GLOBAL INVESTMENT PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED IN PUBLIC INTEREST IN SLOVAKIA

The growing pace of globalization in the world economy has brought significant changes and new challenges for the national economics worldwide. The global movement of investments and relations of investors and investees, as important phenomena having an impact on globalization have become a priority due to structural changes in the global and European economy, because they should support economic growth, trade and regional development in national economics. All over the world the state economies, mutually interlinked, strengthened and deepened their bounds. The Slovak Republic supports inflows of foreign direct investments through economic and legal instruments. The research object of this scientific paper is the FDIs implementation in public interest in Slovakia and its objective is to analyse measures supporting the execution of investment projects whose influence on the economic growth is positive. A regional state aid supports FDI inflows, assists to strengthen economic and social convergence and moreover, it is a key instrument for the future growth, employment and competitiveness therefore it may be understood as an inseparable part of the state policy. Complying with the EU rules in the area of Slovak economic policy is highly emphasized when providing regional state aid. The FDI projects executed in public interest in Slovakia comply with the EU rules in force.