Digital Divide Country Profile · Europe

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Slovenia

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

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Slovenia

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Population (2024)
2,127,400
Total area
20,273 km²
Area in square miles
7,827.45 mi²
Coastline
46.6 km
Base map adapted from Wikimedia Commons. Population: World Bank (2024); geography: CIA World Factbook.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Slovenia in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure, Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure, Digital Public Infrastructure, Fiber/Fiber Optic, GIS / Geospatial Technology. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

  1. Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure3
  2. Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure2
  3. Digital Public Infrastructure1
  4. Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding1
  5. Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure1

Specific technologies

  1. Fiber/Fiber Optic2
  2. GIS / Geospatial Technology2
  3. 5G1
  4. Computer / Desktop PC1
  5. Quantum Communications1

Intervention classification

  1. Neither explicitly identified16
  2. Infrastructure and Specific Technology5
  3. Infrastructure only2
  4. Specific Technology only2

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

10 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 4 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

25 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

01

Broadband coverage mapping

AKOS Geoportal Connectivity Coverage and Planned-Build Mapping

Ongoing · Nationwide / white and rural areas
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Status / periodOngoingLocationNationwide / white and rural areasPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; AKOS; network operators

Provides public fixed/mobile coverage and planned-construction data to identify gaps and coordinate deployment.

Activities and approach: Coverage mapping; planned network-build data

Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding
02

Digital-government governance

Council for the Development of Informatics

Operational · Whole of government
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Status / periodOperationalLocationWhole of governmentPopulationPublic agencies and service usersOrganizationsGovernment of Slovenia

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Coordinate ICT investments, standards and back-office interoperability

03

Adult digital skills / lifelong learning

Developing Core Competencies 2023–2029

2023–2029 · Slovenia
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Status / period2023–2029LocationSloveniaPopulationAdults participating in lifelong learning, including workers needing reskillingOrganizationsMinistry of Education; Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development; ESF+

Expands adult participation in learning and strengthens digital and other core competencies needed for employment and social participation.

Activities and approach: Adult upskilling and reskilling; entrepreneurial and digital skills; flexible lifelong learning.

04

SME digital skills / digital transformation support

Digital Innovation Hub Slovenia – SME digital competence and advisory support

Ongoing · Slovenia
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Status / periodOngoingLocationSloveniaPopulationMicro, small and medium-sized enterprises; managers and employeesOrganizationsDigital Innovation Hub Slovenia; Ministry of Economy; SPIRIT Slovenia; Slovenian Enterprise Fund; SID Bank

Helps smaller firms overcome knowledge and capability gaps through training, advisory services and access to digital-expertise networks.

Activities and approach: Training catalogues; mentoring and consulting; digital competence development; digital-strategy and digital-marketing support.

05

Digital public services

Digital Public Services Strategy 2030

Adopted / implementation · Nationwide
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Status / periodAdopted / implementationLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens and businessesOrganizationsGovernment of Slovenia

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: User-friendly services, data-driven decisions and inclusive digital environment

06

Digital health / public-service access

Digital Transformation of Healthcare

RRP investment; active through 2026 · Slovenian healthcare system
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Status / periodRRP investment; active through 2026LocationSlovenian healthcare systemPopulationPatients and healthcare workersOrganizationsMinistry of Health; Government of Slovenia

Improves remote and electronic access to care and harmonised health data, reducing geographic and transactional barriers to health services.

Activities and approach: Integrated digital services; harmonised health data; telehealth; patient-provider electronic communication; digital service access.

Telehealth/Telemedicine
07

Sectoral digital public services

Digital transition in agriculture, food and forestry

RRP investment; implementation through 2026 · Agriculture, food and forestry systems
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Status / periodRRP investment; implementation through 2026LocationAgriculture, food and forestry systemsPopulationFarmers, forestry users, agricultural advisers, regulators and rural businessesOrganizationsMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food; Government of Slovenia

Provides digital public services and data systems to sectors with a large rural user base, reducing administrative and information-access barriers.

Activities and approach: Data warehouse; 32 e-services; e-Forest system; digital livestock databases; CAP systems; digital advisory services.

08

Device affordability / digital inclusion

Digital Voucher ’22 device-access programme

Implemented 2022 · Slovenia
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Status / periodImplemented 2022LocationSloveniaPopulationPupils, secondary students, university students and other eligible groupsOrganizationsGovernment of Slovenia; Government Office for Digital Transformation; Financial Administration

Reduced the cost barrier to owning computer equipment needed for learning and participation in digital society.

Activities and approach: EUR 150 digital vouchers; eligible computer equipment; voucher pooling among siblings.

Computer / Desktop PC
Government of Slovenia. (2022, May 12). 123th regular session of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.Open supporting source ↗
09

Education digital transformation

Digitalisation of education and science

Implementation under RRP · Schools and research institutions
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Status / periodImplementation under RRPLocationSchools and research institutionsPopulationStudents, teachers and researchersOrganizationsGovernment of Slovenia

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Digital infrastructure, services and capabilities for education/science

Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure
10

Digital justice services

Digitalisation of justice

Implementation under RRP · Justice sector
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Status / periodImplementation under RRPLocationJustice sectorPopulationCitizens, legal professionals and courtsOrganizationsGovernment of Slovenia

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Modernize digital processes and services in justice

11

Digital legislative services

E-Legislation platform

Implementation · National government
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Status / periodImplementationLocationNational governmentPopulationCivil servants, lawmakers and public usersOrganizationsGovernment of Slovenia

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Digital platform supporting legislative process

12

National gigabit plan

Gigabit Infrastructure Development Plan to 2030

Through 2030 · Nationwide / white and rural areas
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Status / periodThrough 2030LocationNationwide / white and rural areasPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; AKOS; network operators

Coordinates gigabit household, business and public-institution coverage and nationwide 5G objectives.

Activities and approach: Gigabit fiber/VHCN; 5G targets

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureMobile / Wireless InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic5G
13

Rural gigabit broadband

GOŠO6 – 27 white-area broadband projects

Completed / 2026 · 27 municipal project areas
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Status / periodCompleted / 2026Location27 municipal project areasPopulationHouseholds in white areasOrganizationsMinistry of Interior and Public Administration; local recipients

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Open VHCN construction in sparsely populated and hard-to-reach areas

14

Rural gigabit broadband

GOŠO6A – five white-area broadband projects

Completed / 2026 · Five project areas
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Status / periodCompleted / 2026LocationFive project areasPopulationHouseholds in white areasOrganizationsMinistry of Interior and Public Administration; local recipients

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Open VHCN construction and existing-network upgrades

15

Digital public infrastructure / open data

Green Slovenian Location Framework (GreenSLO4D)

2021–2026; underway · Slovenia
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Status / period2021–2026; underwayLocationSloveniaPopulationCitizens, businesses, public bodies and local authorities using spatial/environmental data and servicesOrganizationsSurveying and Mapping Authority; Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning; Ministry of Environment, Climate and Energy; Slovenian Water Agency; Environment Agency

Expands access to integrated digital public data and services and creates a shared access point across state and local systems.

Activities and approach: Integrated geospatial data; open digital databases; service platform; 4D coordinate system; user training.

Digital Public InfrastructureGIS / Geospatial Technology
16

Digital skills / assisted digital inclusion

Mobile Heroes rural older-adult digital-skills programme

Launched October 2022 · Travelling locations in rural communities
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Status / periodLaunched October 2022LocationTravelling locations in rural communitiesPopulationOlder residents, particularly people needing in-person support with basic ICT useOrganizationsGovernment Office for Digital Transformation; Simbioza

Addresses age and rural digital-skills gaps through mobile, face-to-face training and individual assistance.

Activities and approach: Travelling classroom; basic ICT skills; safe and independent use of digital tools; one-to-one support.

17

Secure communications infrastructure

National QCI quantum communications infrastructure

Implementation · National public sector / EU-linked
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Status / periodImplementationLocationNational public sector / EU-linkedPopulationGovernment and critical public institutionsOrganizationsGovernment of Slovenia; EuroQCI partners

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: National quantum communication infrastructure

Telecommunications / Broadband InfrastructureQuantum Communications
18

Workforce digital skills / inclusion

Non-formal education and training – digital literacy for unemployed people

EU-funded; approved 2024 · Employment Service programmes
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Status / periodEU-funded; approved 2024LocationEmployment Service programmesPopulationUnemployed peopleOrganizationsEmployment Service of Slovenia; Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development

Targets a population at risk of digital and labour-market exclusion with basic and higher-level digital-skills training.

Activities and approach: Basic digital literacy; higher-level digital skills; labour-market activation and employability training.

19

Deployment-support infrastructure mapping

PROSTOR Electronic Communications Infrastructure Mapping

Ongoing · Nationwide / white and rural areas
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Status / periodOngoingLocationNationwide / white and rural areasPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; AKOS; network operators

Maps ducts, cables, nodes and base stations to reduce deployment friction and improve infrastructure reuse.

Activities and approach: Infrastructure GIS mapping; rollout coordination

Telecommunications / Broadband InfrastructureTower / Site InfrastructureGIS / Geospatial Technology
20

Public-sector digital skills

Public administration digital-skills programme – 40,000 participations

Implementation through RRP · Public administration
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Status / periodImplementation through RRPLocationPublic administrationPopulationCivil servantsOrganizationsGovernment of Slovenia

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: At least 40,000 training participations in digital skills

21

Education technology / device and institutional access

REACT-EU – ICT equipment for educational institutions

Approved 2021 / implementation thereafter · Educational institutions
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Status / periodApproved 2021 / implementation thereafterLocationEducational institutionsPopulationStudents, teachers and educational institutionsOrganizationsGovernment Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy; educational institutions; ERDF

Improves institutional access to modern ICT needed for remote and digitally supported education.

Activities and approach: Purchase of modern ICT equipment for educational institutions.

22

Rural VHCN investment

RRP Gigabit Infrastructure Investment for White Areas

2021–2026 · Nationwide / white and rural areas
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Status / period2021–2026LocationNationwide / white and rural areasPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; AKOS; network operators

Deploys very-high-capacity broadband in sparsely populated and hard-to-reach white areas.

Activities and approach: RRF grants; VHCN broadband

23

Universal gigabit access

RRP gigabit investment – 10,000+ households reached

Completed / final verification 2026 · White areas nationwide
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Status / periodCompleted / final verification 2026LocationWhite areas nationwidePopulationMore than 10,000 householdsOrganizationsGovernment of Slovenia; EU RRF

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: 300 Mbps down / 100 Mbps up VHCN availability

24

Rural broadband target/implementation

Rural 100 Mbps Upgradeable-to-Gigabit Coverage Measure

Through 2025/2030 · Nationwide / white and rural areas
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Status / periodThrough 2025/2030LocationNationwide / white and rural areasPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsMinistry of Digital Transformation; AKOS; network operators

Targets every rural and urban household with at least 100 Mbps upgradeable to gigabit, then full gigabit connectivity.

Activities and approach: Rural VHCN/fiber deployment

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic
25

Digital literacy / online safety

Safety on the Internet workshops for school students

Implemented 2022 · Primary and secondary school students
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Status / periodImplemented 2022LocationPrimary and secondary school studentsPopulationChildren and adolescentsOrganizationsGovernment Office for Digital Transformation; YUNO

Builds practical skills needed for safe and meaningful participation online, including misinformation and cyberbullying awareness.

Activities and approach: Interactive Zoom workshops; online etiquette; social networks; cyberbullying; false-information recognition; quizzes.

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

  1. Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Slovenia. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/slovenia/
  2. International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
  3. World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Slovenia. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=SI
  4. World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Slovenia. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=SI

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