BSC
Business Support Centre L.t.d., Kranj

C. Staneta Žagarja 37
4000 Kranj, Slovenia

Tel.: +386 4 28 17 230
Fax: +386 4 28 17 249 jogpActd.lsbok/tj

Development opportunities

Strengths
  • Favourable geo-strategic position (airport, the European Corridor X, neighbouring countries, closeness to the main EU markets)
  • Attractive landscape (Triglav National Park), landscape, cultural heritage for residing and tourism
  • Natural resources (forests, waters etc.)
  • Technical expertise and tradition (ICT, innovative medicine, electrotechnics, metallurgy etc.)
  • Global companies and brand marks (i.e. Elan, Bled, Kranjska Gora, TNP etc.)
  • Low unemployment rate
  • High percentage of students
  • Population growth
  • Existence of basic supporting environment (RDA, LTO, schools, chambers etc.)
  • Rich cultural heritage of town centres and the countryside
  • Extensive broadband network
  • Regional organization: established and active structures
  • Skills in utilisation of EU funds
  • Closeness to Ljubljana (*this might be seen also as a weakness)
  • Experience and readiness for cross-border and transnational cooperation

Opportunities
  • Use of ICT in all areas
  • Accessibility and quality of the environment (a factor attracting creative people and investments)
  • Linking among sectors (technology development – tourism – agriculture – education)
  • Regional integration/ RZGO (Regional Association of Gorenjska’s Municipalities)
  • Cooperation: public – private
  • Opening Gorenjska to the world: its position on the crossroads of 3 countries, integration with other EU regions
  • Quality, specialisation, niches
  • New trends: health, eco, sports, alternative energy sources
  • Abolition of physical borders within the EU/freedom of movement
  • Creativity/out-of-the-box thinking
  • Establishing new nature parks
  • Consistency with the aims of the reforms carried out by the Government of the RS
  • Objective area 1 2007 – 2013
  • EU presidency 2008 (Brdo)
  • Establishing the regions