{"id":4190,"date":"2018-07-27T02:51:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T02:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4"},"modified":"2018-07-27T02:51:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T02:51:33","slug":"karl-viktor-erjavec","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/eng\/vips\/karl-viktor-erjavec\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Viktor Erjavec"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4190\" class=\"elementor elementor-4190 elementor-9000461 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0000 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0000\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0001\" data-id=\"aac0001\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-band\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><nav class=\"aacc-krumen\" aria-label=\"Brotkrumen\"><a href=\"\/en\/\">Home<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <a href=\"\/en\/eng\/\">The Alps-Adriatic Centre<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <a href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/\">What others say about us<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <span class=\"last\">Karl Viktor Erjavec<\/span><\/nav><h1>Karl Viktor Erjavec<\/h1><p class=\"aacc-band-lead\">Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia<\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0003 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0003\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0004\" data-id=\"aac0004\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-abschnitt\"><div class=\"aacc-innen aacc-iv\"><aside class=\"aacc-iv-seite\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aacc-iv-bild\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Erjavec_w.jpg\" alt=\"Karl Viktor Erjavec\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\"><p class=\"aacc-iv-name\"><b>Karl Viktor Erjavec<\/b><span>Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia<\/span><small>Position at the time of the interview<\/small><\/p><div class=\"aacc-iv-person\"><h2>About<\/h2><p>Karl Erjavec is the Minister of the Environment and Spatial planning of the Republic of Slovenia and was in the years 2004 \u2013 2008 Minister of Defense.<\/p><\/div><p class=\"aacc-iv-quelle\">This interview was published on the AACC\u2019s former website.<br>Photo and Interview: M. \u0160tukelj<\/p><\/aside><article class=\"aacc-iv-text\"><blockquote class=\"aacc-iv-zitat\"><p>\u201cAn important frame for mutual learning and the exchange of experiences and good practices are also the projects of regional cooperation among Alpine countries.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>What is the role of the Republic of Slovenia in the frame of the Alpine Convention?<\/h2><p>Slovenia is the contract partner of the Alpine Convention. The contract was signed in the year 1993 and ratified in 1995. After Germany, Liechtenstein and Austria, Slovenia is the fourth partner which ratified the Convention and also all the implementing Protocols of the Convention. As a contract partner, Slovenia is active in the work of the bodies and the working groups of the Convention, at the same time Slovenia is initiating the implementation of the Alpine Convention and implementing Protocols in Slovenia on national, regional and local levels. The Environment Ministry, as the carrier of the Convention in Slovenia, is paying special attention to the usage of a complex access at directing the development in the Alpine space, with coordinating of the development demands with the protective demands- considering the characteristics and the potentials of the Alpine space and the needs of the local inhabitants.<\/p><p>In March 2009 Slovenia will- for two years -take over the presidency of the Alpine Convention bodies for the third time. In the frame of the inherited agenda the basic activity will be given to the coordination of the implementation of the actions plan for the Alpine climate. The task of our presidency to the Convention is to increase its efficiency by definite cooperation with local inhabitants and by initiating the implementation of the spatial arrangements to the adaptation to the climate changes in the Alpine area. In the time of presidency special attention will be given to the role of the spatial planning and development from the view of the adaptation to the climate changes and to preventing from the consequences of these changes and to motivating the cooperation between regional and local levels at the implementation of the Convention and its Protocols. The priority of our presidency will also be the initiation of regional cooperation and of cooperation among the mountain areas as for instance the Alps, the Carpathians and the Dinaric Alps in the forms of transfer of good practices and motivating the integral access to the development in the Alps.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>As the Environment Minister- where do you see the priorities for the preservation of the Alpine space in Slovenia?<\/h2><p>The priorities for the preservation of the Alpine region and the guiding the development in the region are based especially on the principle of continuous development, while considering the specifics, potentials and limitations of the Alpine region and in demands by adjusting the climate changes, to which the Alps are mainly exposed. The Alpine region is representing an important ecosystem which is due to its characteristics very vulnerable to the impacts of traffic, tourism and other economic activities and therefore needs a special access to the guidance of the development. Considering the specifics of the Alpine region for its protection it is important to preserve and modernise the existing populating structures and the development of populating conditions in accordance to the principle of continuous development. From the view of consequences of the climate changes especially strategies and solutions for the adaptation to climate changes are important, not only for hindrance from the consequences of climate changes. Here the spatial planning has an important role, it should offer spatial solutions on the basis of the complex access, which are acceptable for the society, environment, culture and economics. The activities of initiating energetically economic construction and the use and the development of the continuous forms of traffic, tourism and other economic activities are very important. Beside the environment and economic points of view the cultural one is extremely important, too. It is necessary to consider local specifics, to give priority to the construction which is friendly to environment and to the usage of raw materials and labour services from domestic area. The priorities for conserving the Alpine region must therefore be in informing the public and in including of \u201cvarious players\u201d in regional and local level to secure the continuous development of the region. An important frame for mutual learning and the exchange of experiences and good practices are also the projects of regional cooperation among Alpine countries.<\/p><p>According to the mentioned points we also prepared the priorities of the Slovenian presidency to the Alpine Convention in the period from March 2009 to March 2011.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>How do you estimate the role of the non-governmental organisations, for instance the Slovenian Alpine Association and - of course -also others, which are involved in various projects of the Convention - cross border mountain trails, the development of the tourism, Triglav National Park?<\/h2><p>I see the role of non-governmental organisations at implementing the Alpine Convention and its Protocols and at their activities in the frame of numerous projects of the Convention as successful and very important. It is their active role that in the majority of the cases is the most important for the successful implementation of the Convention. Non-governmental organisations are namely active on regional and local levels, where the provisions of the Convention- in the contact to local inhabitants -actually can be implemented. The organisations are significantly contributing with their activity to the preservation of the qualities of the Alpine space on one side, on the other also to the development of the Alpine area and its inhabitants. The results of the projects and of other activities of the non-governmental organisations are forming the cases of good practice and cooperation in the Alpine regions which can be an example to other similar areas. I think that here the activities of the Slovenian Alpine Association contribute significantly, the role of this organisation is important also from the view of its role of monitoring in the structures of the Convention, where it forms and directs- together with the contract partners \u2013 the politics in the Alpine space. Slovenia is initiating the role of the non-governmental organisations in the Alpine area and will also in future make efforts for their intensive joining to the activities of the implementation of the Convention and its Protocols. Non-government organisations and their activities will be also included in the programme of the Slovenian presidency of the Alpine Convention.<\/p><\/section><\/article><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0006 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0006\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0007\" data-id=\"aac0007\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-abschnitt aacc-abschnitt--grau\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><h2 class=\"aacc-h2\">More voices<\/h2><div class=\"aacc-sk-raster aacc-sk-raster--drei\"><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/zlata-plostajner\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Zlata-Plostajner.jpg\" alt=\"Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cGood development projects tend to overcome administrative and state borders.\u201d<\/span><b>Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Minister without portfolio, responsible for local self-government and regional development, Slovenia<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/iztok-jarc\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/jarc.jpg\" alt=\"Iztok Jarc\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cAACC is an important institution on the fields of cooperation and development in the Alps-Adriatic region.\u201d<\/span><b>Iztok Jarc<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Slovenia<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/franz-sturm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sturm-franz.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Franz Sturm\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cAt the Communal forum the cooperation should be raised to a higher level.\u201d<\/span><b>Dr. Franz Sturm<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Head of the Department for Municipalities, Province of Carinthia<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"aacc-sk-alle\"><a class=\"aacc-knopf\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/\">All voices<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0009 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0009\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0010\" data-id=\"aac0010\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0011 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-cta\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><h2>Would you like to learn more about the AACC\u2019s work?<\/h2><p><a class=\"aacc-knopf\" href=\"mailto:office@aacc.co.at\">office@aacc.co.at<\/a><a class=\"aacc-knopf aacc-knopf--hell\" href=\"tel:+43463500762\">+43 (0) 463 500 762<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl Erjavec is the Minister of the Environment and Spatial planning of the Republic of Slovenia and was in the years 2004 \u2013 2008 Minister of Defense. What is the role of the Republic of Slovenia in the frame of the Alpine Convention? Slovenia is the contract partner of the Alpine Convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":366,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4190","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4190\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}