Brussels/Ljubljana – The European Fee at the moment gave a preliminary constructive evaluation of the third request for cost of funds from the Restoration and Resilience Mechanism. Slovenia expects funds from this supply within the quantity of 257.7 million euros nonetheless this yr, based on the Workplace for Restoration and Resilience. An opinion from the Financial and Monetary Committee continues to be wanted earlier than the ultimate determination.
Slovenia despatched the third request for cost of funds from the restoration mechanism after the corona disaster to Brussels on the finish of June. The request consists of 141.6 million euros in grants and 116.1 million euros in loans.
Upon receiving these funds, Slovenia may have recorded 41 p.c of the accessible funds, or 1.1 billion euros, of which 673 million euros are grants and 426 million euros are loans. A complete of 64 milestones and targets, or 31 p.c of the general 205 milestones and targets, will probably be formally fulfilled.
The nation has already paid out over 535 million euros to last recipients for accomplished undertaking actions. Quite a few actions for the digital and inexperienced transition have been carried out. Greater than 1,000 tasks are accomplished, underway, or about to begin, reminded the Workplace for Restoration and Resilience.
“We should understand that behind each milestone and goal there’s a whole lot of work, consultations, and coordination with stakeholders at each the nationwide and European ranges. The efforts of ministry staff and the Workplace for Restoration and Resilience to implement the deliberate reforms and investments on time are distinctive. Our frequent objective stays the identical – the utmost utilization of obtainable funds,” mentioned Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič.
For the implementation of investments and reforms from the interim revised restoration plan, Slovenia has 1.61 billion euros in grants and 1.07 billion euros in loans accessible from this mechanism till the top of 2026. (September 16)