The dietary guidelines of Slovenia, ‘12 Steps to Healthy Eating’, were first published in 2000 and revised in 2011. The ‘Food Guide Pyramid’ was initially published in 2000 and subsequently revised in 2015. ‘The Healthy Plate’ was first introduced in 2007. In February 2023, the Slovenian Strategic Council for Nutrition proposed new Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs) that integrate both health and environmental considerations. In September 2023, the creation of new FBDGs was included in the Action Plan for implementing the Resolution on the National Program on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Health 2015–2025. In October 2023, the Ministry of Health of Slovenia appointed the core working group of 10 multidisciplinary experts from fields such as nutrition, food science medicine, public health, environment, pharmacy, and agriculture led by Prof. Dr. Nataša Fidler Mis, who drafted the guidelines. In February 2024, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe organized a virtual international workshop to assist Slovenia in developing food-based dietary guidelines. In May 2024, an international expert meeting was organized by the Ministry of Health of Slovenia, the Ministry of the Environment, Climate, and Energy, and the National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia to present the first scientific draft of the SLO FBDG for external international peer review. The meeting included lectures from world-leading experts to present healthy diets from sustainable food systems, integrate climate and sustainability aspects into the new SLO FBDG, discuss the findings with the Slovenian core working group, extended working group of the SLO FBDG, and invited experts. The final version of SLO FBDG is expected to be released by the end of 2024.

The environmental aims are published in the operative programmes, directives and other EU strategic documents and international agreements. They could be found in National programme of environmental protection as well. They are directed to achieving well environmental conditions and the due time for each environmental goal is set as well. In the paper we want to show the positive influence of ecoremediation to achieving the environmental aims. As an example we started from the list of environmental goals for waters. The need of water protection is mentioned in the Water framework directive and in the Waters act. Okoljski cilji so zapisani v operativnih programih in direktivah ter v drugih strateških dokumentih EU oziroma v mednarodnih pogodbah. Potreba po varovanju voda je zapisana tudi v Okvirni vodni direktivi in v Zakonu o vodah. Najdemo jih tudi v Nacionalnem programu varstva okolja. Usmerjeni so v doseganje dobrega ekološkega stanja in so definirani tako vsebinsko kot časovno. V prispevku želimo pokazati načine s katerimi lahko z ekoremedicijami pomagamo k doseganju okoljskih ciljev. Izhajali smo iz nabora okoljskih ciljev na primeru voda.

COVID-19 raised lots of issues relevant to the status, the readiness and the capacity of the self-sufficiency of the different communities and countries during conditions of lockdown and requirements for social distancing, during the first four months of the pandemic. An international multidiscipline scholars discussion on zoom, a multi-media conferencing app, is categorised according to the subjects of the self-sufficiency practices that are reflections of the specific attitudes and behaviours that shape the social demands during the COVID-19 pandemic. The scholars discuss the requirements of re-building the self-sufficiency social beliefs which the capital economy destroyed. Based on the methodology of discussion from the different background scholar, the challenges and then the outcome of self-sufficiency projects are defined.

The prevalence of diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs; e.g., obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers) is increasing globally, while food systems are also driving climate change and biodiversity loss. Transitioning to predominantly plant-based (“plant-forward”) dietary patterns can improve health and lower environmental impacts. We present the Slovenian Nutrition Guidelines 2025 (SNG2025)—their methodology, development, and core recommendations. Developed as adult food-based dietary guidelines, the SNG2025 are evidence-informed, drawing on the scientific literature, national nutritional data, and expert consensus. We set quantitative daily intake targets by integrating evidence on primary NCD outcomes with environmental metrics (greenhouse gas emissions, land use, and water use), which led to upper limits for animal-based foods. The recommended plant-forward dietary pattern, aligned with the EAT–Lancet planetary health diet, emphasises vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and unsaturated oils; allows low-to-moderate amounts of seafood, poultry, dairy, and eggs; and keeps red and processed meat, free sugars, refined grains, saturated fat, salt, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), and alcohol to a minimum. For the first time, we operationalise health, environmental sustainability, and equity (cultural diversity and accessibility) through a three-tier, plant-forward food plate model (Mediterranean, vegetarian [lacto-ovo], and whole food, plant-based [vegan]). The SNG2025 aim to reduce the risk of NCDs, lower the dietary environmental footprint, and improve fair access to healthy food. They signal a shift from disease management to a prevention-oriented, systems approach that aligns health and ecological goals. With robust implementation, supportive policies, and multisector collaboration, the SNG2025 can strengthen population health, foster more resilient food systems, and advance equity and long-term sustainability.

Univerza v Mariboru se kot pomembna visokošolska institucija zaveda, da sta kakovost in trajnostni razvoj neločljivo povezana ter ključna za njeno dolgoročno konkurenčnost in stabilnost. Prispevek podaja pregled razvoja mehanizmov zagotavljanja kakovosti na Univerzi v Mariboru, analizira trenutno stanje ter izpostavlja ključne izzive in priložnosti glede globalnih trendov visokega šolstva. Posebna pozornost je namenjena prehodu od kvantitete k visoki kakovosti raziskav in pedagoškega dela, digitalni preobrazbi, internacionalizaciji ter celovitemu vključevanju univerze v družbeno in gospodarsko okolje. Analiza vključuje oceno Univerze v Mariboru v primerjavi z drugimi univerzami na globalnih lestvicah ter preučuje, kako se lahko univerza strateško odziva na naraščajočo konkurenco in regionalne premike v znanstvenoraziskovalnem prostoru. Ključni poudarek je na razvoju trajnostnih modelov delovanja, ki ne vključujejo zgolj okoljskih vidikov, temveč tudi ekonomsko stabilnost, socialno pravičnost in etično odgovornost. Prispevek poudarja, da lahko Univerza v Mariboru s celostnim pristopom in sistematičnim izboljševanjem kakovosti okrepi svojo vlogo kot osrednji akter trajnostnega razvoja ter prispeva k oblikovanju varne, inovativne in konkurenčne družbe. Prispevek ponuja vizijo prihodnjega razvoja Univerze v Mariboru, ki temelji na povezovanju akademske odličnosti z družbenimi in gospodarskimi izzivi, s poudarkom na interdisciplinarnosti, prebojnih raziskavah ter trajnostnih inovacijah kot osrednjih strategijah za krepitev globalne prepoznavnosti univerze.