Annual Meeting of the European Commission Networks and Contact Points in Slovenia

On 11 June 2026, the annual meeting of representatives of the European Commission networks and contact points in Slovenia was held at the EU House in Ljubljana. The meeting aimed to strengthen cooperation between the networks, exchange good practices, and present current European developments and initiatives.

Participants were welcomed by Dr Jerneja Jug Jerše, Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Slovenia. Richard Kühnel, Director for Representations at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communication, also joined the meeting and highlighted the high level of cooperation, connectivity and innovation among the European Commission networks in Slovenia. Examples of cooperation between Slovenian networks will also be presented more broadly at the level of the European Commission’s Directorates-General.

The programme included presentations of good practices in cooperation between various European Commission networks, including cooperation involving the Enterprise Europe Network and a presentation of the Horizon Europe network. Dr Žiga Malek, an expert with the Team EUROPE DIRECT, then presented topics related to EU green policy and the impact of regulations on the environment. Peter Jakša, Language Officer at the Representation of the European Commission in Slovenia, introduced participants to the European Commission’s multilingual services and language tools based on artificial intelligence.

Part of the meeting was also dedicated to developments within individual networks and initiatives. CERV, the Euranetplus initiative, the LIFE programme with its open call, and the Think Europe and EU 360 initiatives were presented. Following the main part of the meeting, a meeting of the EU Network of Municipal Councillors was held to discuss the importance, role and future of the network. The first anniversary of the network’s activities was also ceremonially marked.

Representatives of the Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Vocational Education and Training (CPI) also attended the meeting as representatives of the Europass network and the National Coordination Point for the Slovenian Qualifications Framework (SQF) and the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). For CPI, this type of networking represents an important opportunity to strengthen cooperation with other European networks in Slovenia, exchange information on current European initiatives, and identify common approaches to informing different target groups.