The Cene Štupar public institute – Ljubljana Educational Centre, founded by the City of Ljubljana, has acquired a certificate as a family-friendly company.

The Family-Friendly Company Certificate, awarded by the Equilibrium Institute together with the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs, was won in December 2012 by 36 organisations, including the Cene Štupar public institute – Ljubljana Educational Centre.

The Family-Friendly Company Certificate is a concept in organisational management that is based on the positive impact of the reconciliation of the working and family lives of its staff. This is reflected in reduced staff turnover, sick leave, care, accident numbers and increased satisfaction, motivation and staff commitment, which brings about clear positive economic effects. The Cene Štupar public institute – Ljubljana Educational Centre is one of the larger organisations in the adult education field in Slovenia and has a more-than 50-year tradition of operation. The institute carries out free-of-charge completion of primary education, 16 middle-school programmes in the fields of middle vocational education, middle professional education and professional-technical education, the option to get national vocational qualifications, carries out professional training programmes, international and national projects and training for success in life.

In its work, the Cene Štupar public institute – Ljubljana Educational Centre works with the City of Ljubljana, the Ministry for Education, Science, Culture and Sport, the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, the Slovenian Institute for Vocational Education and Training, the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs, the Ministry for Internal Affairs, the Employment Service of Slovenia and others while simultaneously operating diverse programmes in tender funding of the European Social Fund, the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals and the European Refugee Fund. In Ljubljana, it conducts city adult-education programmes, via which it enables access to these programmes for the most vulnerable groups of the third life age.