I wonder who in this country monitors whether or not laws are implemented by the civil service and who is held accountable if they are not?
I would further point out that the difference between the current Spatial Development Strategy of Slovenia and the National Strategic Spatial Plan is, among other things, precisely that the contents of the plan are concretely put in place and monitored through the processing of the Impact Report on the implementation of the plan. With such a National Strategic Plan, obtaining cohesion funding would also no longer be so time-consuming and difficult to achieve, we would also avoid paying EU fines to the Environmental Protection Commission earlier, and the introduction of National Spatial Plans would be more transparent. Below, I provide explanations to the initiative as written, starting with the content of the individual articles. The contents of the articles listed have one common denominator - in addition to a grossly negligent attitude to environmental protection, there is also a blatant disregard for the rule of law, with the risk of losing hundreds of millions of euros.
Delo, 13.8.2013Euro 7.395 billion of investments will be neededDelo, 5.8.2013We have no strategy in the energy sector, only selfish interestsDelo, 5.8.2013How to intervene in the spatial planning in a rational wayDelo, 25.7.2013The Trojan horseDelo, 25.7.2013A wind field with 40 windmills near SenožečeDelo, 23.7.2013Mayors cheer for the line to KočevjeDelo, 27.5.2013Trojan horse.
The current Spatial Planning Act provides:
The State is responsible (Article 11) for:1. determining the objectives of the spatial development of the country,2. determining the bases, guidelines and rules for spatial planning at all levels,3. planning spatial planning of national importance,4. participating in the procedures for the preparation of municipal and inter-municipal spatial planning acts, and5. exercising control over the legality of spatial planning at the level of municipalities.
The State Strategic Spatial Plan and the State Spatial Plan are the State spatial planning acts (Article 14). The purpose and content of the State Strategic Spatial Plan (Article 22) is described as follows:In order to ensure coordinated and efficient spatial development with rational use of natural, spatial and other development potentials, the State Strategic Spatial Plan shall, on the basis of the development needs of the country and taking into account the public benefits in the field of environmental protection, nature conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, protection of cultural heritage and preservation of human health, set the objectives and baselines for the spatial development of the country, and shall establish guidelines for the planning of spatial arrangements of national and local significance. On this basis, the National Strategic Spatial Plan shall set out the design of spatial developments of national importance in such a way as to reconcile the development needs arising from the country's development documents with the protection requirements.
The procedure for the preparation of the national strategic spatial plan shall be initiated by a decision adopted by the Government (Article 23). The Ministry shall prepare the draft national strategic spatial plan taking into account the development acts and documents establishing the comprehensive national policy for the development of the country and the national policy in the fields of energy, transport, electronic communications, population, agriculture and forestry, culture and cultural heritage, environmental protection, nature conservation, water management, defence, protection against natural and other disasters, etc. The Ministry shall also ensure that an environmental impact report is prepared for the draft national strategic spatial plan.The environmental impact report (Article 24) shall describe and evaluate the impact of the implementation of the national strategic spatial plan on the economic and social development of the country and on the achievement of environmental objectives.
The Law contains a provision that has not been fulfilled since the time of the Law's entry into force, i.e. in 2007, as in Article 91 the Law stipulates:(1) The Ministry shall prepare the National Strategic Spatial Plan no later than six months after the entry into force of this Law and the regulations issued on the basis of this Law.