Description
Country
Focus area
Based on a dismantled compulsory system, companies join in on a voluntary basis and contribute to sectoral as well as regional training funds. Members of the fund benefit from subsidies and services for training activities for employees. The goal of the initiative is to provide co-financing of formal and informal education and training of employees, further training for more demanding works, specialisation within profession, safety and health at work, knowledge of language, IT trainings etc. in order to obtain new and/or necessary skills of the employees.
Link
Reference/weblink
Implementation level
At what level is the initiative implemented?
Regional
Legal base
Legal base (E.g. Law, regulation, implementing provision, other)
Establishment Act of the Foundation for Employees Trainings (document available in Slovene language only): https://zavod-zid.si/AKT_O_USTANOVITVI/
Starting period
TIMESPAN: In what year did the initiative commence?
The initiative began in 2020 and is ongoing.
Perspective
PERSPECTIVE: is the initiative based on evidence derived from skill forecasts or foresight activities?
Yes, it is based on the skills that employees of certain professions/in certain industries need to obtain/upgrade. Skills that employees obtain/upgrade under the initiative are either required by the law or are initiated by the employer.
Funding
How it is funded?
Other
Employers pay a special contribution to the Foundation in order to ensure the organized education of workers at work and from work. The Council of the Foundation determines the amount of the contribution to education. The contribution is determined in the gross amount of 1 percent of a minimum gross salary in the Republic of Slovenia per employee. In 2020, the requested contribution is 6,5 EUR per employee. The funds raised through the contributions of employers are intended exclusively for education, training, advanced training, professional excursions, information, general cultural education of employees of employers who pay the contribution, and for the operation of the Foundation.
Skill mismatch
Skill mismatch target
What type(s) of skills MISMATCH does the initiative aim to addresses?
Underqualification (individuals' qualifications/credentials are below their job's needs)
Skill gaps (worker's skills are below the level of proficiency required by their employers and jobs)
Skills obsolescence (some or all of an individual's skills are no longer relevant to the current employer or in the labour market generally)
Skills matching focus
How does the initiative address skills mismatches?
Employers who are members of the Foundation may obtain co-financing of their employees trainings and education.
Skills delivered
What types of skill does the initiative deliver?
Basic literacy and numeracy skills
Basic digital skills
More advanced digital skills
General employability skills (team working, communication, etc.)
Green skills
Methods
Methods
What methods of undertaking skills assessments and / or skills anticipation does the policy instrument utilise?
Skills forecasting
The instrument uses skills forecasting - the new/necessary skills that employees in certain professions need to acquire in order to be more successful at the workplace.
Skills foresight
The instrument uses skills forecasting - the new/necessary skills that employees in certain professions already obtained and might need to be upgraded.
Use of skills intelligence
How is labour market information / skills intelligence used within the initiative?
The initiative uses LMI in order to provide necessary courses for employees to obtain/upgrade their skills needed in their profession.
Stakeholders
Main responsible body
Main body or organisation with overall responsibility for the initiative.
Other
Foundation for Employees Trainings
Other involved organisations
Which other organisations have a role in the initiative?
Social partner: employer organisation
Employers pay the contribution to the Foundation. Their employees' trainings and education are co-financed by the Foundation.
Training Providers
Training providers train and educate employees of employers who are members of the Foundation.
Other
Regional Chambers of Craft and Small Businesses (Ljubljana Vič, Ljubljana Center, Ljubljana Moste-Polje, Ljubljana Šiška). These are founders of the Foundation for Employees Trainings.
Beneficiaries
Who are the intended beneficiaries?
Adults in employment with upskilling potential
Beneficiaries for covering the costs of training by the Foundation for Employees Trainings are employees of employers who pay the contribution to the Foundation regularly.
Adults in employment with reskilling potential
Beneficiaries for covering the costs of training by the Foundation for Employees Trainings are employees of employers who pay the contribution to the Foundation regularly.
Sustainability
Success factors
SUCCESS FACTORS in the implementation
The available data shows that the Foundation has been steadily co-financing trainings and education of employees since its establishment. Trainings and education in the amount of 984.514,00 EUR have been co-financed since its establishment in 2010 and 12.812 employees included in the education and/or trainings.
Monitoring and evaluation
MONITORING and EVALUATION: Is progress measured regularly? What are the indicators used to measure progress of the policy instrument? Have any evaluations been conducted?
No (publicly available) evaluations of the initiative has been conducted. However, the available data yearly shows the number of employees educated and trained via the initiative. The total number of trained/educated employees is 12.225 (data obtained in April 2021).
Updates
UPDATES: whether there have been any major updates of the initiative since it has been implemented?
There have been no major updates of the initiative since its implementation.
No
The only minor change appeared in the Rules of the Foundation in 2020. Prior the amendment the Article 1 stated: “In order to ensure organized education of workers /…/, employers voluntarily pay a special contribution to the Foundation /.../”. In the amended Rules the word "voluntarily" was removed.
Effectiveness
EVIDENCE ON EFFECTIVENESS: How effective is the policy instrument?
The available data shows that the Foundation has been steadily co-financing trainings and education of employees since its establishment. Trainings and education in the amount of 984.514,00 EUR have been co-financed since its establishment in 2010. In 2020 the Foundation co-financed trainings and education in the amount of 36.342,57 EUR; in 2019 in the amount of 58.508,49 EUR and in 2018 in the amount of 92.667,35 EUR. Trainings and education of 12.812 employees since its establishment.
Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY: How sustainable is the policy instrument? Do you expect the instrument to continue over the next few years and why?
The Foundation's instrument has been in operation for more than 10 years and has been gained trust among its members. It has been in operation continually without interruption and has co-financed trainings and education of employees in the amount of almost 1 million EUR since its establishment. The sustainability of the initiative is thus promising.
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