Directorate for Media 

General Director: Igor Prodnik
tel.: +386 1 369 58 51
email: igor.prodnik(at)gov.si
 
The Directorate for Media evaluates the circumstances and proposes measures in reference to ensuring media pluralism.  It executes administrative tasks within the area of media and system tasks in the area of audio-visual culture.  The conditions for the complete development of media and audio-visual culture are ensured by cooperation with other governmental competencies, i.e. economic, public expertise and interest associations, as well as with the institutions of the European Union. 
 
In the Directorate the following group tasks are performed:

• preparation of expert groundwork and regulations as well as monitoring domestic and European legislation falling within the working areas of the Directorate,
• monitoring viewpoints on development falling within the working areas of the Directorate,
• cooperation with domestic and international governmental and non-governmental expert organisations, associations and with their working and expert bodies as well as with individuals,
• cooperation with other domestic organisational units of the Ministry and with domestic and international bodies within the framework of group projects,
• preparation of groundwork materials debated by the government of the Republic of Slovenia and the parliament of the Republic of Slovenia and by the working and advisory bodies of the European Commission and the European Council as well as the preparation of opinions for such groundwork materials,
• development and harmonisation of developmental projects, measures and criteria for co-financing cultural programmes and projects as well as commenting on analysis, information and reports prepared by the responsible internal organisational units,
• cooperation in the administrative bodies of state public institutions and public funds and in project groups regarding substantive questions on investment projects,
• preparation of proposals for annual and long-term plans on co-financing cultural programmes and projects as well as financial matters in project management,
• coverage of European culture-intended programmes falling within the working area, and the execution of procedures and monitoring projects connected to financing from the European structural funds,
• participation in projects and regionalism viewpoints as well as monitoring their effects,
• conducting acts of administrative procedure,
• simultaneous and periodical evaluation of the intended lawful, economical, effective and suitable use of public funds for the areas concerned, 
• management of prescribed record-keeping, cooperation in the development of joint databases, and communication with the public according to prescribed internal rules,
• monitoring the execution of activities regarding the public funds falling within working area of the internal organisational unit and the realisation of its obligations to the Ministry as well as project management connected with activities that are within the Ministry’s competence.

In the Directorate the following special tasks are performed:

• monitoring the following development viewpoints: circumstances of media pluralism, creating and mediating media programme content, the social status of journalists, discovering public interest in the area of media and conditions surrounding the audio-visual industry with a special emphasis on monitoring  the development of audio-visual infrastructure, 
• preparing development projects and measures for co-financing programmes and projects in the area of media and audio-visual culture and their execution upon the acceptance of the procedures,
• executing, monitoring and analysing procedures on awarding state assistance in the area of media and audio-visual industry,
• Implementation of EU Directives in the area of the media and audio—visual industry,
• deliberating appeals against the decisions of RTV Slovenia on a payment or a recovery of contributions,
• preparing administrative procedure decisions issued at the second level on the legal remedies against the administrative decisions issued by the Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Culture and Media.