Government takes note of the closing process of the Recovery and Resilience Facility

• Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Recovery and Resilience
• Ministry of Finance

Since the start of the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) in 2021, Slovenia has received EUR 1.77 billion in funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (the Facility), representing 85 % of all available funds. Of this amount, Slovenia has received EUR 1.30 billion, or 81 %, in grants, and EUR 466 million, or just over 99 % of available loans.

Slovenia has received the maximum possible payment for all five payment requests paid out to date, as the European Commission assessed that the country had fulfilled all the related milestones and targets. Slovenia has officially fulfilled 107 of the total 181 milestones and targets, while a further 15 are being assessed by the European Commission as part of the sixth payment request, which has been in Brussels since the end of March 2026. According to the ministries' assessment, two additional targets under the next payment request have also been fulfilled. The remaining 57 milestones and targets, which will be included in the final payment request, are currently being implemented and must be completed by 31 August 2026 at the latest.

Slovenia can receive the remaining available funds in full if it fulfils all the remaining open milestones and targets and provided that it does not reverse any milestones and targets that were included in previously paid payment requests.

In the process of assessing unpaid payment requests, the European Commission also reviews the milestones and targets that formed the basis for payment requests already paid out. If a Member State reverses the substance of previous milestones and targets and, upon the Commission's request, fails to ensure that they are fulfilled again, the Commission may, in accordance with its methodology, proportionately reduce the payment of the final or any other unpaid payment requests. The Member State is also obliged to continue implementing measures to protect the financial interests of the EU after the end of the implementation of the RRP.

By 22 May 2026, the State had paid out EUR 1.53 billion to final recipients for completed project activities, including just under EUR 222 million this year. A total of 510 out of slightly more than 1,400 projects related to the implementation of the RRP have been fully completed.

After the European Commission informed Member States that they may submit their final proposals for amendments to their recovery and resilience plans by 31 May 2026 at the latest, the Government also took note today of the proposal for the sixth amendment to the RRP. The proposal was prepared by the Recovery and Resilience Office of the Republic of Slovenia (URSOO), in cooperation with the ministries responsible for implementing RRP reforms and investments, with a view to the successful implementation of the RRP.

The Government authorised URSOO, in its role as the coordinating body, to submit the proposal to the European Commission and, in the coordination procedures leading up to formal approval by the Council of the EU, to supplement it as necessary in line with the Commission's comments. URSOO will also ensure the final substantive, financial, administrative and technical alignment of the document.

Under the proposal for the sixth amendment to the RRP, the available funds from the Facility remain unchanged - EUR 1.61 billion in grants and EUR 469 million in loans.

Slovenia will propose to the European Commission a financial adjustment of certain investments, mainly due to the ministries' assessment that these investments can no longer be implemented in their original scope and within the RRP timeframe, due to withdrawals from project contracts, or because the set targets can be achieved at lower cost.

For 11 investments, Slovenia will propose to the European Commission a change in their financial scope, as the targets will be achieved at lower costs than originally planned:

• Electricity production from renewable energy sources - EUR 40.26 million in loans (previously EUR 50 million);
• Support for the decarbonisation, productivity and competitiveness of companies - EUR 121 million in grants (previously EUR 126.50 million);
• Modernisation of the digital environment of public administration - EUR 55.50 million in grants (previously EUR 61.19 million);
• Provision of public rental housing - EUR 58.63 million (previously EUR 60 million);
• Digital transformation of healthcare - EUR 76.60 million in grants (previously EUR 83 million);
• Social and economic resilience to climate-related disasters in the Republic of Slovenia - EUR 1.86 million in grants (previously EUR 2.11 million);
• Comprehensive strategic project for the decarbonisation of Slovenia through the transition to a circular economy - EUR 15.02 million in grants (previously EUR 17 million);
• Increased wood processing to accelerate the transition to a climate-neutral society - EUR 25.02 million in grants (previously EUR 28 million);
• Gigabit infrastructure - EUR 24.86 million in grants (previously EUR 30 million);
• Digitalisation in the field of culture - EUR 8.56 million in grants (previously EUR 9.90 million);
• Higher education reform for a green and resilient transition - EUR 1.70 million in grants (previously EUR 2.02 million).

Slovenia will also propose to the European Commission a reduction in the financial scope of measures due to partially unattainable target values resulting from objective circumstances, namely for the following investments:

• Further reduction of flood risk and reduction of the risk of other climate-related disasters - EUR 50.81 million in grants (previously EUR 61.39 million) and EUR 90.28 million in loans (previously EUR 111.49 million). The investment is being reduced due to the time infeasibility of the project Ensuring Flood Safety - Drainage Channel into the Soča, which resulted from unforeseen geological conditions in the implementation area, and due to the implementation of the remaining projects at lower costs than originally planned;
• Sustainable development of Slovenian tourist accommodation to increase the added value of tourism - EUR 39.80 million in grants (previously EUR 47.76 million), due to withdrawals from project contracts. It is also proposed to reduce the target value from 42 to 35 completed projects for the sustainable development of tourist accommodation
• Optimisation of access to the healthcare system - EUR 3.52 million in grants (previously EUR 4.89 million) and EUR 1.37 million in loans. This involves transferring the financing of the project for the purchase of equipment for extracorporeal circulation from grants to loans in the amount of EUR 1.37 million.

For the remaining funds resulting from the adjustment of the financial scope of the above investments, Slovenia will propose to the European Commission:

• A new RRP investment, through which EUR 72 million in Facility grants will be directed to the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking - EuroHPC JU. This is Slovenia's national contribution, which will be managed by the European undertaking on behalf of Slovenia for Slovenian applicants and projects;
• An increase in the available funds for the investment Greening Slovenia's Education Infrastructure. The grant funding for the implementation of the investment remains unchanged at EUR 67.93 million, while loans will increase from EUR 61.35 million to EUR 70.70 million. The additional funds will be directed to the project Renovation and Extension of the Jesenice Secondary School, due to an increase in the project's baseline value.

The proposal for the sixth amendment to the RRP will be subject to further coordination with the European Commission and the ministries until its formal approval by the Council of the EU. The final version of the amendment to the plan may therefore differ from the proposal submitted.