{"id":9000465,"date":"2026-11-04T08:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/eng\/vips\/zlata-plostajner\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:49:47","slug":"zlata-plostajner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/eng\/vips\/zlata-plostajner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9000465\" class=\"elementor elementor-9000465 elementor-9000463 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\">Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner<\/span><\/nav><h1>Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner<\/h1><p class=\"aacc-band-lead\">Minister without portfolio, responsible for local self-government and regional development, Slovenia \u00b7 December 2008<\/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\/Zlata-Plostajner.jpg\" alt=\"Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\"><p class=\"aacc-iv-name\"><b>Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner<\/b><span>Minister without portfolio, responsible for local self-government and regional development, Slovenia<\/span><small>Position at the time of the interview<\/small><\/p><div class=\"aacc-iv-person\"><h2>About<\/h2><p>Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner is the minister without portfolio in the new Slovenian government, responsible for local self-government and regional development.<\/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>\u201cGood development projects tend to overcome administrative and state borders.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>Solid economy is also the basis for the survival of the Carinthian minority. The Alps-Adriatic Centre for Cross-border Co-operation (AACC) in Klagenfurt offers its services to the potential cooperation partners on both sides of the border. Regretfully both Carinthian border regions are economically less developed. How should the Republic of Slovenia at least be a stimulate of the support for the development in these regions?<\/h2><p>Good development projects tend to overcome administrative and state borders. After Slovenia joined the EU and later also the unique Schengen border system, the opportunities for good project cross border cooperation increased significantly. I think it is necessary to exploit the instruments offered by EU for the cross border regions to its utmost and to obtain in this way the additional financial funds for the quicker development along the border. Slovenia directed the border regions already when preparing the programme documents to search for their development potentials in the cross border cooperation, too. This is the perspective way of activities, which should be developed and supported also now, when it is time to support the preparation of definite mutual cross border projects. In the arising Euroregion among the Alps, Adriatic and the Pannonian Lowland I see a specific project cooperation which is in the interest of all participating sides. The supported projects will have to contribute to the economic development of the region, on the Slovenian and as well on the Austrian side, since the quicker economic development is one of the priority programmes of the cross border cooperation. At the same time the minority with its linking role is a factor which can contribute to the quicker development, if we are able to exploit this potential with rational politics of the neighbourhood cooperation and transfer it to the faster development of the border region, not only with the support in the frame of the cross border cooperation but also with common projects with which we will be able to attract other European funds to the border regions, too.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>How do you evaluate the implementation of the projects between Slovenia and Austria, especially Carinthia, which are being financed by the EU?<\/h2><p>The cross border cooperation with the support of the EU funds is existing at the Slovenian-Austrian border since the year 1995. In this period the cooperation was going on very intensively, from the initial getting to know each other to the definitions of mutual areas of the interest and transfer of experiences. In the period 2004-2006 we supported 25 projects in Slovenia, which founded cross border cooperation with partners from Austrian Carinthia. The supported projects gave numerous definite useful results, from which people of the border regions profit, however it is maybe more important to stress that through the projects connections were formed and the confidence was built, what enabled us to begin with more demanding forms of the mutual cooperation without difficulties. The conditions of the past cooperation namely did not demand urgently so intensive forms as in the programme period 2007-2013, when the preparation of the really mutual cross border projects is possible only under guidance of one, leading partner. Namely GOLR as a mutual management body issues mutual public competitions to which partners apply with mutual projects, bringing benefit for both sides. Additionally we believe that the minority will be as up till now actively involved in the numerous mutual projects and will in this way play a bridge role at the border territory. In the frame of the Operative programme Slovenia-Austria 2007-2013 the first tender was issued on July 18th with several consecutive closing dates. For the first date 57 projects applied, what shows that there is a big interest for cross border cooperation in this region. For the time being the evaluations of applications of the first date is going on, however this is no obstacle for the presentation of new project proposals, because the tender is open as long as the funds are available.<\/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\/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><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/hannes-slamanig\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Slamanig.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Hannes Slamanig\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201c\u2026 AACC can function as initiator, attendant and evaluator \u2026\u201d<\/span><b>Dr. Hannes Slamanig<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Tourism representative of the 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>Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner is the minister without portfolio in the new Slovenian government, responsible for local self-government and regional development. 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