Slovenia (National level) (Sl)

Population per km2 - 103

Regional Innovation Performance (2019)  Moderate

Regional website

Slovenia located in central and Southeastern Europe has a population of 2 million. The Slovenian government have recognised health and medicine as key strategic areas for development within the country, in order to lead the way towards economic and social transformation.

Priority areas of focus will include translational medicine and active and healthy aging. Slovenia are involved in a number of personalised health initiatives including ERA-NET on Personalised Medicine, EuroBioBank and ELIXIR.

Is the region looking for international/European/interregional collaboration opportunities? Yes

Policy documents

1. National level: Slovenia’s Smart Specialisation Strategy  

2. National level: Slovenian SRIPs in details  

3. SRIP Health - Medicine   

Policy document (RIS3): Yes - Slovenia's Smart Specialisation Strategy

Policy document PM@RIS3: Yes - Translational Medicine Vertical as a part of the SRIP Health-Medicine

Major initiatives

1. ERA-NET on Personalised Medicine  

2. EkoSmart 

3. EuroBioBank

4. EATRIS  European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine  

5. ELIXIR  The European Life - Science Infrastructure for Biological Information  

6. BBMRI  Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure  

7. EURO-BIOIMAGING  European Research Infrastructure for Imaging Technologies in Biological and Biomedical Sciences  

8. ISBE  Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe

9. Slovene Genome Project   

10. Development of algorythm for determining genetic risk factors on the primary level of health care   

11. SIGN   

12. Center for Mendelian Genomics  NGS Center for medical applications   

13. CoNSENSo Interreg Alpine Space project

14. Slovenian Innovation Hub

15. International Roundtable on Chronic disease management - Opportunities and perspectives of personalized medicine Nov 14 2019 in Ljubljana 

16. Member European '1+ Million Genomes' Initiative 

17. NEUROMUSCULAR TISSUE BANK UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA 

18. Integriran pristup skrbi za starije osobe u kući 

19. Life quality improvement of people with dementia in the cross-border area 

20. Evroregija avstrijska Štajerska - SV Slovenija - zdrava regija/ Euroregio Steiermark - Slowenien - gesunde Region 

21. Slovenian-Italian genetics network 

22. Digital Innovation Hubs :

• Digital Innovation Hub for Smart Manufacturing 

• Digital Innovation Hub of Eastern Slovenia (DIGITECH SI -East) 

• Digital Innovation Hub Slovenia 

• DIH AGRIFOOD - Digital Innovation Hub for Agriculture and Food production 

• DIH UM

• Healthday.si - Digital Innoation Hub in Healthcare and Biotech 

• HPC5 - High Performance and Cloud Computing Cross-border Competence Consortium 

• Jožef Stefan Institute

• Styrian Technology Park, STP 

Is the region represented in: Horizon2020; Regional Smart Specialisation Strategy Platforms/Partnerships (RIS3); EIT Health/InnoStars/Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS); other?

1. ERA PERMED

2. SRIP HEALTH-MEDICINE  

3. EIT Health Hub, Slovenia

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