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Reducing Public Sector Employment in Slovenia

OECD Paris, 6 December 2006 Judita Bagon. Reducing Public Sector Employment in Slovenia.

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Reducing Public Sector Employment in Slovenia

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  1. OECD Paris, 6 December 2006 Judita Bagon Reducing Public Sector Employmentin Slovenia

  2. Location: Slovenia is situated in Central Europe.Surface Area: 20,273 km2Area – comparative: half the size of SwitzerlandBorder Length (km): with Austria 333, Italy 232, Hungary 102, Croatia 670 (total: 1,334 km)Coastline: 46.6 km

  3. Inhabitants 2,004,394 Employed 829,539 Unemployed 81,302 Unemployment rate 8.8% Pensioners 536,146 SLOVENIA – People (2006)

  4. SLOVENIA – Public Sector • Public Sector PA, Defence, Education, Health) 152,370 • Public Administration 49,789 • State Administration 35,000 • including • Police 9,500 • Army 7,300

  5. Employees from 1991-2006 1991 9,733 2006 34,336 Difference +24,603 (3,5x) Organising the state +19,421 Yearly increase +2% per year

  6. New state employees from to difference Army 0 7,344 7,344 Police 7,071 9,061 1, 990 Revenue 36 2,618 2,592 Custom 25 1,798 1,763 Administrative units 2,902 Inspection 1,070 Geodesy, veterinary 1,030 Prisons 800 Total_____________________________ 19.491

  7. Growth of the state administration from 1991-2006

  8. Employment Policies Different for: Army professionalisation of the Army, membership in NATO - by the year 2012: 8,500 Police (Schengen border) 9,650 Public Administration reducing by 1% per year Employment to the Projects, funded by EU (technical help, EU structural funds…) is not limited Program 2007-2013 +300

  9. Reducing employees in PA Small and effective PA – current trend in all developed countries Reasons for growth in Slovenia: Founding of the new state in 1991 Membership of the EU in 2005 Presidency of the EU in 2008

  10. Slovenian path to reduction Personnel plans 2006-2008: - 1% per year (Believing in a 20-30% reserve in personnel) Developing greater organisation Checking processes Setting priorities Internal labour market: obligatory HRM: performance management commitment of the employees

  11. Reduction of the Employees in the Public Administration Common personnel plan for ministries (civil part) for 2006-2008:-3% from December 2004 Personnel plan for institutes, funds and agencies for 2006 - 2008: -2% from December 2005 Recommendation to the public-sector organisations, established or owned by Government. no growth or -1% per year Psychological effect: from +2% to -1% per year!

  12. Results:Number of Employees in the Civil Part of the Government Bodies from January 2003 to October 2006 Period Number of Employees January 2003 18.086 January 2004 18.220 January 2005 17.924 January 2006 17.890 October 2006 17.787 .

  13. Change in the Number of Employees in the Civil Part of the Government Bodies from January 2003 to October 2006

  14. Important When a reduction of the employees (on each level of public administration) is in question, agreement of each responsible minister must be reached, Thank you for your attention !

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