CHAMBERS IN SLOVENIA – SO SIMILAR AND YET SO DIFFERENT; A COMPARISON OF STRUCTURES AND WORKING METHODS USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE VETERINARY CHAMBER AND THE DETECTIVE CHAMBER IN REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
Authors: Podpečan Ožbalt , Dvojmoč Miha 
Published: July 2024

Chambers are associations of legal and natural persons engaged in profitable activity. By definition, they are a community governed by public law that is pursuing a similar activity, founded primarily to protect the interests of its members. In Slovenia, chambers are established to represent persons engaged in various business activities - from companies, sole traders, farmers, foresters, craftsmen, private detectives, veterinarians and similar. The chambers differ slightly from one another, and can essentially be divided into three groups, namely chambers of commerce, professional chambers and mixed-type chambers. The tasks of the chambers, their bodies and their duties, the criteria for membership as well as the termination, financing or acquisition of funds for operation and other important information are specified in their by-laws, the respective law or other legal act. In this article the entire system of chambers of the Republic of Slovenia is presented using the example of three randomly selected chambers that differ in terms of their functioning, the exercise of public powers or financing in general, with the Chamber of Veterinarians and the Detective Chamber being explained in more detail. We have selected these two chambers as we wanted to present one natural science and one social science chamber. In the comparison between the detective and veterinary chambers, we can therefore research and analyse many aspects that reflect the diversity and specificity of each professional field. One of the reasons, why we have chosen these two chambers is also the fact, that we as authors are or were active members of our two chosen chambers. The comparison makes it easier to understand how they work, as well as their similarities and differences.  We found that not only the chambers we selected, but most chambers operate very similarly, perform similar tasks and have many of the same organs required for their functioning. This is probably due to the fact that all chambers in Slovenia have developed or started to develop according to the model of the first chamber– the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia.
Zbornice v Sloveniji – tako podobne in tako različne; primerjava struktur in načinov dela na primeru Veterinarske zbornice in Detektivske zbornice v Republiki Sloveniji Izvleček: Zbornice so združenja pravnih in fizičnih oseb, ki opravljajo pridobitno dejavnost. Po definiciji so javnopravna skupnost, ki opravlja podobno dejavnost, ustanovljena pa je predvsem za zaščito interesov svojih članov. V Sloveniji so ustanovljene zbornice za zastopanje oseb, ki opravljajo različne dejavnosti - od gospodarskih družb, samostojnih podjetnikov, kmetov, gozdarjev, obrtnikov, detektivov, veterinarjev ipd. Zbornice se med seboj nekoliko razlikujejo in jih lahko razdelimo v tri skupine, in sicer na gospodarske zbornice, poklicne zbornice in mešane zbornice. Naloge zbornic, njihovi organi in zadolžitve, merila za članstvo ter prenehanje, financiranje ali pridobivanje sredstev za delovanje in drugi pomembni podatki so določeni v njihovih statutih, z ustreznim zakonom ali drugim pravnim aktom. V prispevku je na primeru treh naključno izbranih zbornic, ki se med seboj razlikujejo po delovanju, izvajanju javnih pooblastil ali financiranju nasploh, predstavljen celoten sistem zbornic Republike Slovenije, Veterinarska zbornica in Detektivska zbornica pa sta podrobneje pojasnjeni. Za ti dve zbornici smo se odločili, ker smo želeli predstaviti zbornico, ki deluje na področju naravoslovja in zbornico, ki deluje na področju družboslovja. S primerjavo veterinarske in detektivske zbornice lahko torej preučimo in analiziramo številne vidike, ki odražajo raznolikost in specifičnost posameznega poklicnega področja. Eden od razlogov, zakaj smo izbrali ti dve zbornici, je tudi dejstvo, da smo kot avtorji aktivni člani naših dveh izbranih zbornic. Primerjava omogoča lažje razumevanje njihovega delovanja ter njihovih podobnosti in razlik. Ugotovili smo, da ne samo zbornice, ki smo jih izbrali, ampak večina zbornic deluje zelo podobno, opravlja podobne naloge in ima veliko enakih or-ganov, potrebnih za njihovo delovanje. Verjetno je to posledica dejstva, da so se vse zbornice v Sloveniji razvile ali začele razvijati po vzoru prve zbornice – Gospodarske zbornice Slovenije.
Ključne besede: zbornice; Veterinarska zbornica; Detektivska zbornica