Investing in youth : Slovenia

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
1 Preventing and activating NEETs in Slovenia: Assessment and recommendations
	1.1. Mapping NEETs in Slovenia
	1.2. Preparing young people for the labour market
	1.3. Activating young people
2 A profile of NEETs in Slovenia
	2.1. Introduction
	2.2. The economic and labour market context in Slovenia
		2.2.1. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
		2.2.2. Recent labour market trends
	2.3. The education and employment performance of young Slovenians
		2.3.1. Labour market outcomes of young people in Slovenia
		2.3.2. The educational attainment of Slovenian youth
	2.4. A profile of Slovenian NEETs
		2.4.1. Characteristics of NEETs
		2.4.2. Characteristics of long-term NEETs
		2.4.3. Social benefit receipt, employment support and poverty
	2.5. Transition pathways and groups of NEETs
	2.6. The fiscal costs of NEETs
		2.6.1. Prior estimates and methodology
		2.6.2. Estimated short-term fiscal costs of NEETs
	2.7. Conclusion
	References
	Notes
3 Preparing young people in slovenia for the labour market
	3.1. Introduction
	3.2. Keeping teenagers in school
		3.2.1. The extent and consequences of early school dropout
		3.2.2. Risk factors for early school leaving
		3.2.3. Policies and programmes to minimise dropout in Slovenia
		3.2.4. Good practices to prevent school dropout and identify early school leavers
			Address sources of academic difficulties and prevent early school leaving
			Identify and re-integrate early school leavers
	3.3. Reducing skill mismatches through career counselling
		3.3.1. Scope of skill mismatch in Slovenia and across the OECD
		3.3.2. Career counselling and education for primary and secondary students in Slovenia
		3.3.3. Strengthening career education and counselling
			Channel young people towards career education and guidance that meets their needs
			Ensure the quality of career education
			Increasing employers’ involvement in career education
			Reinforcing the knowledge about current and future skill needs
	3.4. Strengthening work-based learning in Slovenia
		3.4.1. The benefits of work-based learning
		3.4.2. Apprenticeships within the vocational training system in Slovenia
		3.4.3. Ideas for strengthened apprenticeships
	3.5. Improving the transition of students to work
		3.5.1. Study duration and job search
		3.5.2. Facilitating the university-to-work transition
			Enhance support services for students
			Strengthen the financial incentives for on-time graduation
	3.6. Conclusion
	References
	Notes
4 Activating young people in Slovenia
	4.1. Introduction
	4.2. Unregistered NEETs
		4.2.1. Identification of unregistered NEETs
		4.2.2. Outreach strategies for unregistered NEETs
			Peer-to-peer outreach in Sweden and Bulgaria
			Collaboration with associations and community-based organisations in Belgium, Luxembourg and Lithuania
			Development of national outreach strategies in Latvia and Portugal
			Institutional mandates for outreach in Denmark and Belgium
			Monitoring frameworks in Estonia and Portugal
	4.3. Activation support for registered NEETS
		4.3.1. Declining number of registered young jobseekers
		4.3.2. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
		4.3.3. Long-term NEETs
	4.4. Specific target groups
		4.4.1. Young mothers
			Work does not necessarily pay for young parents
			Creating incentives for young NEET mothers to take up work
		4.4.2. Young people with a migrant background
		4.4.3. Roma youth
			Employment support for Roma
				Employment support
				Collaboration with other stakeholders
				Outreach to Roma youth
				Anti-discrimination
			Social support for Roma
	4.5. Conclusion
	References
	Notes