The need for education in various spheres of life, which allows a person to fully develop his/her personality, is more and more presen t also in our society. The discussed educational programme Discovering Vocational Goals and Forming Strategies· to Realize them qualifies people for autonomous career planning by offer ing them one of the possible ways of making decisions in relation to profession and job. In the course of the realization of the programme the participants are given the chance to think about the kind of work that would suit their interests, capabilities and individual characteristics as weel as the needs in certain environments (possible employers). They are encouraged to make an actual plan, stating how and when the desired objective will be reached. In 1995 the pro gramme was being carried out within nine semi nars organized at the Employment Offices in Maribor and Ptuj. During that time the pro gramme has also been evaluated by Doba - Education Office, which was funded by the Ministry of Work, Family and Social Matters. The paper includes the content of the programme as well as the assessments of the research project. The presented data show that the participants learned the method of career planning and acquired greater self-confidence and motivation to solve their job problem actively.Potrebe po izobraževanju na različnih področjih živl jenja, ki omogočajo posamezniku osebno-kratko je predstavljen projekt Izdelava in zagon modela permanentnega izobraževanja na področju informacijskih tehnologij, ki je v letu 1995 po tekal na Inštitutu Jožefa Stefana. Rezultati projekta so privedli do odločitve, da na inštitutu v sodelovanju s predavatelji domačih in tujih univerz intenzivneje nadaljujemo z omenjeno dejavnostjo in ustanovimo središče za prenos znanja na področju informacijskih tehnologij