| 2. | SOURCES OF FUNDING, AND THE SCOPE AND STRUCTURE OF EXPENDITURE |
| 2. 1. | SOURCES OF FUNDING |
Funding for programmes of activities and ESS operations in 2000 was determined on the basis of a contractual relationship with the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs.
In order to ensure the execution of social security rights, scholarships and other programmes guaranteed or set down by law, SIT 55,846,704,000 were accumulated in the national budget for 2000, and SIT 4,565,531,000 for ESS operations (which included transfers of investment funds totalling SIT 124,792,000) of budget funding.
Figure 5: Breakdown of revenues in 1999 by purpose
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| 2. 2. | FUNDING OF PROGRAMMES |
A total of SIT 52,749,991,000 was accrued for the purposes of implementing social welfare and active employment policy programmes in 2000. Expenditure in 2000 amounted to SIT 52,677,613,000 (99.9% of allocated resources). A surplus of resources over expenditure of SIT 72,378,000 is what remained of the funds intended for individual programmes; it is being used for current funding in 2001.
Table I shows expenditure on the implementation of rights and other programmes.
Table I: Expenditure on programmes, 1999 and 2000
| Budget item | Type of expenditure | Year 1999 | Year 2000 | Index | ||
| SIT (thousands) | Proportion in % | SIT (thousands) | Proportion in % | 2000/1999 | ||
| 1826 | Unemployment benefits |
27,784.169
|
47.3
|
22,562.339
|
42.8
|
81.2
|
| 1826 | Unemployment assistance |
902,999
|
1.5
|
1,199.097
|
2.3
|
132.8
|
| 1826 | Other payments to unemployed people |
1,188
|
0.0
|
4,581
|
0.0
|
385.6
|
| 1826 | Refunding of employers' contributions |
94,284
|
0.2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 1826 | Lump-sum UB payments |
18,882
|
0.0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 7054 | National scholarships |
13,779.395
|
23.5
|
15,145.859
|
28.8
|
109.9
|
| 5629 | Student meal subsidies (LJ, MB) |
1,431.716
|
2.4
|
1,570.377
|
3.0
|
109.7
|
| 7868 | Cost of student meals (LJ, MB) |
19,532
|
0.0
|
20,331
|
0.0
|
104.1
|
| 2199 | Joint funding of regional projects and job development |
94,142
|
0.2
|
64,592
|
0.1
|
68.6
|
| 7023 | Preparation of unemployed for employment |
3,767.078
|
6.4
|
1,941.765
|
3.7
|
51.5
|
| 7024 | Support for new employment |
453,454
|
0.8
|
218,661
|
0.4
|
48.2
|
| 7025 | Support for employment of disabled people |
1,794.619
|
3.1
|
1,678.424
|
3.2
|
93.5
|
| 7027 | Cooperation in resolving the issue of redundant workers |
39,782
|
0.1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 7029 | Public works |
6,436.200
|
11.0
|
4,827.319
|
9.2
|
75.0
|
| 7871 | Active resolution of the issue of redundant workers |
199,083
|
0.3
|
98,908
|
0.2
|
49.7
|
| 8674 | Support for self-employment |
543,964
|
0.9
|
505,442
|
1.0
|
92.9
|
| 4438 | Subsidies to employers for new employees |
773,146
|
1.3
|
2,667.102
|
5.1
|
345.0
|
| 8664 | Rehabilitation and restructuring of companies |
30,000
|
0.1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 7265 | Coverage of part of costs of job preservation |
333,020
|
0.6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 6530 | Surpluses in public companies |
92,140
|
0.2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 5512 | Network of vocational information centres |
14,876
|
0.0
|
8,750
|
0.0
|
58.8
|
| 5513 | Reduced hours employment |
-
|
-
|
65,248
|
0.1
|
-
|
| 5514 | Funds for human resource development and training (MB) |
80,000
|
0.1
|
69,198
|
0.1
|
86.5
|
| 5904 | Assistance in company restructuring |
-
|
-
|
11,828
|
0.0
|
-
|
| 5906 | Creation of new jobs for the longterm unemployed |
-
|
-
|
13,647
|
0.0
|
-
|
| 7869 | Supervision, monitoring and evaluation of active employment policy |
-
|
-
|
4,145
|
0.0
|
-
|
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON PROGRAMMES |
58,683.669
|
100.0
|
52,677.613
|
100.0
|
89.8
|
|
Figure 6: ESS expenditure, 1999 and 2000
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