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Accommodation: to rent a studio allow between 350 and 700€/month; for the Courses in Slovenia
rental of a room in a boarding house, say 100 to 300€/month.
Sites to find accommodation:
accommodation.travelslovakia.sk - www.ckm.sk/sk Situated between the edge of the Balkans and the Mediterranean,
Slovenia is a small country where the Slavic, German, Romance and Hungarian
cultures meet. A former republic of Yugoslavia, its economy is very efficient in
central Europe.
Traditional industries are forestry, textiles and the metallurgical industry. But the
mechanical industries (automobiles, machine tools) and the high added-value
industries (electronics, pharmacy and chemicals) are highly developed.
The services sector has experienced strong growth - ICT, financial services,
commerce, tourism (there is spa tourism in the Pomurska region). Infrastructure
development projects are numerous in energy, rail and recycling activities.
Finally, the manufacturing industry, transport and logistics, hospitality, arts and
entertainment and real estate activities are developing, as is the construction
sector.
Name and legal framework
Pripravništvo (training course) - Delovnapraska (work placement) -
Delovneizkušnje (work experience)
The practice of training courses is quite current in Slovenia as a means of
Tips on finding a course and useful sites professional integration.
French, German, Dutch and more recently the Czech companies have made If the course forms part of a vocational training programme or is carried out just
substantial investments in Slovakia. afterwards, the signing of an employment contract is provided for by collective
To find a course, aim at the major automobile industrial companies (PSA Peugeot agreements covering taking a first job following achieving a professional
Citroën - Volkswagen - Kia) and the electronic industries. qualification.
The maximum duration of the course is fixed at one year for higher education
Useful sources of information graduates and at six months for others. The work carried out in the context of a
÷ The Franco-Slovak Chamber of Commerce: www.fsok.sk course can give a right to remuneration.
If the course is voluntary, with a contract signed between the employer and the
÷ The American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia: www.amcham.sk trainee, this is rarely paid.
÷ The Useful Addresses in Slovakia guide: www.slovaquie.fr/annuaire/index. The legal duration of the working week is 40 hours in Slovenia.
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Declaration of stay
Autres sites The trainee is required to report his presence at the police station closest to his
o www.globalplacement.com home, within a period of three days of his arrival (if staying in a hotel, they will deal
o www.profesia.sk/en /Internship. with this). He will also report his departure from the country.
Information about the CV in Slovakia. If the stay lasts for over 90 days, he must request an attestation declaring residence.
o www.stage-emploi.com/stage/Slovaquie Practical life
o www.ponuky.sk Language: the official language is Slovenian, with two official bilingual areas: in
o www.iagora.com the south, Italian and Slovenian; and in the north-east Slovenian and Hungarian.

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