1. Education of Diaconal Staff in the Visegrad countries

2. Education of Diaconal Staff in V4 countries Common educational activities in the V4 countries Independent educational work in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

3. 1. Support of education in V4 countries ConferenceDatePlace,StateTitle 1stNovember 2004 Třinec, CZ „Support of competency in The Visegrad countries” 2ndNovember 2005 Jawornik/ Wisla, PL Valuation of the cooperation and reached outputs 3rdNovember 2006 Mikulov, CZ „With ethic and quality to empowering of equal opportunities” nextApril 2008Svätý Jur, SK „To live independently in communities of V4 countries”

4. 2. Support of education in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia before and after 1989

5. . Support of Competency of Diaconal Staff 3. Support of Competency of Diaconal Staff In Slovakia Bible school in Martin Evangelical theological faculty of Komensky University in Bratislava Department of Evangelical theology and mission, Pedagogical faculty of Matel Bel University in Banská Bystrica In Czech Republic Evangelical theological faculty of Charles´ University in Prague Evangelical academy in Prague and Brno Diaconal Institute of Silesian Diaconia

6. 4. Statutory regulations of education in social work in the Czech & Slovak Republic Law on social services in ČR (in education field) determines requirements for workers´ education and imposes duty of further training. In Slovakia, School law and Law of further education regulate education, and in the preparatory phase is Law on long-life learning and Law on social services. The internal regulations coordinate the required education of staff of state, non-state or church- established organizations.

7. Thank You for Your attention ! Kontact: Marta Lipovska Evangelical diaconia of ECAC in Slovakia lipovska@diakonia.sk