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Slovenia as a FDI location

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Characteristics of the particular area in terms of its development potential

On average, ICT generates value-added twice the amount generated by other industries in the real economy (IDC 2005). The ICT contribution to GDP growth has been high (around 16% between 1995 and 2001). The ICT companies employ 6% of the work force, generate 8% of GDP in the EU, there is high value-added. In the value-added chain ICT facilitates higher efficiency and competitiveness of companies, its strongest impact is on the rise in productivity across the economy, it boosts the competitive edge of the entire economy, it supplements other industries and serves as a backbone of their growth.

In 2006, ICT-related revenues in Slovenia amounted to 1,556 million euros (of which IT earned 573.68 million euros), exports totalled 322 million euros, imports totalled 411 million euros, the number of ICT companies was 2,825 employing, 24,670 people, and value-added was 713 million euros.

Areas identified as having development potential

• Distributed software systems and the service platform
• Embedded systems design
• Telecommunications
• Intelligent multimedia systems and services
• Security and protection in ICT
• Agile business processes management in real space and time