Enterprise incentives

• Start-up incentives (P2 and P2R) – financial and substantive support for young enterprises in the first development phase.

• Seed capital (SK75) or a convertible loan – intended for young enterprises in the second development phase (for entry into the market).

• Venture capital – covers entry into the ownership structure and governance of an enterprise, which enables global market penetration to commence.

• Microloans (P7, P7R, P7OR) – enables smaller investments and working capital to be financed.

• They enable bank loans for working capital or a larger investment to be obtained more quickly, easily and above all cheaply with the help of a guarantee to insure bank loans with interest rate subsidy (P1 plus).

• Special incentives in the form of non-repayable funds targeted at micro enterprises, small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or young sole traders or specific target groups in need of favourable financial incentives for the growth and development of an enterprise.

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food: Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Agricultural Markets and Rural Development

• Support for investments for the establishment and development of non-agricultural activities in the form of loan guarantees.

• Support for investments in the processing/marketing and/or development of agricultural products to be paid in the form of grants and repayable funds.

• Calls for applications and support for rural development.

• Subsidies for self-employment/occasional provision of grants for self-employment.

• Financial incentives, mainly in the form of repayable funds, for initial investments in enterprise, agriculture and forestry, and regional development.
• Financial contributions to regional guarantee schemes.
• Pre-financing of projects with approved European funding.

• Favourable loans for the financing of investment projects, internationalisation and business expansion, and projects in the field of tourism, forestry-timber chains and the circular economy.
• Forwarding of European cohesion policy funds in the form of microloans, loans for research, development and innovation, the energy renovation of public buildings and urban development projects.
• Insurance of export transactions and investments abroad against non-marketable risks is available for Slovenian exporters, investors and other international business entities.
• In addition to the financial resources, SID Bank also provides advice at the time a transaction is executed.

• Providing favourable financial resources for investments in environmentally-minded projects and energy efficiency.

• Financial incentives for R&D in the fields of enterprise, technology and RDI, internationalisation, digital transformation, wood, social enterprise and tourism.

• Financial incentives in the fields of enterprise, innovation, technological development, internationalisation, FDI and tourism.

Ministry of Education, Science and Sport: Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia

• Calls for applications in the fields of education, scholarships, sport and science.

• Public calls for applications in the fields of employment, equal opportunities and human resources 

• Bringing together start-ups and investors.

• Calls for applications from cohesion policy funds.

• Bilateral development aid: enabling development investment projects to be realised by public entities in developing countries with the help of donations from Slovenia

• Comprehensive services for potential entrepreneurs and enterprises

• Registration services, changes of status and removal of enterprises from the register

• Information and advice

• Information and promotion workshops and training events

• Exchange of good practices and opening-up of new business opportunities

• Small-scale incentives through vouchers, substantive support for innovative young enterprises, and training abroad for high-tech enterprises.

• Furnished business premises, and business and other support services.

• Furnished business premises, business consultancy and mentoring, free educational workshops

• University of Maribor Enterprise Incubator

• Ljubljana University Incubator

• Primorska University Development Centre and Incubator

• Furnished business premises, mentoring, advice, co-working.

• Information, networking and organisation of competitions.

• Search for business partners, information, advice.

• Enterprise start-up assistance, networking, search for business partners, information, advice, training.

• Helping innovative start-ups to grow globally.

• Advice, training and internationalisation support.

• Social partnership, lobbying centre for the creation of a more business-friendly economic system and economic policy, networking hub, exchange of views and good practices. Provides members with quick, high-quality business information.

• Advice, training, issuing craft licences and EU certificates, education, public authorisations (master craftsman’s examinations, issuing of road haulier licences, craft licences, management of various registers, etc.), representing interests of members, providing expert assistance to members (economic, legal, tax, business consultancy), providing members with information, and performing other tasks to protect the interests of the membership.

• Advice, education and information for members in the field of commercial business.

• Slovenia has 12 NUTS Level 3 regions, although Posavska includes the municipalities of Radeče and Bistrica ob Sotli from a neighbouring NUTS 3 territorial unit (Savinjska). In addition to the general development tasks in the region and in municipalities, regional and area development agencies also provide various forms of support to enterprises.

• Calls for applications by municipalities. Calls are usually published on the municipality’s website.

• Support to enterprises who wish to internationalise their business, and assistance to Slovenian exporters at all stages of export marketing.

• Information on the business environment in Slovenia, information on activities, industrial zones and local suppliers, links with business and local authorities, and information on investment opportunities.

• Pan-European exchange programme for entrepreneurs, opportunities for ambitious or new entrepreneurs to go to other European countries in order to develop their entrepreneurial skills in managing a smaller enterprise alongside an experienced entrepreneur.

• International business cooperation

• Innovation, knowledge and technology transfer, participation in EU programmes

• Aid and support to SMEs in the EU

• An international technology initiative launched with the aim of making the EU economy more competitive, particularly in relation to the economies of the US, Japan and South-East Asia, by stepping up cooperation between enterprises and research institutions.

• The Eurostars programme offers ambitious and innovative SMEs access to national and European research funds through a single entry point at national level.