Office of labour, social affairs and family in Zvolen 5 th TRANSNATIONAL MEETING – ZVOLEN 19 – 21 MARCH 2007

ZVOLEN OF TODAY

Zvolen is an important railway junction and crossroads of the road transport. The nearby airport of Sliač and its daily service between Prague and Sliač opens even more its way into the world. Zvolen is an administrative, economic and cultural centre of Pohronie (the Hron River Valley). It is a district seat with an area of 759 square kilometres, with almost 68 thousand inhabitants, and it borders on seven other districts of the Banská Bystrica region. It is the twelfth most populous town of Slovakia that in 1923 became for five years the seat of Zvolen County and has been continuously the district seat since then. Zvolen s basin is bounded by hills of Štiavnické and Kremnické vrchy from the West, by Štiavnické vrchy and Javorie from the South and by Poľana from the East.

The most highly located part of the Zvolen town intravilan, i.e. the built-up area of the town is Baková jama (421 metres above sea level), the lowest place is found near the confluence of the Hron and Slatina Rivers below the Deserted Castle (278 metres above sea level). The oldest part of the town is the present Námestie SNP (SNP Square) at an altitude of approximately 295 metres above sea level. In 2001 its reconstruction started. Nowadays it is a modern pedestrian zone and the centre of social life.

THE OFFICE OF LABOUR, SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND FAMILY IN ZVOLEN

The Labour Office covers the territory of 3 neighbouring districts of Zvolen, Detva and Krupina and has about 240 employees where the detached offices exist also in the main district towns of Detva and Krupina. Zvolen belongs to districts with higher employment rate but the districts Detva and Krupina have bigger problems with unemployment.

The Office of labour, social affairs and family in Zvolen is located in 2 buildings – this one, that is on SNP Square and the second building on Stefanika street in the distance of 5 minutes walk from this building.

DIRECTOR Section of SA&F Section of ES Office of Director *secretariat *safety dept. *legal dept.  Audit dept. Detached Offices of DETVA,KRUPINA Administration dept. Detached office. of DETVA,KRUPINA Dept.of informatics, analyses and stat. reviews Office of personnel Financial dept. Ind.advis. serv´s, mediation Section of ESF Department of employability Social&legal children protect. misery relief Dept. of BCCHP Dept. SLCP Dept. of misery relief Department of services to employers Department of IAS, MS, EURES Dept. of social benefits Social benefits Benefits for costs compensation of handicapped people Dept. Of exp´s management Dept. of monitoring & project management Evaluation activities dept. Office of labour, social affairs and family in Zvolen Úrad práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny vo Zvolene (UPSVaR Zvolen

The overall registered unemployment rate of the Slovak Republic as of December 31, 2006

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Development of registered unemployment rate in Slovakia I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. Months

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The Structure of Job Seekers in the territory of UPSVaR Zvolen as of February 28, 2007

Examples of measures of active labour market policy successfully applied by labour offices

FINANCIAL contribution provided TO UNEMPLOYED registered by labour office for starting their own business (self-employment activities) Amount of contribution for self-employed activities Contribution Bratislava Region SR excluding Bratislava Region Contribution for self- employed activities Districts with UR lower than SR UR Districts with UR higher than SR UR to job seeker 0 19% of 24x MTLC (SKK ) 26% of 24x MTLC (SKK ) to disadvantaged job seeker 18% of 24x minimum TLC 27% of 24x MTLC (SKK ) 36% of 24x MTLC (SKK ) Note: Districts with unemployment rate (UR) – districts with unemployment rate higher or lower than the average for Slovakia as a whole (9,4% p.a.) in the calendar year proceeding the calendar year in which the contribution is provided (in SKK) Explanatory note: MTLC = minimal total labour cost = ,- SKK as of 1 October 2006 = 307 EUR Applied FX rate for EUR/SKK as of 29 March 2007: 1 EUR = 33,5 SKK

FINANCIAL contribution provided TO employers companies that employ UNEMPLOYED registered by labour office Amount of contribution paid to employer that employs disadvantaged job seekers (registered by labour office for minimum of 4 months) Contribution Bratislava Region SR excluding Bratislava Region Districts with UR lower than SR UR Districts with UR higher than SR UR Contribution for employing disadvantaged job seeker 26% of TLC/6 months + 26% of TLC/6 months 42% of TLC/6 months + 26% z TLC/9 months for business company 55% of TLC/6 months + 26% of TLC/9 months for non-profit organization 55% of TLC/6 months + 26% z TLC/12 months for business company 74% of TLC/ 6 months + 26% of TLC/12 months for non-profit organization Note: Contribution for one disadvantaged job seeker is provided monthly

Financial contribution for reimburcement of labour costs and operational costs directly relating to establishing and maintaining sheltered workshops or sheltered workplaces for handicapped people Amount of contribution paid to employer Contribution Bratislava Region SR excluding Bratislava Region Districts with UR lower than SR UR Districts with UR higher than SR UR Contribution to establishing a sheltered workshop or sheltered workplace and to their maintaining, paid to employer who employs a proportion of handicapped people 18% of 24x MTLC + 90% of documented additional costs to maximal total 75% of 24x MTLC 27% of 24x MTLC + 90% of documented additional costs to maximal total 85% of 24x MTLC 36% of 24x MTLC + 90% of documented additional costs to maximal total 100% of 24x MTLC Explanatory note: MTLC = minimal total labour cost = 307 EUR

Financial contribution to handicapped people for health reasons who decide to operate or carry out self-employment activities Amount of contribution to be paid to handicapped unemployed person Contribution Bratislava Region SR excluding Bratislava Region Districts with UR lower than SR UR Districts with UR higher than SR UR Amounts contributed to disabled citizens to operate or carry out self-employed activities 18% of 24x MTLC (SKK ) + 90% of documented additional costs to maximal total 75% of 24x MTLC (SKK ) 27% of 24x MTLC (SKK ) + 90% of demonstrable additional costs to maximal total 85% of 24x MTLC (SKK ) 36% of 24x MTLC (SKK ) + 90% of documented additional costs to maximal total 100% of 24x MTLC (SKK ) Explanatory note: MTLC = minimal total labour cost = 307 EUR

- FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION for reimbursement of training costs -- PAID TO EMPLOYERS companies that re- train their employees whose job becomes redundant or that train and then employ people registered by labour office -- PAID TO UNEMPLOYED or employed people that are registered by labour office

Thank you very much for your attention !