Resilience and responsibility are competitive advantages. Resilience is not a cost, but a signal to investors regarding the long-term stability and predictability of the business environment. With a coordinated and responsible developmental approach to dual-use technologies, energy and other critical infrastructure, and efficient management capabilities, Slovenia can strengthen its competitiveness, increase its export potential, and ensure long-term strategic autonomy and quality of life.
AmCham Resilience and Responsibility Committee
Key areas of the Committee’s work
Resilience and responsibility as conditions for competitiveness, export breakthroughs, foreign direct investment, and Slovenia’s strategic autonomy.
Levers of Resilience and Competitiveness
The Resilience and Responsibility Committee addresses Slovenia’s key developmental issues in an era of rapid geopolitical, energy, climate, and technological changes. Its activities are focused on strengthening economic development and its contribution to the continuous functioning of society’s key pillars.
We proceed from the position that competitiveness, security, and sustainability can be effectively achieved through coordinated policies, public-private partnerships, and the strategic use of dual-use technologies. In doing so, we aim to achieve faster responses to global changes, reduced vulnerability, and the strengthening of economic and technological autonomy.
The activities of the Resilience and Responsibility Committee focus on three key levers that together create the conditions for a stable, competitive, and development-oriented society:
Dual-use technologies represent one of the most important levers for technological and innovative progress. Their application transcends traditional divisions between the civilian, economic, and security sectors, enabling higher value added, faster technological breakthroughs, and greater system resilience.
A reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy supply is the foundation of a competitive economy and a stable business environment. Energy and other critical infrastructure are strategic areas that directly impact investment, industrial production, and the long-term resilience of society.
Efficient management models, predictable regulatory frameworks, accelerated decision-making processes, and effective cooperation between the public and private sectors are key to transforming technological and energy potential into concrete developmental results. Organizational resilience can be ensured through appropriate employee competencies and transparent, trust-based cooperation between the business community and political decision-makers.
Energy and Water
The energy system represents the backbone of a modern economy.
The committee’s focus in this context is on the following:
- The resilience of the power system to external and internal pressures;
- Industrial consumers as system partners;
- Promoting investment in energy efficiency, storage, renewable sources, and the digitalization of the entire power and water system, as well as smart management;
- Predictable and efficient siting and permitting procedures as a key element of business continuity;
- Promoting circular management of water resources and reducing vulnerability to natural disasters and supply disruptions.
Mobility and Critical Infrastructure
Physical and digital infrastructure are the foundations of a connected and competitive
society.
The committee’s focus in this context is on the following:
- Safe, reliable, digital, accessible, and sustainable mobility and logistics;
- The use of digital technologies (Internet of Things, data analytics, digital twins, artificial intelligence) to optimize operations and ensure efficient system management;
- Infrastructure as a developmental prerequisite for regional and global economic champions;
- Cybersecurity as an integral part of physical security.
Living and Quality of Life
Living is the intersection of energy, space, technology, and social stability.
The committee’s focus in this context is on the following:
- Energy-efficient, safe, and adaptable buildings;
- Digital management of cities, neighborhoods, and facilities;
- The circular economy in the areas of materials, water, and biological flows;
- Housing affordability as an important factor in social resilience and welfare;
- Promoting innovation in construction and expanding solutions for the sustainable renovation of the building stock.
Food
Food security is one of the fundamental elements of societal resilience and a stable business environment.
The committee’s focus in this context is on the following:
- Ensuring self-sufficiency and leveraging natural resources;
- Security and traceability of food supply chains;
- Digitalization of agriculture, use of data and artificial intelligence to manage climate and biological risks;
- Reducing food loss and developing circular resource-use models;
- Connecting agriculture with research and technological institutions to develop advanced agrotechnological solutions.
Who are the members of the Committee?
See the full list of Committee members.
Join the AmCham Resilience and Responsibility Committee
For all questions related to the Committee’s work, you can turn to our Committee coordinator Mojka Mišič, MSc, our Communications and Advocacy Director.
Mojka Mišič, MSc
Communications and Advocacy Director