{"id":44207,"date":"2025-10-03T12:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evropskasredstva.si\/media-center\/all-media\/an-additional-e68-million-in-eu-funding-for-economic-restructuring-of-coal-regions\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T12:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T10:13:32","slug":"an-additional-e68-million-in-eu-funding-for-economic-restructuring-of-coal-regions","status":"publish","type":"media_blog","link":"https:\/\/evropskasredstva.si\/en\/media-center\/sporocila-za-javnost-en\/an-additional-e68-million-in-eu-funding-for-economic-restructuring-of-coal-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"An additional \u20ac68 million in EU funding for economic restructuring of coal regions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-eu-skladi-container-block container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"content_outer\">\n<p><strong>Ljubljana, 3 October 2025 \u2013 The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for a call for proposals to promote investment in economic restructuring in the Zasavje and Savinjsko-\u0160ale\u0161ka coal regions under the Just Transition Fund for the period 2025-2028. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The call will co-finance investments in both tangible and intangible assets that contribute to the creation of new jobs and promote diverse, sustainable investments in the Zasavje coal region and the Savinjsko-\u0160ale\u0161ka (SA\u0160A) coal region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy investing in the economic restructuring of coal regions, we want to mitigate the consequences of abandoning coal use. Our primary goal is to provide residents of coal regions who are transitioning to other industries due to the green transition with jobs that offer higher added value within the local environment. Therefore, the primary objectives of EU funding in coal regions are to increase added value per employee, enhance investment, diversify the economy, and reduce the regions\u2019 dependence on fossil fuels. This is the second approval of EU funding this week, enabling investment in the economic restructuring of the Zasavje and Savinjsko-\u0160ale\u0161ka coal regions. The total value of both approvals is \u20ac83 million,\u201d underlined Minister for Cohesion and Regional Development Dr. Aleksander Jev\u0161ek.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The call for proposals to promote investments for economic restructuring in the Zasavje and Savinjsko-\u0160ale\u0161ka coal regions under the Just Transition Fund for the period 2025-2028 is implemented under Slovenia\u2019s EU Cohesion Policy Programme 2021-2027, priority Restructuring of coal regions and pursues the specific objective Just Transition Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total funding allocated for the implementation of the call for proposals is \u20ac68,700,000, namely \u20ac26,200,000 in the Zasavje coal region and \u20ac42,500,000 in the SA\u0160A coal region. The funds will come from the Just Transition Fund. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The call for proposals, which contributes to the achievement of the objectives set out in Slovenia\u2019s EU Cohesion Policy Programme 2021-2027, will be published by the Slovenian Public Agency for Entrepreneurship, Internationalisation, Foreign Investments and Technology in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia on 3 October 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: Andrej Tarfila (slovenia.info)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":43028,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-44207","media_blog","type-media_blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","media_type-sporocila-za-javnost-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An additional \u20ac68 million in EU funding for economic restructuring of coal regions - 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