15 December 2003 - Under the aegis of the Italian presidency of the European Union, a working meeting of directors of Public Employment Services from the EU Member States and Accession Countries was held on 10 December 2003 in the Sicilian city of Catania. This traditional meeting was organised together with the European Commission (Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs) by the Italian Public Employment Service. Representing the Slovenian Employment Service, the Director General, Mr. Jože Glazer, and Mr. Joco Klopčič from the international cooperation department attended the meeting. Under one of the main topics of the meeting, “Development of the European Employment Strategy, new guidelines and EES implications for Public Employment Services. How Public Employment Services are involved in formulating National Action Plans for Employment”, the Director General, Mr. Jože Glazer, presented the experience of the Slovenian Employment Service in drawing up the National Action Plan for Employment for 2004. More information …

10 October 2003 - Within the frame of co-operation between Public Employment Services from the eight Central European Countries, the workshop "Quality management - regional and local level" took place in Ankaran, Slovenia, from 8 to 9 October. More than twenty representatives of PES from Austria, Germany, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Poland and Slovenia participated in the workshop which was jointly organised by the Slovene and Austrian employment services. The guest expert was Mr. Kristian Bak from the Danish employment service. The main topic being quality management, the participants focused on the discussion and exchange of experience and cases of good practice. The basic aim of the workshop was to contribute to further improvement of PES operation and satisfaction of their customers and employees. This workshop was the first part of the entire workshop dealing with the topic of quality management in Public Employment Services. The second part will take place in Austria in 2004. More information…

3 October 2003 - The seminar to support the twelve Accession and Candidate Countries in implementing the European Employment Strategy was held at Bled, Slovenia, between 29 September and 1 October. It was financially supported by the European Commission and organised by the Swedish Employment Service AMS in collaboration with the Employment Service of Slovenia. The seminar was focused primarily on the discussion of questions, exchange of experience and good practice related to the implementation of the preventative approach as it is defined by the European Employment Strategy. Mr. Jože Glazer, the Director General of the Slovenian Employment Service chaired and steered the seminar together with Mr. Donal Sands, the Head of the Irish Employment Service FAS and Mr. Frank Kavanagh, a representative of the EU Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs. The seminar was the second in a series of seminars covering the area of employment and labour market with which the European Commission wishes to help the Accession and Candidate Countries in their preparations to meet the challenges of the EU membership. More information…

5 July 2003 - Four representatives of the Flemish Office for Employment and Vocational Training (VDAB) visited the Employment Service of Slovenia on 10 - 11 July. Their visit was the first step within the agreed co-operation between both employment services until May 2004 when Candidate Countries will become full members of the EU. It was agreed that both employment services would continue co-operation in the following areas: quality management, commercial services, co-operation with employers, European Social Fund and European projects. A new area of co-operation was suggested as well, namely the use of ICT to provide services for clients. The co-operation of both employment services is part of Twinning processes under the patronage of the European Commission. The purpose is to help public employment services from future Member States to meet the challenges of joining the EU.

18 June 2003 - On 12 June the traditional meeting of Directors General of Public Employment Services from the EU and Candidate Countries, organised by the European Commission, was held in Athens, Greece. The meeting was also attended by the Director General of the Employment Service of Slovenia Mr Jože Glazer.

21 May 2003 - The representatives of the Employment Service of Slovenia – Mrs. Cvetka Sreš, Mrs. Lučila Hvala and Mrs. Sonja Žmitek Govc – took part in the workshop “The role of public employment service in enterprise restructuring”, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from 3 to 5 May 2003. The workshop was organised by the Croatian Employment Service as part of the co-operation of central European public employment services. Upon the invitation by the Director General of the Croatian Employment Service, Mrs. Sanja Crnković Pozaič, Mr. Jože Glazer, the Director General of the Employment Service of Slovenia participated in the meeting of the management and regional directors of the Croatian Employment Service which took place in Dubrovnik at the same time. He presented the development so far and future directions of the Employment Service of Slovenia in search of appropriate answers to the labour market challenges and methods to increase the efficiency of work of the Slovene Employment Service.

14 March 2003 – The conference of the Euroguidance network was held in Brussels between 5 and 7 March, 2003. The participants were representatives of the National Resource Centres for Vocational Guidance from 25 European countries. Mr. Alessandro Rinelli and Mr. Marko Zupančič, the representatives of the Slovene National Resource Centre for Vocational Guidance which is set up within the Employment Service of the Republic of Slovenia attended the conference. A new internet portal of the European Commission about learning opportunities called PLOTEUS (Portal on Learning Opportunities Throughout the European Space) was presented at the conference. The participants were informed of the NRCVG annual activity report 2001 – 2002 and the Guidelines for the Euroguidance network marketing strategies for the 2003 – 2006 period. They also discussed financing the network which is financially supported by the EU programme Leonardo da Vinci and the national authorities. The European dimension in vocational guidance and its connection to lifelong learning and lifelong guidance was presented at the conference as well.

28 January 2003: As part of the co-operation of Public Employment Services from the eight Central European countries, a working meeting of the co-ordinators of international co-operation from these countries was held in Murska Sobota, Slovenia, on 22 and 23 January 2003. The main purpose of the meeting was to agree on concrete forms of further co-operation until the end of 2004. The co-operation of Central European Public Employment Services includes the representatives of the following countries: Austria, Germany, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia.

23 January 2003: From 15 to 17 January, five staff members of the Employment Service of Slovenia – Mr. Jože Glazer, Director General, Mr. Joco Klopčič, international co-operation, Mrs. Traudi Omejc Mihalič, quality management, Ms. Mateja Pozvek, preparation for ESF, and Mrs. Lidija Turel, controlling and internal audit – attended a study visit and a meeting of executives of the Austrian and Slovenian employment services. The purpose of the visit and the meeting was to continue regular working contacts between the AMS, Austria, and the Employment Service of Slovenia (ESS). The subjects discussed included quality management, internal audit and the European Social Fund. The participants also agreed on further co-operation both within the frame of the Central European Public Employment Services, which they both participate in, as well as on their mutual co-operation.
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Representatives of Austrian and Slovenian employment services during discussion on quality management,  Directors General and their colleagues during conversation about further co-operation between both employment services

Current news 2002 – With special attention to the 5th conference of Directors General of Public Employment Services from Central Europe which was held in Maribor, Slovenia, from 26 to 27 September 2002.

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