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Slovene community in Italy on the way to establishing a guidance
window

In February and March the Eurogu-
idance Slovenia centre hosted a
group of Slovene speaking coun-
sellors from the Slovene student
hostel Srečko Kosovel in Trieste
and Club KRUT, the Slovenian
Cultural and Economic Union in
Italy. At the student hostel, educa-
tion from basic (day nursery) up to
secondary school level is offered,
as well as well as daily care for
youngsters and complete care for
40 young refugees without parents
from different countries where
there is a war or other conflict.

The counsellors are interested in
upgrading their services with a
guidance window and open possi-
bilities for different modes of work
and employment for their students
and adults. The Euroguidance
Centre in Slovenia presented
national and European guidance
activities during a one week study
visit, the labour market in Slovenia
and career guidance at local and
regional levels. The group visited
the Career centre of the Univer-
sity of Maribor and after that the
oldest Slovenian town Ptuj where
the counsellors visited the Career
centre of the Employment Ser-
vice of Slovenia. As the Slovenian
employment service works closely The guests from the student hostel Slovene community in Italy has
with Austria, a lot of unemployed and Club KRUT have applied for deep roots and in the beginning
people are interested in getting a an Erasmus+ mobility grant in of the 20th century, multinational
job (and better payment) on the order to establish an information/ Trieste was the biggest Slovenian
other side of the border. Thus the counselling window in Trieste for city. This project will enhance the
employment office in Ptuj offered the Slovene speaking community possibilities for more common
around 3 000 job opportunities in and for other interested visitors. activities in guidance and employ-
2015 for job seekers in their region Hopefully by this means the collab- ment between the two countries.
in the Slovenian job market. oration will be prolonged. The

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