Uredba o ratifikaciji Sporazuma o sodelovanju na področju socialnih zadev in družine med Ministrstvom za delo, družino in socialne zadeve Republike Slovenije in Ministrstvom za socialne zadeve in družino Republike Madžarske

The Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and the Ministry of Social and Family Affairs of the Hungarian Republic (hereinafter the Contracting Parties), in their endeavours to extend the cooperation agreed upon by the two ministries in Budapest on 3 February 1998, and taking the necessity of developing social and family affairs in the two countries into account, have decided to conclude a new agreement on their cooperation in the above area.
    For this purpose, the Parties agree on the following:

Article 1

Competent in cooperation:
    – for Hungary, the Ministry of Social and Family Affairs of the Hungarian Republic
    – for Slovenia, the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

Article 2

The Contracting Parties wish to cooperate in the following way:
    1. Exchange of experts working in the ministries’ areas of competence
    2. Consultations and further training of experts
    3. Exchange of information materials, mainly those on programmes and laws relating to social and family affairs, providing information on the results thereof, and exchange of professional opinions.
    The type and scope of specific cooperation will be defined for a two-year period by mutual agreement on each occasion.

Article 3

Areas of cooperation:
    1. Exchange of ideas on preparation for accession to the EU
    2. Exchange of information on the social laws of the two countries, with special regard to the tools, laws and institutions applied in the area of social and labour security
    3. Exchange of ideas on legal provisions to strengthen the protection of children and vulnerable families
    4. Mutual information on the system of financial and other benefits to be provided to families with children
    5. Exchange of ideas on the system of employment rehabilitation and social rehabilitation, as well as on new types of employment and financing
    6. Exchange of ideas on the professional regulation and financing of supporting services adjusted to the special needs of handicapped persons
    7. Exchange of ideas on the operation, management and supervision of institutions providing social support, and to the forms thereof
    8. Exchange of ideas on equal opportunities for men and women, with special emphasis on the operation of national mechanisms, the regulations and legal practice applied in the field of sexual harassment at the workplace, and programmes developed for reconciling family life and work
    9. Exchange of information on the levels and content of the professional training of social workers, on the possibilities of mutual acknowledgement of certificates, and the development of cooperation for this purpose
    10. Exchange of ideas in the field of safety at work
    11. Exchange of ideas on the role of non-governmental organisations in social and child protection care, and in ensuring equal opportunities for men and women.

Article 4

Regarding the financing of this Agreement, the Contracting Parties agree that the travel and accommodation costs of the experts shall always be covered by the visiting party, while the hosting party shall take care of organising the appropriate professional programme.
    The working language (English, Hungarian or Slovenian) of consultations shall be agreed upon in advance. The hosting party will bear the costs of any necessary interpretation.

Article 5

On the day this Agreement enters into force, the Agreement signed on cooperation in the field of labour and employment affairs between the Labour Ministry of the Hungarian Republic and the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs of the Slovenian Republic in Budapest on 3 February 1998 shall cease to apply.

Article 6

1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the day of the receipt of the last notification through diplomatic channels on the fulfilment of the internal legal procedures by the Contracting Parties necessary for its entry into force.
    2. This Agreement shall be concluded for a period of four years. Upon the expiration of this period its validity shall be tacitly prolonged each time for one year unless either Contracting Party denounces it in writing at least 30 days prior to its expiration.
     
    Signed in Budapest on 25th of March 2002, in two English originals.