In overcoming challenges faced by the labour market policy in Slovenia, the Regional Labour Fund Podravje has been providing assistance in planning future professional career and employment for redundant workers, since 2000. By implementing annual measures of active employment policy, we activate and motivate redundant workers for finding new employment. They participate in fund's activities for 12 months. If the status of the participants / unemployed remains unchanged, the participants are provided with additional expert help at the Employment Service of Slovenia. The participants are trained in job seeking skills and receive help in acquiring additional formal education and knowledge for certain jobs, in accordance with their employment goals.
 
According to the Rules of Implementing Measures of Active Employment Policy and Labour Funds in the framework of financial support and methodology of the Employment Service of Slovenia, the provision of activities is organized on the basis of annual tenders of the European Social Fund, published in the beginning of fiscal year and finance the provision of redundant workers programme at the labour fund for the period of one year.

According to regulated proceedings documentation we cooperate at the local level with regional office of the Employment Service of Slovenia.

With the intention to efficiently resolve the issue of redundant workers and plan their future career path, we strive to establish an efficient partnership, active role and organization of key role-players in implementing the active employment policy measures. With certain key role-players low cooperation can be noticed (they have taken passive role rather than an active one).

Consequences:

• Higher unemployment rate, i.e. lower employability of redundant workers;
• Difficulties with inclusion of participants into quality formal and nonformal education and training programmes.

Possible solutions:

• Active cooperation of key role-players at the national level (Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs, Public Employment Service of Slovenia and Labour Funds) for efficient planning of activities for redundant workers, who are at risk of loosing their employment;
• Improvement of the career guidance programme for redundant workers as a part of the "Professional Career Development Programme", with emphasis on promoting flexible (self)employability (part-time work, job sharing, flexible hours, work at home and teleworking), ensuring high quality standards.