Slovenia and Japan discuss economic cooperation

The Embassy of Japan in Slovenia, in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of Slovenia, public agency SPIRIT Slovenia, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia and JETRO, has organized a business forum on 03-04 October 2019 in order to provide the latest business environment information on Slovenia to Japanese companies. As representative of the global company Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. and a company with many years of experience in the Slovenian market, ACTIV acted as a networker at the event.

The Republic of Slovenia has been a member of the EU since 2004 and of the Eurozone since 2007. It has been recording high economic growth rates (4.5% of GDP in 2018). The Government of Slovenia has also been attaching great importance to attracting investment from the priority markets, including Japan. The forum has introduced the advantages of Slovenia, including its strategic location and highly qualified labour force. Further, the participants could attend B2B meetings.