- Slovenia provides access to the European market while being legally and financially harmonized with the EU regulatory framework. Importing, manufacturing, safety, quality assurance, and research qualifications are all compliant with the highest EU standards, while many costs may be significantly lower than in other EU 15 states.
- Slovenia prioritizes the R&D sector both in practice and policy. Recent laws require that gross domestic expenditures on R&D (GERD) do not drop below 1% of GDP.
- Slovenia also boasts one of the world’s most advanced economies in terms of human capital, a reflection of a highly educated, skilled, and healthy population. Slovenia has centuries of tradition in invention and higher education, along with decades of developing excellent scientists and researchers via its highly competitive universities and internationally recognized research institutions.
Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia
- Digitalization is a trend that has grown disruptively especially during the COVID-19 pandemic and has proven to be a key part of both our private and business lives. Slovenia has a longstanding reputation of expertise in digitalization and our public policies are structured in a way that enable companies to have a fully digital business model.
- Finally, Slovenia is adopting a progressive policy towards cannabis, paving the way for its vibrant agricultural sector to cultivate hemp at scale, and for its world class R&D sector to turn its many talents to cannabis research of all kinds.
