Representatives of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia Visit the Goriška Region

The Government representatives first met at the working meeting at the University of Nova Gorica’s premises in Vipava, namely, at the Lanthieri Mansion.

Before the working meeting started, a shorter meeting had taken place between the Slovene Primer Minister, Dr. Miro Cerar and the Rector of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik.

Incorporated in the regional visit of the representatives of the Republic of Slovenia’s Government was also our hosting of State Secretary at the Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy, Franc Matjaž Zupančič, and the Director of the Cohesion Policy Office, Bojan Suvorov, MSc. They inspected the CITIUS Project, which was co-financed with the help of the Slovenia-Italy 2007-2013 Cross-Border Cooperation Program.

In the afternoon, we hosted the Minister of Education, Science and Sport, Dr. Maja Makovec Brenčič, and State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Dr. Tomaž Boh at the University’s headquarters in Rožna Dolina. The discussion that was held focused on the future development of the University of Nova Gorica.

The visit of the representatives of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia ended at the Slovene National Theater Nova Gorica, where the final discussion titled “Regional Developmental Dialogue on the Northern Primorska Region” took place. The Rector of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik also attended the discussion.

Andreja Leban, Public Relations