In other countries, such as the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Sweden, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic, self-employed workers can voluntarily opt in to public unemployment insurance coverage subject to certain conditions. Lastly, unemployment assistance programmes designed to provide assistance - on a temporary or indefinite basis - to those not eligible for unemployment benefits from the outset of their unemployment spells can also support previously self-employed individuals. Such programmes are in place in Australia, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Germany, Hungary, New Zealand, Spain and Sweden. These individuals are disproportionately young, have no or little work experience or have been unemployed for a relatively long period of time.