CEDEFOP Skills anticipation in Slovenia
April 2017
Summary
Some skills anticipation activities take place in Slovenia, although
there is no comprehensive and co-ordinated system in place. The main
forms of skills anticipation used in the country concern:
gathering administrative data on vacancies and
unemployment; and analysing relevant data such as those from the Labour
Force Survey;
employer surveys (carried out by the Employment
Service of Slovenia (ESS) and employers’ organisations) as well
as surveys by labour market intermediaries and recently by the
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SORS);
skills forecasts within international networks, primarily CEDEFOP; and
dialogues with representatives of key stakeholders.
The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
(MoLFSA) (Ministrstvo za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake
možnosti) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (MoESS) have
central roles in the key skills anticipation activities. The ESS,
labour market intermediaries and employers’ organisations are
also active and there are numerous (ongoing) projects related to skills
anticipation.
The Slovenian government has allocated resources and efforts in the
development of skills anticipation activities and improvement of the
relevant tools. Many of the recent methodological improvements have
been co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF), while previous
budget limitations due to the economic crisis seem to have been
overcome.
Skills intelligence deriving from skills anticipation activities is available primarily to policy makers and key stakeholders, but is not widely visible to the public.
The use of skills anticipation information in the framework of
developing occupational standards and Vocational Education and Training
(VET) courses is well-developed.
Although the importance of monitoring and anticipating skills needs and
supply is recognised and there have been attempts for improving the
existing approach, a comprehensive and co-ordinated system is still to
be established. Moreover, with the exception of employers’
involvement in the structure and content of vocational education and
training, it is unclear how information from skills anticipation
exercises is translated into policy and how stakeholders are involved
in this process. Some of these problems may be overcome by the
methodological and practical changes that are under development.
Please cite this document as: Skills Panorama (2017), Skills
anticipation in Slovenia. Analytical highlights series. Available at
http://skillspanorama.cedefop.europa.eu/en/analytical_highlights/skills-anticipation-slovenia