ICAN SCHOOL

ANNOUNCEMENT
8. MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ON EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Section of Central, Southern and Eastern Europe in Bac Petrovac, Serbia
12.05.2023

The 8th meeting of the Committee on Education and Vocational Training of the Central, Southern and Eastern European Section of the Office for Slovaks Abroad will be held on May 12, 2023 in Bacski Petrovac, Serbia.

The head of the Section of Central, Southern and Eastern Europe is Pavel Hlashnyk, vice-president of the Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs in Romania.

Members of the section are representatives of regional institutions from Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Ukraine.

This year's meeting of the Section of Central, Southern and Eastern Europe will be held on May 12, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the gymnasium named after J. Kollar in Bach-Petrovka. The program will include the opportunity to meet with many representatives of the education sector from the communities of compatriots from Serbia, Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine.
MEETING PROGRAM
10:00
Opening meeting
Peter Prokhatska, Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Education and Professional Training
Pavlo Glasnyk, head of the section
10:15 – 11:00
The first part
>>> Activities of ÚSŽZ to support activities in the field of national education, grants, Concept implementation plan
(P. Prokhatska, ÚSŽZ)

>>> Information about ÚSŽZ camps for emigrant children in the summer of 2023, assessment of the competition "Why I love the Slovak language"
(K. Baranyaiova, ÚSŽZ)

>>> Information of MŠVVaŠ SR about current activities (Calendar, textbooks, manuals, state scholarships for compatriots)
(M. Malikova, MŠVVaŠ SR)
11:00 – 11:20
Coffee break
11:20 – 13:00
Presentation of textbooks Aha, Slovak!
within the framework of the project "Slovak for children of foreigners - a tool for teachers and parents"
A. Kurotova
I. Tunehova, iCan
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch (place to be confirmed)
14:30
The second part
Discussion of the issues of the first part, current issues and initiatives in the field of support for the development of national education
15:00 – 15:30
Other
15:30 – 16:00
Formulation of conclusions/recommendations from the meeting of the Section of Central, Southern and Eastern Europe
16:00
Results of the meeting
18:00
Dinner
(venue to be determined)