Table 3.6.8: Analysis of founded/unfounded cases closed in 2015 FIELD OF WORK OF STATE AUTHORITIES 1. Labour, family and social affairs SHARE OF FOUNDED CASES AMONG CLOSED CASES Paragraph two of Article 5 of the Human Rights Ombudsman Act (ZVarCP) stipulates that the funds for the Ombudsman’s work are to be allocated by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia from the national budget. At the Ombudsman’s proposal, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia set funds for the work of the institution from the national budget for 2015 at EUR 1,967,085. The funds were divided into three sub-programmes, i.e.: • Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms; • Implementation of tasks and powers of the NPM (the work of the National Preventive Mechanism – NPM); • Advocate – A Child’s Voice Project. 928 194 20.9 2. Finance 71 9 12.7 3. Economy 56 2 3.6 4. Public administration 21 10 47.6 7 2 28.6 24 0 0.0 187 27 14.4 1 1 100.0 9. Environment and spatial planning 341 51 15.0 10. Justice 688 58 8.4 28 5 17.9 125 36 28.8 Due to budgetary constraints and austerity measures, the Ombudsman returned to the budget EUR 21,060 (EUR 17,056 during the year and EUR 4,004 at the end of the year). 17 2 11.8 In 2015, the Ombudsman disbursed a total of EUR 1,961,205. 148 28 18.9 15. Foreign affairs 3 0 0.0 16. Government services 0 0 - 17. Local self-government 38 12 31.6 325 20 6.2 3,008 457 15.2 5. Agriculture, forestry and food 6. Culture 7. Internal affairs 8. Defence 3 INFORMATION ABOUT THE OMBUDSMAN’S WORK CLOSED CASES NUMBER OF FOUNDED CASES 3.7 FINANCES 11. Transport 12. Education and sport 13. Higher education, science and technology 14. Health care 18. Other TOTAL Table 3.6.8 provides an overview of founded cases by individual fields of activity of state authorities. Based on these data, we may determine in which fields most violations were found in 2015. If we focus only on areas in which 100 or more cases were classified, it can be established that the share of founded cases is highest in the field of education (28.8 per cent), labour, family and social affairs (20.9 per cent), followed by health care (18.9 per cent) and the environment and spatial planning (15 per cent). More on violations in specific fields can be found in the substantive part of the Report. 216 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA FOR 2015 The Ombudsman transferred funds in the amount of EUR 180 to the 2015 budget (funds from received compensations). We received EUR 15,000 from the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities in June 2015 to smoothly carry out the Advocate – A Child’s Voice Project. On the basis of the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia no. 41012-93/2015/3 of 23 December 2015, the Ombudsman returned EUR 17,056 to the state budget for the coverage of legal obligations (obligations arising from arbitration decision in the arbitration process HEP v. the Republic of Slovenia due to unsupplied electricity and NEK in the period from 1 July 2002 to 18 April 2003). With the observance of the aforementioned, the applicable budget of the Ombudsman for 2015 amounted to EUR 1,965,029. Funds spent on the sub-programme Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms In 2015, EUR 1,310,819 were spent on wages and other staff expenses. Wages and benefits amounted to EUR 1,067,976, the annual leave allowance to EUR 7,261, and reimbursement and compensation to EUR 60,064; payments for work performance for increased workload amounted to EUR 4,410; funds for overtime work to EUR 4,074; other expenses for employees to EUR 433, while employer’s social security contributions amounted to EUR 164,431. Some EUR 2,170 were spent on premiums for collective supplementary pension insurance as per the Collective Supplementary Pension Insurance for Public Employees Act. In 2015, EUR 384,042 were spent on material costs. Some EUR 154,253 were spent on office and general material and services (the largest amount was earmarked for the design and printing of the Ombudsman’s Annual Report, which was published in Slovenian and English; the costs of printing and design of the publication on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the operations of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia and the bulletin, Let us Open the Door (Odprimo vrata); the costs of translation of the Annual Report, various correspondence and complaints submitted to the Ombudsman by complainants in foreign languages, studies, contributions and articles). We spent EUR 5,168 on special material and services; EUR 9,597 on transportation; EUR 50,050 on electricity, water, municipal services and communications; EUR 11,316 on business trips; EUR 34,077 on regular maintenance; EUR 103,251 on business rents and leases, and EUR 16,330 on other operating costs. The funds intended for maintenance of the Bežigrajski dvor office building and the Ombudsman’s business premises must also be highlighted within current maintenance work. Ownership business premises were fully repainted in order to maintain suitable working and living conditions and prevent early wear of individual sections of business premises. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA FOR 2015 217 3 INFORMATION ABOUT THE OMBUDSMAN’S WORK The number of closed cases in 2015 in comparison with 2014 increased most in the field of the environment and spatial planning (by 41 cases or 13.7 per cent), and decreased most in the field of labour, family and social affairs (by 112 cases or 10.8 per cent).