Integrating Slovenian enterprises into a model of IDC with UNIDO to achieve Sustainable Development Goals

In this paper, the author presents the achievement of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the context of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, through Slovenia's international development cooperation (IDC) system, integrating public and private enterprises.The SDGs combine three dimensions of sustainable development in a balanced way: economic, social and environmental.The legal framework of the international development cooperation of the Republic of Slovenia with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) is presented.Based on the implementation of the seventeen SDGs goals, the long-term strategic plan of cooperation is given, with a presentation of the renewed basic agreement between the two partners.The history of Slovenia's active and fruitful cooperation with UNIDO in the field of IDC is presented.The author devotes special attention to the Long-Term Cooperation, so called Roadmap with UNIDO and the priority areas and regions of cooperation where Slovenia can offer services, knowledge and technologies that are competitive in the developed world.The cooperation presented is based on dialogue between the recipient countries of development cooperation, UNIDO and Slovenia, and is based on the transfer of technology and knowledge that Slovenia, as an open economy, offers to countries and regions in need.