Entry Point VEM

Programme: Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments (JAPTI) and Ministry of the Economy

At the Entry Points VEM we offer:

• General business counselling about establishing, running and developing a company,
• Preparation of documentation for applications to calls for proposals,
• Preparation of business plans,
• Everything a potential entrepreneur needs (development of the entrepreneurial idea, making a business plan, registration of new business),
• Informative-promotional and educational activities,
• Use of the e-VEM online portal (registration of a private entrepreneur, registration of a new company, taxation data, health insurance procedures, requests for new employees etc.)

LOCAL ACTION GROUP "OBSOTELJE AND KOZJANSKO"

Programme: European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)

LAG "Obsotelje and Kozjansko" was established on April 10th 2008. It operates in the area of five municipalities: Kozje, Podčetrtek, Rogaška Slatina, Rogatec and Šmarje pri Jelšah. There is a population of 30.027 people living in this area.
The LAG area is a part of the subregion Obsotelje and Kozjansko and a part of the Savinjska statistical region. It represents a wholesome region in terms of geography, economy and development.

Development vision of the LAG "Obsotelje and Kozjansko" 2007-2013 is to connect local communities, support institutions, companies, farmers, associations, individuals and others to achieve common goals:

• Creation of conditions for development of entrepreneurship,
• Increase the tourism recognisability of the area,
• Retain the rural area "alive" - provide better conditions for living in the rural area,
• Retain the natural heritage and the identity of Obsotelje and Kozjansko.

Wine-Culture-Cuisine - experience the wine roads

Programme: Operational Programme Slovenia-Austria 2007-2013

Project VINO COOL - wine, culture, cuisine will enrich and connect the tourist offer of the wine roads of the Slovene-Austrian cross-border area and make it even more attractive by promoting local particularities like klopotec (a windmill-like device used as a scarecrow in vineyards) and tradition, architectural interweaving of old and new, ecological wines and cuisine and the old grapevine, the oldest in the world.

In the project four tourist products will be created: Old Grapevine; Eco Wine - Bio Wine; Klopotec, Culture and Customs; Wine and Architecture, Health and Wellbeing, which will connect the project area into an integral unit.

Lead partner of the project is Maribor Tourist Board, partners in the project are: Weinland Steiermark, Development Information Centre Slovenska Bistrica, Development Agency of Prlekija, Maribor Development Agency, HALO - EDIL ING Commercial Association of Interest for Development of Entrepreneurship and Tourism and Development Agency Sotla.

Website of the project: http://www.vinocool.eu/

Development of Cross-border Wellness Destination through Connecting Countryside Tourism Products (WELLNESS 3+)

Programme: IPA Operational Programme Slovenia-Croatia 2007-2013

The project offers an opportunity for providers of tourism services in the countryside to gain new knowledge about possibilities for selling their products and services, an opportunity for higher added value, an opportunity for development of common balanced offer under recognisable brand, raising the recognisability of the cross-border area as a countryside wellness tourism destination. With the project we will ensure the flow of tourists and visitors in the entire area in connection with individual providers in the cross-border area.

We will preserve and bring new life to cultural and natural heritage, raise awareness of the local population and tourists about the importance of the attitude towards the environment, our heritage and the quality of living in the cross-border area.

The lead partner of the project is Development Agency Kozjansko, partner in the project are: Development Agency Sotla, LTO Rogla-Zreče, GIZ, Zagorje Development Agency and Krapina-Zagorje County.

Design of Common Cross-Border Standards - 48 Hours

Programme: IPA Operational Programme Slovenia-Croatia 2007-2013

With the project we wish to overcome the current state of the situation and problems of the individuals, interested public, investors and public subjects in the field of environment preservation. We wish for the area that borders to the Sotla River to be an example of the good environmental awareness and an example of good practice that can be also used by others in Slovenia and Croatia.

The lead partner of the project is Štore Municipality, partners in the project are: Podčetrtek Municipality, Development Agency Sotla, Institute for Environmental Research from Slovenske Konjice and Zagorska Sela Municipality.

Website of the project: http://www.48ur.org/

Centre for Lifelong Learning of the Savinjska Region

Programme: EU in Ministry of Education and Sport

The aim of the project is to set up entry points in the Savinjska Region to provide all inhabitants of the Savinjska Region, primarily women and individuals who have not finished their formal education, with quality information, counselling and access to new forms of learning with special emphasis on informal education.

The lead partner of the project is UPI Ljudska univerza Žalec, partners in the project are Ljudska univerza Rogaška Slatina, Ljudska univerza Celje, School Centre Slovenske Konjice - Zreče, General Library Žalec, Development Agency Savinja, Development Agency Sotla and RACIO - Company for Development of Human Potential.

Website of the project: http://www.vzu.si/