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The direct duties of the Office for Nationalities are those which are not included in the duties of other state bodies:

• monitoring the realisation of constitutional and legal provisions relating to the special rights of those belonging to the Italian and Hungarian national communities and monitoring and looking after the special rights of the Romany community living in Slovenia, when this does not fall within the jurisdiction of other state or local community bodies; 
• coordinating the work of state agencies and local community bodies relating to the special rights of the national communities and the Romany community, in the field of the national minorities in Slovenia respectively; 
• carrying out activities related to the position, rights, obligations and developmental opportunities of the national communities and the Romany community, national minorities respectively, required for the realisation of the responsibilities and obligations on the part of the Slovenian Government as derived from the Constitution, as well as the regulations and policy on nationalities adopted on the basis of these; 
• in relation to issues pertaining to the realisation of the special rights of the Italian national community in Slovenia the Office also cooperates with the competent bodies in the Republic of Croatia; 
• cooperating with Government bodies, research and other organisations dealing with issues pertaining to the national communities, with self-governing national communities and with other organisations belonging to nationalities; 
• dealing with topical issues in the realisation of the special rights of the Italian and the Hungarian national communities and the Romany community; 
• preparing analyses, material, initiatives and proposals for the sessions of the Government, Government bodies and other state agencies, as well as monitoring the effectiveness of the adopted decisions related to the two national communities and the Romany community; 
• overseeing the implementation of the Government's decisions pertaining to the national communities and the Romany community, the national minorities in Slovenia respectively; 
• carrying out expert, administrative and organisational tasks for the Government Commission for the two national communities and the Government Commission for the protection of the Romany ethnic community; 
• cooperating with the National Assembly commission for the national communities;
• taking part at international and other conferences, consultations and seminars in the area of ethnic minority rights and other related human rights, cooperating with the Council of Europe and the EU and their bodies, as well as with similar associations and bodies in other countries; 
• cooperating with the relevant working bodies of other departments, with research institutions and other organisations founded or co-founded by the Government, which deal with the status, rights and obligations of or research into the national communities and the Romany community, national minorities in Slovenia respectively; 
• carrying out other activities in the area of nationalities and issues relating to the Romanies in line with the Constitution and the current legislation.