The thesis follows the path of the young Central European country of Slovenia from the event, which is characterised as an introduction to the negotiations for entry into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1996, to the beginning of the process of determining the country's suitability for membership, through the entire process of the Accession Programme, from the first meeting of the then General Secretary of OECD Angel Gurria and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia Janez Janša in Paris in 2007, to the Slovenian acceptance of the Accession Roadmap and the historic acceptance of Slovenia into the OECD, which took place on July 21, 2010. The thesis also takes a closer look at the history of the OECD, its composition, its mechanisms of action, the values it represents, and its fundamental goals. The reasons why Slovenia decided to join the organisation and the positive and negative sides of membership are described. The OECD constantly compares a wide variety of parameters between member states (quality of life, economic growth), and the work highlights two comparisons of the same parameters, in which Slovenia and the OECD average are included. The first comparison dates back to 2015, and the second to 2020. In 2020, when Slovenia celebrated its 10th anniversary of membership in the OECD, the coronavirus pandemic occurred. The measures adopted by the OECD on behalf of its members and the conclusions reached during this time are described. After the pandemic period, it tackles the beginning of the accession negotiations of the neighbouring country of Croatia and evaluates its importance for Slovenia. In the conclusion, it describes Slovenia's most likely prospects in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation in the future, its further development, and the point of membership as such.
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