International relations

Realizing that local and global issues are strongly interconnected and appreciating the knowledge and experience of international partners, the Municipality of Novo mesto keenly cooperates with its twin cities, is an active member of international networks and a reliable partner in project consortiums of local authorities and civil society.

NOVO MESTO’S TWIN CITIES: 

• Leskovac (Serbia)
  Accord signed: 29 October 1971
• Herceg Novi (Montenegro)
  Accord signed: 29 October 1971; promotional video
• Langenhagen (Germany)
  Accord signed: 28 October 1988
• Vilafranca del Penedès (Spain)
  Accord signed: 29 July 1994; promotional video
• Jixing (China)
  Accord signed: 6 May ​1994
• Bihać (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
  Accord signed: 13 June 1997
• Toruń (Poland)
  Accord signed: 23 June 2009; promotional video
• Trnava (Slovakia)
  Accord signed: 9 September 2011

NOVO MESTO IS DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND TOWNS:

• Banja Luka (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
• Prijedor (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
• Zadar (Croatia)
• Bühl (Germany)
• Togliatti (Russian Federation), promotional video.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF WHICH NOVO MESTO IS A MEMBER:  

• ALDA - The European Association for Local Democracy
  Member since: May 2016   
• IRE - Institute of the Regions of Europe
  Member since: January 2018 
• B40 - B40 Balkan Cities Network
  Member since: November 2024 

VIA NATIONAL MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATIONS, THE MUNICIPALITY OF NOVO MESTO IS INVOLVED IN THE WORK OF​

• Committee of the Regions - The EU's Assembly of Regional and Local Representatives

MUNICIPALITY OF NOVO MESTO IS CURRENTLY A PARTNER IN THE FOLLOWING EU PROJECTS:

• BEHAVE (More information about project activities is available here) - LEAD PARTNER, 
• Apollo (More information about project activities is available here),
• INUA.

MUNICIPALITY OF NOVO MESTO WAS A PARTNER IN THE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS: 

• Socrates, (More information about project activities is available here),
• SRC-EDIH, (More information about project activities is available here),
• EIB ELENA Energy, (More information about project activities is available here),
• Varcities, (More information about project activities is available here),
• NOVIKROG (more information about the project is available here) - LEAD PARTNER, 
• SHELTER (More information about project activities is available here),
• STOW (More information about project activities is available here),
• SOLIDA (More information about project activities is available here),
• SMUG EU  (More information about project activities is available here),
• CRISCO (More information about project activities is available here),
• Solidarity4Heritage, (More information about project activities is available here),
• Townlab_MEET (More information about project activities is available here),
• EYE_NET,
• European AWE (Europe Axis West-East) (More information about project activities is available here),
• WIVAS,
• Culture Twinning: Twinning tourism promoting cultural heritage, 
  • Project Summary
  • EfC_NT2020R1_BeneficiarySpace_2020_ InfoTemplateEN.pdf
• Europe is easy,
• YOUTO (Youth together) (More information about project activities is available here).

Contact:
​E-mail: kabinet@novomesto.si
Phone: 00 386 7 39 39 244