Annex A. Providers of adult education services in Slovenia
Slovenia’s ministries fund a wide range and large number of centres and providers that deliver adult learning services. Many private and non-government providers of adult learning services also exist (Table A A.1).
Table A A.1. Providers of adult education services in Slovenia
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Provider |
Number |
Responsibility |
Adult learning services provided |
Target groups of adults |
Number of participants |
Funding |
Sources and levels |
Legal base |
Adult Education Centre (AEC) |
34 |
Municipality, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (MIZS) |
Elementary School, Secondary school, National Vocation Qualification, Non-formal AE, Guidance and counselling |
Low-skilled |
36 902 non-formal (2014/15) 1 153 formal elementary school (2016/17); 6 346 secondary education (2016) |
Municipal Budget, National budget (NB), European Social Fund (ESF) (public tenders) |
NB: Elementary school EUR 1.3 million |
Organisation and Financing of Education Act, Adult Education Act |
Guidance Centres |
17 (operating within AEC) |
MIZS |
Guidance and counselling |
Low-skilled, unemployed |
13 400 (2017) |
NB |
NB: EUR 160 000 |
Adult Education Act |
Consortium of providers of AE programme: Acquiring Basic and Professional Competences (2016-2019) |
18 AEC |
Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy (SVRK) |
AE Programmes provision |
Employees 45+ |
2 000 |
ESF – public tender |
ESF and NB: EUR 4.4 million |
Operational Programme for the Implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy in the period 2014 – 2020 (OP 2014-2020) |
Consortium of AE providers of Information and counselling activities and for the identification and evaluation of informally acquired knowledge from 2016 to 2022 |
15 AEC |
SVRK |
Counselling and evaluating |
Employees 45+ |
4 600 |
ESF – public tender |
ESF and NB: EUR 2 million |
OP 2014-2020 |
Employment Service of Slovenia (ESS) – regional agency |
12 (organised in 58 employment offices) |
State, Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (MDDSZ) |
Counselling, Guidance, Vocational and Upskilling programmes |
School dropouts, unemployed, workers at risk of unemployment etc. |
(1) 432 PUM-O1 (2) 20 304 |
NB, ESF |
MDDSZ, ESF (1) EUR 1.7 million; (2) EUR 11.3 million 2 |
Labour Market Regulation Act |
Inter-Company Training Centre |
20 |
State, MDDSZ |
Vocational training, Upskilling |
Unemployed |
1 000 (2015) |
MIZS |
EUR 900 000 |
Vocational Education Act |
Public Libraries |
2 |
Municipality, MIZS |
Supportive activity to AE and LLL (Centres for Self-Directed Learning, Knowledge Exchange) |
Universal |
1 500 (2017) |
Public funds |
EUR 120 000 |
Adult Education Master Plan |
Competence Centres for Human Resources Development |
11 |
The Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia |
Competence improvement |
Employees |
25 000 |
ESF, NB |
ESF and NB : EUR 4 million |
OP 2014-2020 |
Slovenia Business Link (SPOT Regije) 2018-2022 |
12 (in each statistical region) |
SPIRIT – public agency (Ministry of Economic Development and Technology) MGRT) |
Counselling and training |
Potential entrepreneurs |
(new programme) |
ESF – public tender |
ESF and NB: EUR 2 million (2018) |
OP 2014-2020 |
Parts of public schools |
47 |
State, MIZS |
Secondary educational programmes |
Completing elementary schooling and not enrolled as regular students |
9 747 (2016) |
Enrolment fee |
Co-financed by public sources: EUR 630 000 (2016) |
Secondary schooling legislation |
Private secondary schools |
- |
Private ownership |
Secondary educational programmes |
Completing elementary schooling and not enrolled as regular students |
3 961 (2016) |
Enrolment fee |
No public funding |
Secondary schooling legislation |
Higher Vocational schools (part-time students) |
66 |
State, MIZS |
Higher Vocational Programmes |
Universal for all with attained upper- secondary education |
4 389 (2017/2018) |
Enrolment fee |
No public funding |
Higher Vocational School Act |
Tertiary education institutions (part-time students) |
107 |
State, MIZS |
Tertiary educational programmes |
Universal for all with attained upper- secondary education |
11 802 (2017/2018) |
Enrolment fee |
No public funding |
Tertiary Education Act |
Special adult education institutions |
192 |
Private ownership |
Non-formal programmes |
Universal |
101 305 (2014/2015) |
Enrolment fee |
No public funding |
Companies Act, Adult Education Act |
Parts of enterprises |
32 |
Company ownership |
Upskilling programmes |
Employees |
194 992 (2014/2015) |
Paid by the company |
No public funding |
Companies Act |
Educational centres at the Chambers of Commerce or Crafts |
7 |
Chambers members ownership |
Vocational training and upskilling programmes |
Employees |
13 939 (2014/2015) |
Paid by the company |
No public funding |
Chambers of Commerce and Industry Act |
Non-governmental organisations |
201 3 |
Public ownership |
Non-formal programmes |
Universal |
26 689 |
Partially publicly funded via tenders |
Non-governmental Organisations Act |
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Driving schools |
149 |
Private ownership |
Verified programmes |
Universal |
21 544 (2014/2015) |
Paid by participants |
No public funding |
Drivers Act |
Other |
29 |
Unknown |
Non-formal programmes |
Universal |
19 057 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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Notes: 1 PUM-O – Project Learning for Young Adults. |
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2 Total budget of MDDSZ included in LPIO 2017 (minus PUM-O). |
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3 Members of MINVOS, the network of non-governmental educational organisations. |
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Sources: Government of the Republic of Slovenia (2017[1]), Annual Plan for the Adult Education Master Plan 2017, www.mizs.gov.si/fileadmin/mizs.gov.si/pageuploads/podrocje/odrasli/Letni_program_izobrazevanja/LPIO_2017.doc; Government of the Republic of Slovenia (2017[2]), Annual Plan for the Adult Education Master Plan 2018, www.mizs.gov.si/fileadmin/mizs.gov.si/pageuploads/podrocje/odrasli/Letni_program_izobrazevanja/2017/LPIO_2018_sprejet_na_vladi_-_27.7.2017.doc; ZRSZ (2017[3]), Annual report 2016, www.ess.gov.si/_files/11198/letno_porocilo_2016.pdf |
Open URLReferences[2] Government of the Republic of Slovenia (2017), Letni program izobraževanja odraslih v Republiki Sloveniji za leto 2018 [Annual Plan for the Adult Education Master Plan 2018], http://www.mizs.gov.si/fileadmin/mizs.gov.si/pageuploads/podrocje/odrasli/Letni_program_izobrazevanja/2017/LPIO_2018_sprejet_na_vladi_-_27.7.2017.doc.
Open URLReferences[3] ZRSZ (2017), Letno poročilo 2016 [Annual report 2016], Employment Service of Slovenia, https://www.ess.gov.si/_files/11198/letno_porocilo_2016.pdf.
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