The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) provides tailor-made technical expertise to EU Member States to design and to implement reforms, in a wide range of areas such as revenue administration and public financial management, public administration and governance, growth and business environment, labour market, education and social services, migration, and financial market and access to finance. The TSI has been also supporting the preparation and implementation of Recovery and Resilience Plans.
Initiated in 2021, the TSI is the successor of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP). Since 2017, both programmes have helped design, develop and implement over 2000 reform projects in 27 Member States. Those reforms support Member States address their reform agenda, in line with the EU priorities and the country specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester.
COMPLETED AND ONGOING REFORM PROJECTS IN SLOVAKIA*
* The above data include all projects completed and ongoing at the time of the announcement of the annual TSI financing decision. During their execution, projects can be further split or aggregated, cancelled or withdrawn. Therefore, figures related to the approved reform support projects can slightly differ.
Reform projects approved under the Technical Support Instrument
The Technical Support Instrument annual cycle is launched every year during the dedicated TSI Annual Conference. The conference also starts the discussion with Member States on potential multi-country projects, geared at addressing common issues among Member States thereby emphasizing the EU added-value of the instrument. The event is also the opportunity to present the new "Flagship" projects, supporting reforms which are largely needed across Member States and are in line with the EU key political priorities.
For 2025, the Commission approved the following 10 reform support projects for Slovakia:
- Embedding Fiscal Reforms in Slovakia's Budget Framework
- Implementing Effective Green Budgeting Practices
- New Migration Strategy
Multi-country projects:
- Leveraging the EU public procurement data space
- Technical support for the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in Slovakia
- Request for reinvolvement of National Bank of Slovakia into the Flagship project (project prolongation)
- Supporting the digital transformation of schools in Bulgaria and Slovakia through team-based approaches (Slovakia)
- PACE - Leveraging knowledge about data-driven decision making
- Supporting Digital Transformation in Competition Law Enforcement
- PACE - The Audit Learning Hub: Strengthening the skills of internal auditors to conduct audits of the core activities of central banks and national competent authorities (Slovakia)
For 2024, the Commission approved the following 9 reform support projects for Slovakia:
- Overcoming barriers to regional development in Upper Nitra
Multi-country projects:
- PACE - Leveraging knowledge about data-driven decision making
- PACE - Programme Slovakia 2021-2027: Capacity building in EU funds' implementation
- Boosting the cooperation on the usage of distributional impact assessment through microsimulation
- HSPA framework for Slovakia
- Supporting municipalities in improving access to quality and inclusive services for children and caregivers with refugee and migrant background: moving forward from an emergency approach to long-term inclusion strategies
- Enhance tax administration reforms through Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) in Slovakia
- Building Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) at the Central and Regional Level in the Slovak Republic
- Social Climate Plan for Slovakia
For 2023, the Commission approved the following 12 reform support projects for Slovakia:
- Increase ESIF absorption, eliminate gold-plating and provide result-oriented investments in the 2021-2027 period
- Accelerating permitting for renewable energy
- Process Map of the new IT system in insolvency
- Towards person-centered integrated care
- Strengthening the role of spending reviews in the budgetary process of Slovakia
- Industrial ecosystems - Integrated policymaking in the area of RDI
- Youth FIRST - supporting children and youth wellbeing, education, training, social protection and labour prospects
Multi-country projects:
- Integration of environmental dimensions in public finances - implementing the 'Do No Significant Harm' (DNSH) principle in public funding programme
- Crisis Management National Handbook
- Proof of concept of AI models in market abuse monitoring
- EU Survey of Central Government Public Servants: Strengthening Evidence-based People Management Policies and Reforms
- Support to Climate adaptation in Slovakia
In 2022, the Commission approved 12 reform projects for Slovakia:
- Strengthening the green transition in Slovakia through climate and macroeconomic modelling
- Developing e-government and AI to support RRP implementation in Slovakia
- Project preparation and implementation of the Just Transition Mechanism in Slovakia (follow-up)
- Recharge and Refuel - clean, smart and fair urban mobility in Slovakia
- Enhancing digital skills of seniors in Slovakia
- Strengthening coordination on inclusion of Third Country Nationals in Slovakia
- Support to the renovation wave in Slovakia
- Implementation of the European Child Guarantee in Slovakia
Multi-country projects:
- Micro-data platform for productivity
- Efficient tax information exchange: building capacity of Slovakia and Poland to fight aggressive tax planning
- Strengthening supervisory capacity in digital finance in Slovakia
- Support to REPowerEU
More information can be found in the 2022 Country Factsheets.
In 2021, the Commission approved the following 10 reform projects for Slovakia:
- Capacity building support for the preparation and implementation of the Slovak Recovery and Resilience Plan
- Reform of the regulatory framework for network industries
- Digital transformation and national curriculum reform of primary and lower secondary schools
- Project preparation and development for the Just Transition Fund
- A comprehensive health system reform
- Streamlining the processes of conducting advance pricing agreements
- Enhancing fiscal framework and quality of public spending
- Enhancing the effectiveness of the anti-money-laundering framework
- Support for Implementation of Reforms and Investments under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (Component 17 - Digital Slovakia)
- General technical support for the implementation of Slovakia's Recovery and Resilience Plan
More information can be found in the 2021 Country Factsheets.
Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) projects (2017-2020)
The TSI expands on the experience of the SRSP programme in building capacity in Member States. You can find the full list of SRSP projects here.
Highlighted projects
The project will contribute to streamline procedures and to improve EU Funds’ implementation mechanisms and their performance. It is expected that this project will have a positive impact on the Slovak Recovery and Resilience Plan.
The Commission aims to foster the social inclusion of children with disabilities in the Slovak Republic by advancing the deinstitutionalisation of substitute care
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