Slovak Investment Holding Offers AKI SR Members Support in Financing Resilience

19. januára 2026

New legislative amendments in the area of critical infrastructure in the form of the Critical Infrastructure Act, which came into effect on January 1, 2025, bring new requirements for critical entities regarding risk management, ensuring essential services, and increasing the resilience of critical infrastructure.

In practice, fulfilling these obligations often requires significant investments and increased operational costs, which have a direct impact on the functioning of entities operating in critical infrastructure sectors. The question of availability of suitable financial instruments therefore becomes one of the key topics to which the Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic pays extraordinarily great attention for the benefit of its members.

In this context, a working meeting of AKI SR with the General Director and Chairman of the Board of Slovak Investment Holding, Peter Fröhlich, took place on January 15, 2026, during which possibilities for support and financing of projects aimed at ensuring essential services and increasing the resilience of critical entities were discussed. Peter Dittrich, Vice Chairman of the Board, Miloš Ješko, Member of the Board, and Juraj Jusko, Director for Direct Investments, also participated in the meeting on behalf of Slovak Investment Holding. AKI SR was represented at the meeting by President Tibor Straka, General Director of Decent Cybersecurity s.r.o. Matej Michalko, Board Member of 3IPK, a.s. Juraj Zámečník, and Executive Director of AKI SR Stella Bulejková.

The negotiations confirmed that there is significant scope for critical infrastructure to utilize the financial instruments that Slovak Investment Holding provides. These instruments can be effectively used particularly for investments in cybersecurity, infrastructure modernization, projects focused on crisis preparedness, business continuity, and innovative solutions.

Slovak Investment Holding has a wide portfolio of support instruments, which include preferential loans, convertible loans, guarantees, equity financing, as well as combined financial instruments linking public and private sources. Particularly attractive are instruments where, in justified cases, it is possible to achieve forgiveness of up to 30% of the principal or a combination of repayable and partially non-repayable forms of support.

At the meeting, Slovak Investment Holding and AKI SR agreed on closer, regular, and long-term cooperation. The goal of this cooperation will be better information for AKI SR members, identification of suitable projects, and professional support in their preparation and implementation. The negotiations confirmed that there is a common language between both institutions, mutual interest, and clearly defined benefits that can in practice bring significant support to AKI SR members in managing current and future challenges. 

AKI SR considers the availability of financial resources as a key prerequisite for ensuring essential services and systematically increasing the resilience of its members. For this reason, it will continue negotiations with banking and financial institutions with the aim of identifying additional possibilities for preferential financing and practical assistance for its members.

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Memorandum between the Critical Infrastructure Association of the SR and Slovak Investment Holding opens space for sustainable investments in critical infrastructure

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The Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic (AKI SR) and Slovak Investment Holding, a. s. concluded a memorandum of cooperation on 23 April 2026, the aim of which is to create a framework for the support of investments and the financing of projects in the field of critical infrastructure in Slovakia. The memorandum confirms the shared interest of both parties in developing strategic, developmental and innovation projects with a focus on increasing the resilience of critical infrastructure and securing essential services. The cooperation will concentrate in particular on the identification of suitable projects, the exchange of expert knowledge, as well as the interconnection of public and private sources of financing. An important part of the cooperation is also the use of expert capacities and practical experience in the preparation and implementation of projects, in particular in the areas of infrastructure and innovation. “We see room for projects that will have a long-term impact and, at the same time, financial sustainability. In areas of public interest, such as critical infrastructure or innovation, we can bring knowledge of the environment, the identification of projects and the interconnection of partners, so that high-quality and feasible solutions come into being,” stated Tibor Straka, President of AKI SR. According to his words, it is crucial that the cooperation brings concrete results: “It is important for us that this cooperation is sustainable in the long term and brings measurable results that will have a real benefit for Slovak critical infrastructure.” At the same time, the memorandum creates space for systematic expert cooperation, consultations and further joint activities aimed at the support of investments and the development of critical infrastructure. Both parties declare their interest in actively participating in projects that will contribute to the modernisation of infrastructure, the more efficient use of resources and the strengthening of the investment environment in Slovakia.

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Asociácia kritickej infraštruktúry Slovenskej republiky (AKI SR) a Slovak Investment Holding, a. s. uzavreli 23. apríla 2026 memorandum o spolupráci, ktorého cieľom je vytvoriť rámec pre podporu investícií a financovanie projektov v oblasti kritickej infraštruktúry na Slovensku. Memorandum potvrdzuje spoločný záujem oboch strán rozvíjať strategické, rozvojové a inovačné projekty so zameraním na zvýšenie odolnosti kritickej infraštruktúry a zabezpečenie základných služieb. Spolupráca sa bude sústreďovať najmä na identifikáciu vhodných projektov, výmenu odborných poznatkov, ako aj prepájanie verejných a súkromných zdrojov financovania. Dôležitou súčasťou spolupráce je aj využitie odborných kapacít a praktických skúseností pri príprave a realizácii projektov, najmä v oblastiach infraštruktúry a inovácií. „ Vidíme priestor pre projekty, ktoré budú mať dlhodobý dopad a zároveň finančnú udržateľnosť. V oblastiach verejného záujmu, ako sú kritická infraštruktúra či inovácie, vieme priniesť znalosť prostredia, identifikáciu projektov a prepájanie partnerov tak, aby vznikali kvalitné a realizovateľné riešenia,“ uviedol prezident AKI SR Tibor Straka. Podľa jeho slov je kľúčové, aby spolupráca prinášala konkrétne výsledky: „Je pre nás dôležité, aby táto spolupráca bola dlhodobo udržateľná a prinášala merateľné výsledky, ktoré budú mať reálny prínos pre slovenskú kritickú infraštruktúru.“  Memorandum zároveň vytvára priestor pre systematickú odbornú spoluprácu, konzultácie a ďalšie spoločné aktivity zamerané na podporu investícií a rozvoj kritickej infraštruktúry. Obe strany deklarujú záujem aktívne sa podieľať na projektoch, ktoré prispejú k modernizácii infraštruktúry, efektívnejšiemu využívaniu zdrojov a posilneniu investičného prostredia na Slovensku.

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