1	Mission, Vision, Strategy, Legal Basis, History, Targets, Activities, Management, Organisation, Staff
2	Mission The Employment Service of Slovenia guarantees the users of its services a professional assistance in entering the labour market and thus it contributes to increased employability, decreased uneployment and better social security.
3	Vision Through a friendly and professional attitude towards our users, we wish to become a key shaper and implementer of employment policy and human resources development in Slovenia, comparable to the best employment services in Europe.
4	Strategy Promotion of employment and work seen as factors of personal and social development. Development of the ESS’ services with emphasis on efficiency, reliability, availability. Strengthening partnership in the field of human resources development and increasing employability. Priority funds for the work with difficult-to-employ people.
5	Basic Values Professional approach Diligence Creativity Achievements Quality
6	Targets To shorten the registration period of unemployed people at the ESS, using an efficient approach. To achieve comparability with the EU employment services with the quality development of services. To proactively co-operate with the ESS’ partners in order to achieve the key targets of labour market development. To release funds for the work with difficult-to-employ people with the development of contemporary forms of work. To guarantee the ESS’ users their material rights timely and adequately.
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8	Legal Basis Employment and Insurance Against Unemployment Act Employment and Work of Foreigners Act Statute of the Employment Service Other laws and implementing regulations, including European Union law
9	History The Employment Service can boast a tradition dating back more than a century: to 1^st of January 1900, when the City Labour Exchange first opened its doors in Ljubljana. Much has changed since then. On the basis of the 1991 Act, thoroughly revised in 1998, we at the Employment Service have taken on numerous new functions. This is also the result of changes in the labour market. At the same time we have adapted to European guidelines.
10	History In 2004 – after several years of preparation, and following Slovenia’s entry to the European Union – the Employment Service finally began working along the lines set out here. It now takes an active part in an international network of public employment services and various forms of international cooperation.
11	Basic Activities of the Employment Service of Slovenia Job mediating and careers advice Implementation of unemployment insurance Employment policy measures and programmes Issuing of employment and work permits for foreign workers National programme of scholarships for young people Formulation of analytical, developmental and other material on basic areas of ESS activity Provision of information on the labour market
12	Client Services Provided by the ESS Professional assistance to unemployed people going back to work Professional assistance to employers in fulfilling their demand for workers Helping unemployed people and scholarship recipients to efficiently exercise and protect their rights Guaranteeing cooperation by professional institutions, providers of employment programmes and social partners in the development of labour market Professional assistance in the area of ESS activities to legal entities and natural persons
13	ESS Management
14	Organisational Scheme of the ESS
15	Regional Offices of the ESS
16	Basic Tasks of the Central Office To develop professional doctrines To develop, prescribe and evaluate all work tools used by the ESS To coordinate all business functions of the ESS To ensure direct and uniform application of business functions across the entire country To ensure central support for basic activities of the ESS and provide counselling and specialist application of individual business functions
17	Organisation of the Central Office
18	Basic Tasks of Regional Office Operational implementation of activities in the region (placement services, vocational orientation, scholarships, active employment policy, unemployment insurance) Development and cooperation in the formulation of employment policy and programmes with other partners (employers, trade unions, local community bodies, providers of employment programmes, etc.)
19	Organisation of Regional and Local Offices
20	Basic Tasks of a Local Office Assertion of rights, claims and interests related to job placement and employment Employment advising Cooperation with employers Assertion of rights deriving from employment insurance Implementation of employment programmes Vocational orientation to youth and adults Scholarships Cooperation with local labour market partners
21	The ESS Staff, Average of Working Hours 1996-2005
22	The ESS Staff (as at 31 December)
23	Employees in Regional Offices as at 31 December 2005
24	Educational Structure of ESS Staff as at 31 December 2005
25	Breakdown of ESS Expenditure in 2005 by Basic Aims