Active Labour Market Policy Measures

WHAT

The Employment Service of Slovenia (Zavod RS za zaposlovanje) has developed several measures to help you strengthen your skills and knowledge which can secure you a better position on the labor market and help you find a job.

The measures are executed with three different programmes:

  • Training and education: through these programmes you can gain education, knowledge, and skills to perform a certain kind of work or vocation. You can also gain practical work experience that secures you a better position in your job search.
  • Employment: these programmes offer financial subsidies for employers to foster the employment of unemployed persons. These programmes help you find full-time employment which subsequently provides you with better social security. You receive a chance to be integrated into the work environment, gain new knowledge and improve your employability. The employer receives financial benefits or is exempted from certain taxes.
  • Self-employment: if you have an interesting business idea and want to open your own company, you may receive a financial subsidy from the Employment Service of Slovenia (Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje) to help you start your company. Contact the Employment Service of Slovenia (Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje) to find out which target groups are eligible for one of the abovementioned programmes.

More information on the Active Labour Market Policy Measures is available (in Slovenian) at: https://www.ess.gov.si/iskalci_zaposlitve/programi

WHO

You can participate in these programmes when you have registered as unemployed at ZRSZ. You must also fulfill the criteria for inclusion into a certain programme: age, duration of unemployment, education, etc. Unemployed persons who have not been included into any of the Active Labour Market Policy programme have priority.

WHERE

Employment Service of Slovenia (Zavod za zaposlovanje ) – list of contacts and addresses:
http://english.ess.gov.si/about_ess/addresses_and_working_hours (in English)
https://www.ess.gov.si/kontakt (in Slovenian)

ATTENTION

Active Labour Market Policy programmes are designed as projects with a defined time frame – that means that they change constantly. For relevant information on the currently available programmes, you should contact ZRSZ.