The Central Bank of Slovenia, together with the European Investment Bank (EIB), hosted an international conference, Revitalising Investment for a Sustainable Future, focusing on investment conditions and growth prospects for Slovenia and Europe. The discussion centred on Europe’s lagging productivity growth, Slovenia-specific challenges, and barriers to investment in breakthrough technologies, infrastructure, and energy, including the policy and collaboration needs to support innovation and longer-term growth amid geopolitical uncertainty, protectionism, and structural economic pressures through 2025–2027. The event was opened by Acting Governor Primož Dolenc and Simon Savšek, Head of the EIB Group Office, and featured keynotes from Debora Revoltella, EIB Chief Economist, on the EIB Investment Report and “Main Findings for Slovenia 2024/25”, and Vice-Governor Marko Pahor on insights from the Survey on the access to finance of enterprises. A roundtable chaired by Vice-Governor Tina Žumer brought together representatives from the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development, the Vesna deep tech Fund and Business Angels of Slovenia, the Ministry of Economy, Tourism, and Sport, the Managers’ Association of Slovenia, and OTP Bank; the central bank also published Dolenc’s opening address and supporting presentation materials.
Central Bank of Slovenia 2025-04-03
Central Bank of Slovenia and European Investment Bank convene conference on revitalising sustainable investment and productivity
The Central Bank of Slovenia and the European Investment Bank hosted a conference on investment conditions and growth prospects for Slovenia and Europe, addressing productivity growth, Slovenia-specific challenges, and investment barriers in technology, infrastructure, and energy. Keynotes included insights from the EIB Investment Report and a survey on enterprise finance access. The event featured a roundtable with representatives from economic and financial institutions.