M VII. Digitalisation of public administration odernisation of public administration is one of the priorities of the Government of Slovenia. ICT will play a key role in achieving all planned strategic objectives. Therefore, the Government has developed and intensified the execution of several projects with the intention of improving efficiency of public administration and creating a favourable environment for the development of the economy. PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR SLOVENIAN ICT PROJECTS In the past six years, the Republic of Slovenia has received numerous prestigious international awards for projects in the field of information and communication services: 1) In 2016, the Ministry of Public Administration received the Cisco CMS Certificate award for successful creation and provision of services of the State Computer Cloud as a quality standard in IT. 2) in 2015, the National Cloud Computing project received an award from the American company EMC for the most innovative IT project in Central Europe, which represents the best reference solution in the region; 3) the Multipurpose Interoperability Component for Electronic Data Acquisition Project – Implementation for e -Social Security received a United Nations Public Service award for the best project in Europe and North America in promoting comprehensive solutions for public administration in the information age; 4) in 2013, the Supervizor project received a United Nations Public Service Award for the best project in Europe and North America in preventing and fighting against corruption in public administration; 5) in 2012, the IT-supported Procedure for Drafting Legislation (ITDL) project received a United Nations Public Service Award for the best project in the field for improving participation in decision-making by using use of new technologies; 6) in 2009, the Slovenia Business Point project received a United Nations Public Service Award for improving the delivery of services in the public sector. 11