In 2009, Colorado Army National Guard Soldiers attended the Slovenian Mountain Warfare Course and conducted staff training in Bohinjska Bela, Slovenia.

[3] Additional areas of focus include: State Partnership Program funding is distributed by National Guard Bureau for SPP activity.

This funding will first focus on a Senior Leader Visit, Defense Support to Civil Authorities initiatives, and the further development of the Colorado/Slovenia Five-Year Strategic Plan.

This growth will help to create greater efficiencies in the interaction between the public and private sectors through their shared relationship with the SPP, both in Slovenia and the United States.

Civil engagements initiated in 2010 under the growth of Military to Civilian events, but were quickly put on hold due to restrictions in the purpose of the appropriations available to the SPP at that time.