Govt Adopts Social Security Programme
The government adopted a draft resolution on the National Social Security Programme for the 2006-2010 period at its Thursday session. The document needs parliament's approval.
The programme is a blueprint for the development of social security in Slovenia over the following five years, according to Social Affairs Minister Janez Drobnic.
Drobnic outlined improved social inclusion, easier access to social security services and greater efficiency in granting unemployment benefits as the basic goals of the programme.
The new programme also envisages greater autonomy and management independence for the institutions responsible to carry out of social security.
The government plans to decentralise and deregulate the system in addition to altering the role of welfare centres and making the management of public institutions more efficient.
The public spending on social security is expected to rise from SIT 57.7b (EUR 240.8m) in 2005 to SIT 70b (EUR 292.1m) in 2010.
Meanwhile, "new capacities of institutional care for the elderly are to be predominantly covered though private capital investments".
Finally, the programme will have financial implications for the Health Insurance Institute (ZZZS), whose contribution for social security would rise from the current SIT 19.5b (EUR 81.4m) to SIT 26b (EUR 108.5m).
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