Factsheet for measure
SK-2022-19/2310
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Updated
– measures in Slovakia
Helping Refugees - Career guidance
Pomáhame odídencom - poradenstvo
Background information
The active labour market measures include the projects and programmes to support integration of a third country citizen who applied for or was granted asylum or who was granted the temporary refugee status. The aim is to facilitate their inclusion into the labour market by the provision of measures and services supporting their employability and employment.
The Offices of Labour, Social Affairs and Family will provide allowances for education and training of people from Ukraine with granted temporary protection status. The support is provided within the project Help to Refugees as the Measure 1. The project was developed within the Operational Programme Human Resources.
The Act No. 92/2022 Coll. adds some amendments to the Act No. 5/2004 on employment services. Section 54 focuses on projects and programmes provided to increase the employability of job-seekers.
Content of measure
The Offices of Labour, Social Affairs and Family provided orientation for the labour market in Slovakia and career guidance for people from Ukraine with temporary refugee status.
The career guidance professional helped the refugee to determine their professional goals, match them with a job, support the person in the contact with the employer, fill out forms, provide information about active labour market measures and educational possibilities, and help to overcome barriers to integration to the labour market.
The guidance process contains three face-to-face meetings. Each meeting takes about three hours. The meetings are provided in an individual or in a group form based on the client’s interest and individual needs. The clients can be provided with phone or email guidance, as well.
The target group are citizens from Ukraine and their family members with temporary refuge in the Slovak Republic, who are registered at the labour office as refugees seeking employment.
To participate in the measure, the person interested in the career guidance submits the application form at the labour office where they are registered. The travel costs for personal meetings and meals are reimbursed up to €13.38 (€4.46 per one meeting). The financial coverage of the project is provided through the system of National Projects, but the planned scope has not been entrusted.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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05 December 2024
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Between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023 total of 2,062 refugees from Ukraine participated in this programme. The vast majority (77.6% were women). From the age perspective, about 53.7% of participants were between 30 and 49 years. The second largest group, about 23%, was aged 50+. Participants received a flat rate contribution related to the participation in the programme to reimburse the travel and meals costs. It represented the amount of €4.46 per one day of personal meeting. Total of €27,892.86 were paid as this flat rate contribution in 2023.
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07 June 2023
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In 2022 the measure was financed from the state budget. In 2023 it is implemented and 100% financed within the Operational Programme Human Resources, CARE ESF. The measure was extended to
31 December 2023.
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Use of measure
Between 1 May 2022 and 31 December 2022 a total of 3,558 refugees participated in the measure. About 84.5% of them were women. The highest share of participants (57.6%) were between 30 and 49 years of age. Almost 25% were at the age of 50 and older. A total of €42,651 was paid to participants as a contribution to cover the costs (for fare, food, etc.) for participation in the measure in 2022.
Target groups
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Workers
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Businesses
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Citizens
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Does not apply to workers
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Does not apply to businesses
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Migrants or refugees
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Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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Public employment service
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European Funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement
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No involvement
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
No involvement of social partners in designing, implementing and monitoring the measure.
Views and reactions
No social partner's views / reactions to the measure are available.
Sources
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22 March 2022: Dôvodová správa k Zákonu č. 92/2022 Z. z.
(rokovania.gov.sk)
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22 March 2022: Lex Ukrajina II: Act No. 92/2022 Coll. on Other certain measures referred to the situation in Ukraine (Zákon č. 92/2022 Z. z. o niektorých ďalších opatreniach v súvislosti so situáciou na Ukrajine
(www.slov-lex.sk)
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01 April 2022: Act No. 5/2004 Coll. on Employment Services, as amended (Zákon č. 5/2004 Z. z. o službách zamestnanosti v znení neskorších predpisov)
(www.slov-lex.sk)
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03 May 2022: Projekt „Pomáhame odídencom – poradenstvo
(www.upsvr.gov.sk)
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02 February 2023: Call: Helping Refugees – Guidance (Výzva: Pomáhame odídencom – poradenstvo)
(www.ludskezdroje.gov.sk)
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31 May 2023: Annual evaluation of active labour market measures implementation for 2022 (Vyhodnotenie uplatňovania aktívnych opatrení na trhu práce za rok 2022)
(www.upsvr.gov.sk)
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31 January 2024: National project "Helping refugees - guidance" (Národný projekt „Pomáhame odídencom - poradenstvo“)
(www.upsvr.gov.sk)
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05 December 2024: Annual evaluation of active labour market measures implementation for 2023 (Vyhodnotenie uplatňovania aktívnych opatrení na trhu práce za rok 2023)
(www.upsvr.gov.sk)
