7.3 Competencies of Implementing Structure Public administration employees providing technical assistance acquired work experience in the 20072013 financial perspective and are, on average, well trained to implement measures, especially from the aspect of implementation of public tenders, public procurement and administrative monitoring of projects financed from structural funds. Nevertheless, additional training will be necessary as a result of changed rules of the use of structural fund assets and changes in public procurement and public tenders. A novelty is a planned use of pre-commercial public procurement, which requires additional training. Employees in technical assistance should also receive additional training on state aid rules. Projects of constructing broadband infrastructure and research and development projects in ICT are, as a rule, demanding investment projects, which require additional training for organisers of public tenders and contract administrators. The implementation of measures financed from structural funds has shown that the biggest shortcoming is in the knowledge of information and communication technologies and their use in subject areas such as digitisation of entrepreneurship and the private sector, smart cities and homes, as well as e-inclusion. In accordance with the above, efficient implementation of measures under this strategy requires education and training in the following fields:  administrative monitoring of structural projects,  implementation of public calls, public procurement and rules of state aid,  investment projects and research and development projects,  digitisation of entrepreneurship and the private sector,  smart cities and homes,  information and communication technologies: the internet of things, cloud computing, big data and mobile technologies,  resolution of the issues of e-inclusion, digital literacy and stimulation of demand. The private sector and non-governmental organizations that submit their projects to public tenders under this Strategy may use the services of several businesses that are focused on consulting services for the preparation and implementation of projects financed from the structural funds. Although special training for their participation in the implementation of this strategy is not necessary, suitable attention will be devoted to preliminary public consultations and the timely notification of applicants interested in public tenders. 50 DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 - Development strategy for the information society until 2020

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