Matevž Hribernik Framework for Economic and Social Reforms to increase welfare in Slovenia After adoption of the strategy the government established the Committee for Reforms, a task force comprising some 200 experts from universities, busines­ses and the civil service, and commissioned it to put forth specific measures for implementation of Slovenia's Development Strategy in the areas of competition, higher economic growth and employment. The Committee's proposal, a Framework for Economic and Social Reforms, was then adopted in November. The document consists of 67 measures that cover mainly the first four priority areas of Slovenia's Development Strategy and it represents the government's position and view of negotiations on the social agreement which include all the main elements of the planned reforms. The document underlined that Slovenia must establish a different relationship between the economic effectiveness of the market and the social responsibility of individuals and the partner-state. Slovenia must overcome economic and social paradigms that have been in effect since our gaining independence. The new developmental course must be conceived as a partnership agreement between social partners and all other spheres of Slovenian society and the state. In order to achieve a breakthrough, it will be necessary to change the system parameters in such a way that they can improve the institutional development climate and stimulate individuals and companies towards more vigorous and better-quality activity. A Framework for Economic and Social Reforms intends to influence the following most important mechanisms for an enhanced development climate: ! motivation for activity(transfers, remuneration of work); ! possibilities for activity(tax reform, promotion of entrepreneurship, and a more flexible labour market); ! incentives for productivity, productive use of knowledge and employment (taxes and technological subsidies); ! free economic initiative(privatisation, entrepreneurship and liberalisation); ! an efficient and less expensive state(restructuring of public finance+ limitation of public spending+ better regulation+ public/private partnership + drawing EU funds+ national projects+ elimination of court backlogs); ! an efficient welfare state(transfers+ health care+ pension system). 1 04