Digital transformation of Slovenia B. »ONCE-ONLY« PRINCIPLE SINGLE BUSINESS POINT, e-VEM, SLOVENIA BUSINESS POINT S lovenia has recognised the importance and The circle of users is expanding, as in addition to benefits business entities, some e-VEM services (applying for of the “Once-Only” principle, whereby the citizens, organisations and businesses compulsory social insurance, registration against accidents at provide their information only once. The Single insurance Business Point project provides business entities with occupational diseases and registration of job all the necessary information through the e-VEM vacancy) are being used by public administration Portal in a simple and transparent manner. institutions. work of and The portal is designed as a user-friendly website, which - with over 140 physical VEM points across Slovenia - presents one of the best practices in business support. The e-VEM portal has 40.000 registered users and in 2016 over 862.000 applications were submitted using the portal. In the context of this concept, the existing e-VEM The Slovenia Business Point was established at the Portal already efficiently functions as a business end of 2016. The portal is mainly intended for portal where companies and entrepreneurs can foreign entrepreneurs from the EU, which along with carry out electronic services when establishing a information on business-making, also provides cross- company, as well as several those most common border electronic procedures. and mandatory by law, which the business entity can carry out upon or after establishing a company. The process is swift, simple and free of charge. STOP THE BUREAUCRACY A single set of measures for providing an improved legislative and business environment on the STOP the Bureaucracy Portal offers users an overview of all measures and control for realising measures for a better business environment, and a review of the savings in municipalities in Slovenia. implementation of measures, and keeps the data The Government of the Republic of Slovenia is in the Single Database up to date. continuously verifying the progress of the MOPED (Modular Framework for the Preparation of Electronic Documents) and SME Test W ith the aim of improving the process for Electronic Documents) is already being prepared adopting regulations and assessment of the and will be in production in spring 2018. Under this implications of this regulation in different areas in application, the developmental stage, the application MOPED procedure will be prepared, as its use will be (Modular mandatory for all departments/ministries. Framework for the Preparation of 13 all documents in the legislative