Subsidies and Loans for the Renovation of Cultural Heritage

Projects involving the protection of immovable cultural heritage are co-financed from the part of the state budget allotted for culture

Pursuant to the Rules on Procedures for Implementation of the Budget of the Republic of Slovenia (OGRS, No.13/ 00), the Ministry of Culture publishes a public tender for the co-financing of cultural projects in the area of immovable cultural heritage every two years after the adoption of the state budget in the public media; the tenders are for projects to be financed from the state budget for culture over a two-year period.
The subsidies are intended for the planning and implementation of renovation work and the presentation of cultural monuments. Owners, co-owners or authorised managers of buildings and areas of cultural heritage which have cultural heritage status may apply to the public tender.
The co-financing share is 50% of the pro-forma invoice value; the remaining 50% must be found by the applicant.

City of Ljubljana’s ‘Ljubljana moje mesto’ campaign

Under this programme, the City of Ljubljana co-finances the renovation of building exteriors (roofs and street-side facades). Information on the campaign, which translates as ‘Ljubljana – My City’, is available on the City of Ljubljana website.
The co-financing shares for the renovation of building exteriors are as follows:
25% of the value of the contractual works for buildings to be included in the campaign as cultural heritage (architectural or other) under the criteria from Article 5 of the public tender;
33% for buildings in areas with cultural monument status (settlement – e.g. old city centre or other, except archaeological, and in areas which the Ljubljana Regional Office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia has officially proposed for cultural monument status – settlement or other, except for archaeological);
50% for buildings with cultural monument status (architectural or other).
Additional information may be obtained from: City of Ljubljana, City Administration, Urban Planning Department, Poljanska 28, Ljubljana, Tel: 306 1552 or urbanizem@ljubljana.si

City of Ljubljana housing loans with a favourable interest rate for the renovation of common areas and installations within apartment buildings

Housing loans are allocated in accordance with Article 6 of the Rules on the Allocation of City of Ljubljana Housing Loans with a Favourable Interest Rate ( OGRS, No. 69 / 1999), pursuant to a public tender. Tenders for individual purposes of use are usually separate. The public tender is published by the Housing Fund of Ljubljana Municipalities every year after the adoption of the municipal budget in a local newspaper and on the City of Ljubljana website.
Loans are intended for individuals for renovation, rehabilitation, more extensive maintenance work and other work on apartments and apartment buildings in the area covered by the City of Ljubljana.