Key Competitive Attractions
JAPTI is the official government organisation for attracting and supporting foreign investors in Slovenia. JAPTI is committed to enhancing innovation and entrepreneurship, whilst assisting companies seeking to enter international markets.
Key Competitive Advantages:
- Proud member of EU, NATO, eurozone, and OECD
- Macroeconomic stability thanks to low inflation rates, sustained price stability and a dedication to a low budget deficit.
- Slovenia signed the Bologna Declaration in 1999, which concentrates on the development of the European Area of Higher Education.
- 89% of the population can speak another language, the most common being English.
- In 2008, Slovenia was the most productive of the EU-12 countries
- Highly competitive labour costs in Europe.
- Numerous sites and commercial space at highly competitive costs, providing a wealth of investment opportunities.
- Slovenia has four universities: University of Ljubljana, University of Maribor, University of Primorska, and The University of Nova Gorica and sixteen R&D institutions with National Research Institutes status in Slovenia.
- Home to numerous major foreign owned companies.
Infrastructure:
- Two Pan-European transport corridors intersect at Ljubljana: Corridor 5, connecting Barcelona and Kiev, and Corridor 10, connecting Salzburg and Thessalonica.
- The density of the Slovenian motorway network is higher than the EU-27 average.
- The density of the Slovenian rail network is higher than the EU-15 average.
- Freight traffic is highly developed, and rail links between the Adriatic Sea and the CEE countries offer vast opportunities.
- The Port of Koper is Slovenia's largest port, with 11 modern terminals, well equipped for a diverse range of goods.
- The Port of Koper’s economic zone offers excellent benefits and business opportunities, such as high-quality port services verified by its ISO 9001 quality certificate.
- The recently redeveloped Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport is Slovenia’s largest for passengers and cargo, and the sixth biggest passenger airport in the EU-12. Maribor Airport mainly handles cargo.
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