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Professional Profiles:
Center of the Republic of Slovenia for Vocational Education and Training,(Slovenia)
Bahlen, Metka
Bozic, Barbara (local coordinator)
Fajgida, Mojca
Gregoric Brezavscek, Barbara , Employment Service
Kase, Spela, Zavod MISSS
Markich Buchar, Stasha, Employment office
Medveshek, Matjazh
Polak,Mojca, Centre RS for Vocational Education and Training
Rakun Anka, Mayor of Ljubno
Shkapin, Danusa, CPI (local coordinator back up)
Simonic, Anton, Ministry of Education and Sports
Skuber, Elizabeta, Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs
Vukovic Andrej , Centre of Republic Slovenia (RS) for Vocational Education and Training, Slovenia
Zalec, Natalija, Centre for Adult Education
Zevnik, Metka
The representatives of the Association of Slovene Communities for Social Affairs (not assigned yet)
Mojca Kosi CIPS Maribor
Polona Kvartuh CIPS Velenje
Sandra Stare, CIPS Kranj
Katja Vatovec, Centre for informing and vocational counselling (CIPS), Koper
Maja Vrabich, SMERI d.o.o. Ravne na Koroshkem
Manica Zapushek, CIPS Ljubljana
These are 6 counsellors working in 6 different areas in Slovenia with young drop outs. It's a network for informing and counselling for young.
Bahlen, Metka
Contact Details:
Email: metka.bahlen@gmail.com
Phone: +386 41 391086
Current Work:
Mentor in Project Learning for Young Adults - PLYA
Past Work:
Same
Education and Professional Training:
Bachelors degree in Pedagogy (Andragogy), Training for Mentors PLYA, Trainings in Different Methodologies in Education of Adults, Seminars Regarding Youth Work - Drug Abuse, Mental Health, Resolving Conflicts etc.
Professional areas of interest:
Youth Work, Social Work, Education, Cultural Activities
Areas of Expertise:
Youth Work and Adult Education
Language skills:
English, French, Croatian (Serbian)
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Bozic, Barbara
Contact Details:
CPI
Ob Zeleznici 16
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 5864 216
Fax: +386 1 5422 045
E-mail:barbara.bozic@cpi.si
Current Work Department of evaluation:
Monitoring of new educational programmes
Project coordination:
Coordination and active participation in ESF Project PUPO (preventive measures for drop out within WET)
Co-development in different areas:
Training of teachers, development of new methodical and didactic concepts of knowledge, learning and teaching.
Past Work:
Voluntary work: help pupils with learning difficulties
Education and Professional Training:
Faculty of Arts, Department of Pedagogy and Andragogy, Masters of Education
Professional areas of interest:
- Social inclusion/ exclusion
- working with school teachers
- working with school counsellors
Areas of Expertise:
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Social inclusion/ exclusion
- Drop out
Language skills:
Slovenian, English, Croatian
Websites:
Networks:
Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, National Educational Institute, Vocational schools
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Fajdiga, Mojca
Contact Details:
Email: mojcafajdiga@gmail.com
Phone: +386 31 434060
Current Work:
Mentor in Project Learning for Young Adults - PLYA
Past Work:
Promotional Textile Design, RTV Ljubljana Costume Design Assistant
Education and Professional Training:
Civil Engineering Technician, Student of Textile Engineering, Neurolinguistic Programme Practician, Training for Mentors PLYA, Trainings in Different Methodologies in Education of Adults, Seminars Regarding Youth Work - Drug Abuse, Mental Health, Resolving Conflicts etc.
Professional areas of interest:
Youth Work, Social Work, Education, Cultural Activities
Areas of Expertise:
Youth Work and Adult Education
Language skills:
English, Croatian (Serbian)
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Gregoric Brezavscek, Barbara
Contact Details:
Employment Service of Slovenija
Rozhna dolina c. IX/6
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenija
Tel. 00386 1 47 90 990
E-mail: Barbara.gregoric@ess.gov.si
Current Work:
Deputy director of the office for Employment programmes in the Central Employment Office of Slovenia. Cooperation at the preparation of employment programmes for Active Employment policy
Past Work:
Vocational counsellor for young and adults, individual vocational counselling for young who are deciding on education or employment, counselling for unemployed persons
Head of the office for vocational orientation (in the Central Employment Office of Slovenia) in charge of implementation of Vocational education for unemployed persons, young persons and early school leavers.
Education and Professional Training:
University psychologist
Professional areas of interest:
Possibilities for preparation of programmes for active policy for Employment for different target groups, especially preventive programmes for young unemployed adults and early school leavers.
Areas of Expertise:
Vocational orientation, Employment programmes
Language skills:
English, Croatian
Websites:
Networks:
The Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs, Center of Republic of Slovenia for Vocational Education and Training , The Ministry of Education and science, The national Education Institute of Republic of Slovenia, Chamber of commerce, Chamber of Crafts.
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Kase, Spela
Contact Details
Zavod MISSS
Kunaverjeva 2
1000 Ljubljana
Tel: 0038615101670
GSM: 0038640626523
Current Work:
Youth Advisor/Counsellor, Youth Information Worker (MISSS - Youth Information and Counselling Centre of Slovenia); co-ordination, counselling youngsters, trainer for computer courses for youngsters and other target groups; working on a new project for schools (Youth Participation); maintenance of a national youth database with collected information on the youth programs, tenders, call outs, current events and different activities.
Past Work:
Assistant, NRCVG (National Resource Centre for Vocational Guidance), searched for different information for vocational guidance and studying, prepared a new version of a career assessment program with my colleagues, cooperated on international level with related partner institutions, helped and assessed users:
History Teacher, Primary school, teaching and other activities in school:
Part of a working group for young school leavers, National Institute for Vocational education and Training.
Education and Professional Training:
Youth Advisor (2005-2006): different youth participation projects (Youth-to-Youth phone, Youth-to-Youth forum, Youth Participation in School), Trainings in counselling for early school leavers.
History Teacher (2005) - successfully completed exam for teacher training, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
University graduate comparative linguist and professor of historical science (2002), University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department for Comparative linguistics and department for Historical science.
Professional areas of interest:
I work with young people in different projects, help young people in youth participation in different projects (Youth-to-Youth phone, Forum) with youth exchanges, computer courses for young people and other target groups.
Areas of Expertise:
International projects, youth exchanges, working with young people, especially in youth participation, advising them
Language skills:
I'm able to communicate in English and also in German. I understand French in basic terminology.
Websites:
Networks:
ERYICA (European Youth Information and Counselling Agency), EURODESK, EYCA, CNVOS (the Centre of non-governmental organisations of Slovenia - CNVOS), EURES (European Employment Services)
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Kvartuh, Polona
Contact Details:
Phone: 00 386 3 89 88 222
Fax: 00 386 3 5871 286
E-mail:polona.kvartuh@ess.gov.si
Current Work:
Total Counsellor in the regional centre for Total Counselling Velenje, The Centre for Vocational informing and Counselling, Employment Office of Slovenia, Regional Office Velenje
Past Work:
Between the years 1999 -2005 I have worked at a NGO called "Zavod Ruj", where I worked on employment rehabilitation and vocational rehabilitation, performed 3-month motivational courses for long-term unemployed persons.
I have learned about the holistic method of work with an individual, the connections between NGO's and Public institutions with the purpose of efficient aid for an individual.
I also Cooperated on EQUAL program, where I learned about the theoretical basis for social entrepreneurship.
Education and Professional Training:
University social pedagogue, instructor for implementing workshops for young, group dynamics.
Professional areas of interest:
Humanitarian pursuits
Areas of Expertise:
Counselling, motivational workshops, group dynamics
Language skills:
English, German
Websites:
Networks:
Employment office of Slovenia, The Centre for Vocational informing and Counselling
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Medveshek, Matjazh
Contact Details:
MISSS
Kunaverjeva 2,
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
E-mail: matjaz@misss.org
Phone: +386 1 510 16 75, 510 16 70
Fax: +386 1 510 16 70
Current Work:
MISSS, Youth Information and Counselling Centre of Slovenia : Coordinator adviser
Project work:
Street work with children and youngsters
Trainings:
Training for youth information workers, Train for trainers (international)
Past Work:
Bank of Slovenia: Chief Documentation and Archive Department
Voluntary work: STIGMA - drop in centre for drug addicts, MISSS - psycho-social help for youngsters.
Education and Professional Training:
University of Ljubljana, Faculty for Social Work
Professional areas of interest:
Training (Youth workers, Youth groups), Counselling (youngsters, parents...) LLL Life Long Learning (creating e-learning tools)
Areas of Expertise:
Monitoring and evaluation, Social inclusion/exclusion
Language skills:
Slovenian, English, Croatian
Websites:
Networks:
Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, National Educational Institute, Vocational schools
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Polak, Mojca
Contact Details:
Phone: +386 1 5864 259
Fax: +386 1 5422 045
E-mail:Mojca.Polak@cpi.si
Current Work:
Past Work:
- Technical support to the Commission for Children's Rights
- Coordination of the projects: Children's rights in hospitals, Children's rights in the cases of divorces, conducting workshops for the children's parliaments organised by ZPMS.
- Conducting job search interviews with first job seekers
- Networking with the employers with the aim to support young people in entering labour market
- Mentoring of the programme successful way to employment with the stress to legal issues, and job searching skills,
- Networking with the employers with the aim to support young people in entering labour market
- Management of the projects in the field of vocational education and training: regulated professions, continuing vocational education and training, teacher training in VET
- Preparation and co-writing of the national report on VET in Slovenia (the part of early school leaving and transition from school to work).
- The cooperation in the network of National Observatories of VE, coordinated by the European Training Foundation
- Organisation of workshops in the field of VET and Career Guidance.
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Project management of the projects: modernisation of curriculum, quality assessment in VET, financing of VET, Pre-accession strategy in VET, regional development of VET (organisation and planning of the activities, coordination of the working groups including technical assistance from other EU countries, the reporting to the Delegation of EU in Slovenia, financial management of the projects)
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Main editor of the edition Incentives (the magazine for recent developments of VET)
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Project management of the National project in VET: successful path to employment
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Coordination and management of the innovative projects in VET,
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Co-developing methodologies for successful ways to employ with schools in various sectors.
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Carrying out training seminars on career guidance in local environment, adult guidance in Education, guidance in the area of recognition of formal and informal learning
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Managing the national programme: measures for drop out prevention, and remediation of consequences: co-developing the methodology. Overall responsibility for the whole programme, the co-development of methodology for total counselling within the WG early school leavers: development of a parallel path.
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Co-development of key qualification: managing your career (within the modular curriculum structure)
Education and Professional Training:
University of Maribor , Faculty of Law. First degree in Law
Professional areas of interest:
The filed of activation of young people in the national as well as international setting.
Areas of Expertise:
Projects in the field of social inclusion, project management of EU projects.
Language skills:
Slovenian, Croatian and English
Websites:
Networks:
The Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs, The Ministry of Education and science, The National Education Institute of Republic of Slovenia.
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Rakun, Anka
Contact Details:
E-mail: zupanja@ljubno.si
Current Work:
I am the Major of the municipality of Ljubno since 12 years. I promote and represent the municipality of Ljubno with some 3000 residents. My main functions lie with:
- Managing and supervising the work of the local administration
- forming recommendations for the local budget
- forming plans for development of the municipality and overseeing the implementation
- forming the budget for primary education schools and children care
I also actively cooperate as a jury member at the court office in the City Celje for juvenile delinquency.
Past Work:
In the past I have worked for 20 years as an accountant in a private firm called "Kovinarstvo Ljubno ob Savinji" with 140 employees.
For 5 years I was the Chairlady of the Tourist association "Savinja - Mozirje" and also worked as the head of the tourist agency with the same name.
Education and Professional Training:
My educational background is from the field of economics, where I finished the VI. Educational level.
Professional areas of interest:
My special interests lie with the organization and coordination of various workshops for agricultural development rural areas, with the special emphasis on discovering young talents.
I am involved in organizing cooking classes, art and design classes...in a beautiful old, renewed house in our City centre.
I am also engaged to help young unemployed persons mostly with special public programs for work.
Language skills:
Slovene, German, Serbian and Croatian language
Websites:
Networks:
The association of Slovene municipalities, Slovene Tourists organization, Center of Republic of Slovenia for Vocational Education and training, The municipality of Garmen, Bulgaria .
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Shkapin, Danusa
Contact Details:
CPI
Ob Zheleznici 16
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 5864 210
Fax: +386 1 5422 045
E-mail:danusa.skapin@cpi.si
Current Work:
- responsible for teaching material and teaching technology,
- responsible for publishing activities
- Project coordination: coordination of the LdV project Pro-train
- Co-development in different areas: Training of teachers, Development of new methodical and didactic concepts of knowledge, learning and teaching.
Past Work:
Faculty of Arts, Department for Slovene as foreign/second language: teacher of Slovene for foreign students
Institut national des langues et des civilisations orientales, Paris: assistant of Slovene
Education and Professional Training:
Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana: Masters of French and Slovenian, University Paris III, DEA - Didactologie des langues et des cultures
Professional areas of interest:
Teaching technology, Drop out
Areas of Expertise:
Textbooks production
Language skills:
Slovenian, French, English, Croatian
Websites:
Networks:
Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, National Educational Institute, Vocational schools
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Andrej Vukovic
Contact details
Tel: +386 1 5864 242
Fax: +386 1 5422 045
E-mail: Andrej.vukovic@cpi.si
Vuko77@gmail.com
Current work:
Project coordinator: My main responsibilities lie with the coordination of social projects within the Centre of Republic Slovenia for Vocational Education and Training. I also actively participate with the content work in these projects, gathering the data for evaluation and produce the internal evaluation of the projects.
Within the Centre I am a member of the International coordination department and a member of a sub-department for Drop out prevention in Vocational education and training and the development of networks for Life Long Learning centres and Vocational guidance.
Past work
In 2002 I was a part of the group which performed a study on the social standard of the students in Slovenia. The final beneficiary was the National Student Organization - SOU. (Satisfaction with the Quality of Study at the University of Ljubljana). SOU: (2003): Ljubljana.
In 2002 I started working for CPI on various projects:
Phare 2000: Grand scheme in Savinjska region: Activating the employment potentials at the local level : Traning - a key to increased employability
November 2002- January 2004
See: http://www.cpi.si/ucitelji/mednarodno_sodelovanje/phare.aspx
project coordinator, content work
Total Counselling
January 2003 until February 2005
Project Coordinator, preparing field study - The Need of young people
LDV Mobility Project:
Surfing on the restless waves of project management in EU projects (2004)
Education and Professional Training:
I study Sociology on the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana, I passed all the exams and am waiting for the date of presentation for my diploma thesis.
In between I got a Certificate of Experience on project management, development of working partnership and the development of new project opportunities as the result of good cooperation and the study visit in Careers Europe in Bradford, UK.
Personal areas of interest
My personal interest lies mainly with the areas of social inclusion of the young, human resource management, work climate and the value orientation. I am also a passionate fisherman!
Areas of expertise:
- Human resources management
- Project coordination
- Social inclusion
Language Skills:
English, German (conversational), Learning French
Virtual Vocational Orientation Package:
www.virtuorientation.net
Faculty of social sciences : http://www.fdv.uni-lj.si/
Websites
Virtual NGO's network: http://www.cnvos.si
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Zevnik, Metka
Contact Details:
CPI
Ob Zheleznici 16
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 5864 200
Fax: +386 1 5422 045
E-mail:metka.zevnik@cpi.si
Current Work:
Director of CPI - National Institute for Vocational Education
Past Work:
10 years in industry. 24 years on the field of education.
Education and Professional Training:
University degree. Engineer of chemistry technology, Faculty of science and technology.
Professional areas of interest:
Reform of vocational programmes. Final state exam for vocational schools. International projects.
Areas of Expertise:
Reform of vocational programmes. Teacher education and training. Evaluation of schools development projects.
Language skills:
Slovenian, German, English, French.
Websites:
Networks:
Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, National Educational Institute, Vocational schools
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