We invite all companies, public institutions, associations and NGOs registered and based in the Republic of Slovenia to join the process of obtaining the Family Friendly Enterprise certificate in 2025.

The certification is an advisory and auditing process that helps employers introduce measures to improve human resources management, with a focus on work-life balance. The process is carried out with the help of qualified external consultants.

The Family Friendly Enterprise certificate is based on the "European work&family audit" system developed by the German organisation Berufundfamile. It was introduced in Slovenia in 2007 by the Young Mothers/Family Friendly Employment Development Partnership under the EQUAL programme. Since November 2007, the process has been led and implemented by the Ekvilib Institute, in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the Republic of Slovenia and interested external partners.

Companies/organisations can apply for the Family Friendly Enterprise certificate from 6th January 2025 on. The call is open and closes on 31 December 2025 for the year 2025.

Rules and procedure for obtaining the Family-Friendly Enterprise certificate

The certification process is divided into two parts:

• obtaining a basic certificate, which lasts for 6 months;
• obtaining an advanced certificate, which lasts for 36 months.

Obtaining the certificate is a consulting and auditing process, which has the function of assessing and advising employers on which tools to use for better human resource management in the context of reconciling the professional and family lives of employees. Through an internal process, the company determines and implements the selected objectives and measures. Based on an internal assessment of the actual situation, the company, with the help of an external assessor/advisor, determines a plan for the introduction of measures aimed at improving the management of work processes and the quality of the working environment for a better work-life balance. After a positive assessment of the implementation plan for the selected measures by the audit board, the company obtains the basic "Family-Friendly Enterprise" certificate.

After three years, an assessment is made to determine whether the measures have been implemented and the objectives achieved. If the objectives have been achieved, the company obtains the full "Family-Friendly Enterprise" certificate.

The documentation for the call for applications for the Family Friendly Company 2025 certificate includes:
– Call for applications for the CFFE 2025,
– Rules 2025 2.9, governing the certification process,
– Application form 2025 with basic company/organisation details,
– Introductory questionnaire, to be completed by the company before the procedure starts.

Interested companies or organizations can also order documentation from the Ekvilib Institute, Dunajska cesta 159, 1000 Ljubljana, certifikat@ekvilib.org, where they can also obtain additional explanations.

Contact persons

Petra Hartman, head of certification
e-mail: petra@ekvilib.org,
phone: 01 430 37 51 ali 041 878 131.

Špela Vodopivec Musek, expert associate
e-mail: spela@ekvilib.org,
phone: 01 430 37 51 ali 041 878 131.