Mission

To establish social valuation of informally acquired knowledge of individuals and groups, with the intention to contribute to establishment of informal learning as a lifestyle and to contribute to better employability of the youth in the labour market.

Objectives

• We enable systematic registration of informal education;
• We contribute to the enhancement of awareness among the youth on the need for life-long learning;
• We improve personal and professional development of individuals.

What is nefiks?

It is a project of the youth organization Društvo mladinski ceh, in which the Youth Office of Slovenia participates. In its essence, it is based on the idea that informal education of the youth that is offered at various levels and organized by various institutions, should be given greater value.
The main purpose of the project was recognized as the need for a unitary system of registering informally acquired knowledge and records youth participation in activities within Slovenia and in the world.  Therefore, in the beginning an index of informal education was developed, in which knowledge and achievements are recorded.

For whom it is intended?

Nefiks index is intended for a variety of users: secondary school students, university students, unemployed, and all children under 14. Students are the group that is most numerous in informal education and the index is most important to them.

With the Nefiks index, we are not trying to replace formal education, but wish to achieve complementarity of formal and informal education and non-formal education. Students spend a great amount of time learning in various classes, seminars and other programmes. Therefore it is sensible, and almost urgently necessary, to register this education and as a consequence evaluate it. By doing this, Nefiks also joins the efforts of the EU for evaluation of training and transparency of qualifications and competences within the Europass.

How is nefiks index organized?

Into the index, knowledge from six different fields is entered:

• Acquiring knowledge through active citizenship and responsible work in projects;
• Acquiring knowledge through work (student employment brokerage service);
• Acquiring knowledge through organized education (classes and seminars);
• Acquiring knowledge in camps and through volunteering;
• Acquiring experience abroad;
• Other ways of acquiring knowledge.