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EU funds for facilitating high-quality counselling for adults

Ljubljana, 16 March 2015 – Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy, acting as the Managing Authority for European Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund, approval the “2015 call for proposals to co-finance counselling for adults” with the aim of co-financing future development and provision of high-quality counselling for adults to participate in lifelong learning. Total available funds amount to EUR 500,000.00 of which European Social Fund contribution amounts to 85% or EUR 425,000.00.

The subject of the call for proposals is the provision of counselling for the less-educated and other vulnerable groups of adults, primarily for those who have finished up to a four-year secondary education programme, are older than 45 and are employed, for those who are older than 50 and are unemployed, for younger adults who dropped out early, for the Roma, migrants, convicted persons and the persons from less developed regions.
The call for proposals will enable participants to enrol in education or training and/or acquire a qualification which is attested by an official document (e.g. national vocational qualification, specialisation, certificate for a foreign language, ECDL certificate).

For more information please contact the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport acting as the Intermediate Body for the abovementioned call for proposals.