At its 128th ordinary session of 7 April 2011, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the following resolution under point 19:

  1. The Government of the Republic of Slovenia hereby adopts the Decision on additional interim development support measures for Pokolpje as a development region with high unemployment, and hereby releases it for publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia.
  2. The Government of the Republic of Slovenia hereby adopts the document, ‘Programme to promote competitiveness and development support measures for the Pokolpje region in the period 2011 to 2016.
  3. Pursuant to the third and fourth paragraphs of Article 25 of the Promotion of Balanced Regional Development Act, the competent ministries and government offices hereby define Pokolpje as a priority region of development policy in the period 2011 to 2016.

On 19 May 2016, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the Decision on additional interim development support measures for development regions with high unemployment.

Temporary measures for the Pokolpje region in the period 2011 to 2020 are as follows:

  1. Measure 1: In the period 2011 to 2020, Pokolpje will receive grants in the total amount of €20,000,000 and reimbursable grants in the amount of €20,000,000
  2. Measure 2: Reimbursement of paid employer contributions for social security
  3. Measure 3: Tax relief for employment
  4. Measure 4: Tax relief for investments
  5. Measure 5: For the period 2014 to 2020, the Pokolpje region was allocated the total indicative amount of €564,000 in grants from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and €326,000 in grants from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
  6. Measure 6: Traffic and energy infrastructure in the period 2011 to 2020 in the total amount of €155,954,736 for the Pokolpje region.

At its 93rd ordinary session of 23 June 2016, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted amendments to the Programme to promote the competitiveness of the Pokolpje region in the period 2011 to 2020 under point 1.6.

The Programme to promote the competitiveness of the Pokolpje region (Measure 1) in the period 2011 to 2020 will be implemented using the following seven instruments:

  1. Instrument 1.1: Subsidies to promote investments
  2. Instrument 1.2: Affordable development loans for investments
  3. Instrument 1.3: Subsidies for start-up companies
  4. Instrument 1.4: Micro-loans
  5. Instrument 1.5: Promotion of development regions with high unemployment, attracting of domestic and foreign investors, and implementation of the programme
  6. Instrument 1.6: Establishment of a network of business incubators in the Pokolpje region
  7. Instrument 1.7: Creation of new jobs in the scope of an institutional network of services for the elderly (measure completed)