Informal education and training are still relatively unknown in Slovenia. One reason is that there are many definitions of what informal education and training actually mean. Moreover, another reason is that only the Employment Service of Slovenia (ESS) carries out these programs and therefore not all unemployed persons are familiar with them. Nevertheless, the ESS wishes to make it possible for all unemployed persons to take part in these programs and thus find employment more easily. The main purpose of the diploma thesis is to analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of the implementation of informal education and training programs, specifically in the case of the Sevnica Regional Office. The analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness of the implementation of such programs has shown that, despite the programs being relatively unknown, their implementation remained effective and efficient. This is mostly due to the fact that the Sevnica Regional Office is endeavoring to personally present these programs to each unemployed person and motivate them to participate. After all, maximum participation from the unemployed and their successful completion of these programs will lead to their efficient and effective implementation. The analysis results have shown that a relatively high share of participants is able to find employment after successfully completing the programs, which is an indicator of success. The thesis’ findings also show that the implementation of informal education and training programs is mostly (80%) funded by the European Social Fund and only 20% by the state. That is why it is even more important that these programs are implemented and that the ESS introduces them to as many unemployed persons as possible, as only through acquiring new, additional knowledge, skills and competencies unemployment can start to decrease.
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