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SLOVENIA |
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SLOVENIA |
RELATION WITH THE PROFESSION
Public administration graduates are perceived as competent employees and usually perform middle-management functions or work as inspectors or advisors. Graduates of the school can be found at all levels of the Slovene public administration.
Due to the dynamics of Slovene society and given the relatively small size of many of its regional administrative centres, it generally takes graduates longer to find employment outside Ljubljana. As the seat of government and the largest city, the majority of administrative jobs in Slovenia are in the capital. Job prospects for graduates, however, are generally good. Even those who decide not to go directly into public administration are successful in finding employment in other sectors.
Based on a project looking at the professional profile of graduates, it is estimated that seventy percent find work in public administration. It is not possible to provide more precise information regarding the question of whether they are centrally or locally employed at present.
The School of Public Administration has produced graduates for over forty years, in co-operation with Slovene public administrators. Because of this, the school is obviously very well known in the PA circles of Slovenia. The curriculum is specifically designed to produce qualified individuals with wide ranging administrative competencies. Therefore, it is not surprising that a high proportion of graduates go on to work within the public administration system.
To date, there is no market-style system for research in Slovenia whereby the government would purchase research services from universities. Funding for self-directed research, however, does come from the government and other sources.
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