STA, 9 December 2021 - Prime Minister Janez Janša and Digital Transformation Minister Mark Boris Andrijanič will meet on Thursday representatives of the US internet giant Google to talk the achievements of the Slovenian EU presidency in digital transformation. A memorandum of understanding on cooperation with Google will also be signed.
The meeting will be attended by Annette Kroeber-Riel, Senior Director of Public Policy and Government Relations for Europe, Rowan Barnett, Head of Google.org for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Marta Poslad, Director of Public Policy for Central and Eastern Europe.
It will focus on the achievements of the Slovenian EU presidency in digital transformation and Slovenia's competitive advantages in investments in information technology and development of artificial intelligence, the prime minister's office has announced.
The meeting in the Presidential Palace will be followed by the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the Government Office for Digital Transformation and Google.
The memorandum is expected to serve as the basic document for investments by Google in Slovenian know-how and solutions in digital transformation, social entrepreneurship and artificial intelligence.
"The agreement ... will strongly support digital transformation of the Slovenian economy and society, enabling projects through which young people, entrepreneurs, institutions and public institutions will access knowledge in digital skills, artificial intelligence and social entrepreneurship and funds to start projects," the office said.
Andrijanič, Kroeber-Riel and Barnett, as well as Slovenian Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Janez Cigler Kralj will speak to the press after the signing.
