution of Slovenia was adopted in December 1991. Slovenia became a member of the European Union on 1 May 2004. Head of State: President Borut Pahor (since 2 December 2012). Head of Government: Prime Minister Miro Cerar (since 18 September 2014). [2] eGovernment in Slovenia March 2017 Information Society Indicators Generic Indicators The following graphs present data for the latest Generic Information Society Indicators for Slovenia compared to the EU average. Statistical indicators in this section reflect those of Eurostat at the time the Edition is being prepared. Percentage of households with Percentage of enterprises with Internet access in Slovenia Internet access in Slovenia 85% 99% 98% 80% 97% 75% 96% 70% 95% EU28 EU28 65% Slovenia Slovenia 0 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators Percentage of individuals using the Internet at least once a week 80% 75% 70% 65% 60 EU28 Slovenia 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators [3] eGovernment in Slovenia March 2017 Percentage of households with a Percentage of enterprises with a broadband connection in Slovenia broadband connection in Slovenia 78% 100% 76% 74% 72% 96% 70% 68% 66% 92% 64% 62% 60% 88% 58% EU28 EU28 56% Slovenia Slovenia 0 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators Percentage of individuals having Percentage of enterprises having purchased/ordered online in the last received orders online within the three months in Slovenia previous year in Slovenia 45% 18% 42% 16% 39% 14% 36% 12% 33% 30% 10% 27% 8% 24% 6% 21% 4% 18% EU28 EU28 2% 15% Slovenia Slovenia 0 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators [4] eGovernment in Slovenia March 2017 eGovernment Indicators The following graphs present data for the latest eGovernment Indicators for Slovenia compared to the EU average. Statistical indicators in this section reflect those of Eurostat at the time the Edition is being prepared. Percentage of individuals using the Percentage of individuals using the internet for interacting with public internet for obtaining information from authorities in Slovenia public authorities in Slovenia 54% 60% 51% 50% 48% 40% 45% 30% 42% 20% 39% EU28 10% EU28 36% Slovenia Slovenia 0 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators Percentage of individuals using the Percentage of individuals using the internet for downloading official forms internet for sending filled forms to from public authorities in Slovenia public authorities in Slovenia 40% 30% 35% 25% 30% 20% 25% 20% 15% 15% 10% 10% 5% EU28 5% EU28 Slovenia Slovenia 0 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators Source: Eurostat Information Society Indicators [5] eGovernment in Slovenia March 2017 eGovernment State of Play The graph below is the result of the latest eGovernment Benchmark study1, which monitors the development of eGovernment in Europe, based on specific indicators. These indicators are clustered within four main top-level benchmarks: User Centricity – indicates to what extent (information about) a service is provided online and how this is perceived. Transparent Government – indicates to what extent governments are transparent regarding: i) their own responsibilities and performance, ii) the process of service delivery and iii) personal data involved. Cross Border Mobility – indicates to what extent EU citizens can use online services in another country. Key Enablers – indicates the extent to which 5 technical pre-conditions are available online. There are: Electronic Identification (eID), Electronic documents (eDocuments), Authentic Sources, Electronic Safe (eSafe), and Single Sign On (SSO). These top-level benchmarks are measured using a life-events (e.g. mystery shopping) approach. The following life-events were used for measuring the eGovernment Benchmark top-level indicators: Business start-up and early trading operations, Losing and Finding a Job, Studying, Regular Business Operations, Moving, Owning and Driving a Car, and Starting a Small Claims Procedure. The figure below presents the development of eGovernment in Slovenia compared to the EU average score. Source: eGovernment Benchmark Report 20162 Country Factsheet Slovenia 1 eGovernment Benchmark Insight Report 2 The latest version of country’s benchmark report was published in October 2016, however it shall be noted that it summarises the country’s biennial score of the preceding year (2015). [6] eGovernment in Slovenia March 2017 eGovernment Recent Developments Main developments and key milestones (in reverse chronological order) For the latest developments, see: Joinup news. Recent News January 2017 In January 2017, a new portal zVEM (One Stop Shop for eHealth) was introduced. 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