Sl - Slovenia (National level)
Regional Innovation Performance (2021) Moderate
Population per km² (2019) 104
Proportion population older 65 year % 19,85%
Background
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
National level: Slovenia’s Smart Specialisation Strategy
National level: Slovenian SRIPs in details
Regional Strategy for Research and Innovation for Smart Specialisation (RIS3)
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
EATRIS European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine
ELIXIR The European Life - Science Infrastructure for Biological Information
BBMRI Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure
Slovene Genome Project
Development of algorythm for determining genetic risk factors on the primary level of health care
SIGN
Center for Mendelian Genomics NGS Center for medical applications
International Roundtable on Chronic disease management - Opportunities and perspectives of personalized medicine Nov 14 2019 in Ljubljana
Life quality improvement of people with dementia in the cross-border area
Digital Innovation Hubs :
Digital Innovation Hub of Eastern Slovenia (DIGITECH SI -East)
DIH AGRIFOOD - Digital Innovation Hub for Agriculture and Food production
Healthday.si - Digital Innoation Hub in Healthcare and Biotech
HPC5 - High Performance and Cloud Computing Cross-border Competence Consortium
Is the region represented in: Horizon2020; Regional Smart Specialisation Strategy Platforms/Partnerships (RIS3); EIT Health/InnoStars/Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS); other?
EIT Health Hub, Slovenia
Membership status
Adriatic-Ionian MacroRegion
InnoStars Region
S3MedTech region
Danube MacroRegion
S3P4PM region
Alpine MacroRegion
ERAPerMed
Central Europe
1M+Genome initiative - member
European Regions Research & Innovation Network (ERRIN)
Vanguard Initiative
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