CENTRAL OFFICE OF LABOUR, SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND FAMILY, Slovakia Innovative interventions focused on long – term unemployed people and immigrants PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC September 20-21, 2012

Surface area 49,035 sq kilometres Population 5,4 million inhabitants Capital Bratislava (430,000 citizens) Official language Slovak Monetary unit Euro Government Republic with parliament democracy

SITUATION OF THE LABOUR MARKET IN SLOVAKIA BY JULY 30, 2012   januar februar march april may june july august september october november december 2012 13,69 13,76 13,40 13,19 13,34 13,27 2011 12,98 13,16 13,13 12,94 12,84 13,15 13,12 13,37 13,29 13,33 13,59 2010 12,89 12,97 12,88 12,52 12,24 12,34 12,33 12,19 12,42 12,29 12,22 12,46 2009 9,03 9,72 10,33 10,92 11,39 11,81 12,07 12,05 12,45 12,40 12,66

DEVELOPMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SLOVAKIA

Long-term unemployment Disadvantaged groups of jobseekers 2009 (%) 2010 2011 Long-term unemployed people (longer than 12 months) 35.5 45.2 48,0 Graduates 6.8 7.4 7,5 Disabled jobseekers 2.7 2.9 3,2 Young people 0.9 0,9 Other jobseekers (older than 50 years) 21.7 22.2 22,3

Long-term unemployment Jobseekers unemployed for more than 12 months –shares on the total numbers

Long-term unemployment Structure of jobseekers according to education (2011) Jobseekers (%) Long-term jobseekers (%) Basic education 29,46 40,89 Lower secundary education 32,77 32,81 Higher secundary education 29,65 21,99 University degree 7,99 4,23 PhD. and higher 0,12 0,05

Active measures for long-term job-seekers contribution for incorporation of an disadvantaged jobseeker contribution for employment of the disadvantaged jobseeker employment aid for the disadvantaged jobseeker in a social enterprise contribution for supporting regional and local employment.

Active measures for long-term job-seekers contribution for activation activities conducted in the form of communal services for a village or in the form of minor services for self-governing region contribution for activation activities conducted in the form of voluntary service

Contribution for activation activities One of the most widely used active measure in Slovakia (28 907 jobseekers involved in 2011) Improvement of work habits of long-term jobseekers Service for community

Contribution for activation activities improvement of economic, social and cultural conditions creation, protection, maintenance and improvement of the environment for the inhabitants of the village, heritage protection, support of education development and provision of social services and other activities of the village in the social field, development and protection of spiritual and cultural values additional education of children and young people and their development support of communal activities.

Contribution for activation activities Extent of activation activities - 20 hours a week - 6 months + 6 months - 63 Euro per month

Description of foreign migration in the Slovak Republic Accession to the European Union constituted an unprecedented developmental impulse. Since the end of 2004 until the end of 2010, there was an increase in foreign nationals legally residing in the Slovak Republic to 62 500 (i.e. 3 times increased). Although, few years ago such percentage was barely thinkable, in international benchmarking it is still a very small number – within the EU 27 lower shares of foreign nationals (in 2010) had only Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania and Poland.

Increase of foreign nationals with authorised residence in the Slovak Republic in 2004 – 2010

Increase of foreign nationals with authorised residence in the Slovak Republic in 2004 – 2010 Indicator / Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Number of foreign nationals at the end of the year 22108 25635 32153 41214 52706 58322 62584 Year on year increase in % -24.3 15,9 25,4 28,2 27,9 10,7 7,3 Share of foreign nationals on the overall population of the country in % 0.41 0.48 0.60 0.76 0.97 1,07 1,15 Granted authorizations during the year 8081 7595 11312 15159 16553 11790 9535 76.7 -6.0 48.9 34.0 40948 -28.8 -19.1

The most numerous groups of foreign nationals (more than 1000 people) from the EU and third countries in Slovakia (2011) Europe: Third countries: Czech Republic (8 331) Ukraine (5 786) Romania (5 755) Serbia (2 597) Hungary (5 184) Vietnam (2 032) Poland (4 959) Russian Federation (1 942) Germany (3 770) China (1 729) Austria (1 948), South Korea (1 592) Bulgaria (1 641) Italy (1 580) France (1472) Great Britain (1 397)

Foreign nationals on the labour market of the Slovak Republic on 31 Foreign nationals on the labour market of the Slovak Republic on 31. December 2010 The labour migrants in the Slovak Republic in the analysed period were characterised by a high level of completed education. There was only a minimal share of them with basic education, on the other side, there was a high portion of migrants with a university degree. In 2004, the share of employed foreign nationals with a university degree was more than 50 % but, until 2010, it gradually decreased in favour of the persons with secondary education to 34.1 %.

Prognosis of the development in the area of foreign migration in the Slovak Republic there will be an moderate increase in population of the Slovak Republic (Chart 10) the year 2020 will be the point of inflection of the prevailing trend after this year, there will be a negative development marked by a rapid decrease of population of the Slovak Republic, which will probably reach 4.8-4.9 million inhabitants in 2050 other forecasts, analyses and studies suggest that even more serious consequences will be caused by structural and qualitative changes in Slovak population. out of these changes, the most visible will be ageing of population (mostly between 2025 a 2050)

there will be two mechanisms of ageing: “from below“ and “from above”, i.e. by decreasing birth-rate and natural growth or by increasing median life expectancy at birth, average age and others this will cause a decrease in the number of children and a share of persons in reproductive / productive age, on the other side, there will be a dramatic increase of pensioners; the ageing index will be extremely high. according to UN, it is expected that Slovak Republic will have one of the oldest population in the world (in 2050 it will occupy the 11th place)

Thank you for your attention Matúš Caban Adrián Augustín Central office of labour, social affairs and family, Slovakia