Youth Career Centre “VšečKAM in GREM+”

The Youth Career Centre “VšečKAM in GREM+” provides comprehensive, high-quality, innovative, and accessible career guidance services for school-age youth (aged 6–19) and early school leavers (aged 15–29) in the Eastern Slovenia Cohesion Region.

Our Objectives by 2029

Establishment and operation of seven (7) Youth Career Centre units in the Eastern Slovenia Cohesion Region

These units will serve as regional hubs for delivering career guidance services at the following locations:

• KCM Maribor – PRIZMA Foundation (Podravje Region)

• KCM Velenje – Association NOVUS (Savinjska and Zasavje Regions)

• KCM Lendava – Adult Education Centre Lendava (Pomurje Region)

• KCM Ravne na Koroškem – Adult Education Centre Ravne (Koroška Region)

• KCM Kočevje – Kočevje Business Incubator (Southeast Slovenia Region)

• KCM Krško – Posavje Regional Development Agency (Posavje Region)

• KCM Postojna – Institute Znanje Postojna (Primorsko-notranjska Region)

Strategic Development Goals

• Improve accessibility of career guidance services for school-age youth, early school leavers, parents, and school counsellors, with special attention to vulnerable groups.

• Strengthen the competences of youth and early school leavers for career planning and informed educational and professional decision-making through comprehensive and innovative, target-group-adapted career guidance approaches, including digital tools, interactive methods, and entrepreneurship-related content.

• Enhance young people’s responsiveness to labour market needs by introducing innovative approaches to exploring shortage occupations and future professions in cooperation with local employers, Smart Specialisation Platforms (SRIPs), and labour market information systems.

• Empower parents to actively support their children in career exploration and planning by improving their understanding of labour market trends and educational pathways.

• Strengthen the competences of school counsellors in implementing modern career guidance approaches, including the use of innovative methods and tools that enable long-term, evidence-based talent assessment and informed career decision-making, as well as improved labour market awareness.

• Reinforce cooperation among key labour market stakeholders (employers and employer associations, Employment Service of Slovenia, Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Vocational Education and Training, National Education Institute Slovenia, schools, PUM-O+ providers, etc.) and career guidance providers through continuous collaboration, consultation, mutual learning, and the creation of synergies between measures and institutional responsibilities.

Target Groups

Activities of the Youth Career Centre “VšečKAM in GREM+” are intended for:

• School-age youth (children and adolescents aged 6–19)

• Early school leavers (young people aged 15–29 who are not in employment, education, or training)

Additional activities are aimed at:

• Parents

• School counsellors

• Educational institutions

• Employers and employer associations

• Labour market institutions and other key stakeholders (Employment Service of Slovenia and other relevant bodies)

Funding

The project is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union from the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+).

The project is implemented under the Programme for the Implementation of European Cohesion Policy 2021–2027, under Policy Objective 4:
“A more social and inclusive Europe implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights,”

Priority 6:
“Skills and a Responsive Labour Market,”

Specific Objective ESO4.5:
“Improving the quality, inclusiveness, effectiveness, and labour market relevance of education and training systems, including through validation of non-formal and informal learning, in order to support the acquisition of key competences, including entrepreneurial and digital skills, and by promoting the introduction of dual training systems and apprenticeships.”