In April, IOM Slovakia opened 15 online courses of Slovak language for people from Ukraine with temporary refuge in Slovakia. Furthermore, IOM organizes 10 in-person courses in facilities providing assistance to people fleeing war in Ukraine:at the Gabcikovo Accommodation Facility, at the Slovak-Ukrainian Community House in Bratislava and at the Bottova Assistance Centre in Bratislava.

IOM Slovak language course at the Gabcikovo Accommodation Facility. Photo © International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2022.

Knowledge of the Slovak language significantly helps foreigners in their first steps in Slovakia. It increases their opportunity to find a job corresponding to their work experience and professional skills, to communicate with Slovak authorities, to describe a health problem to a doctor, to accelerate the inclusion of children in school and number of other benefits. Apart from that, they are economically active and beneficial for society that has accepted them.

PLEASE NOTE: Registration for ongoing courses is closed and all the groups in the current course cycle are currently fully booked. The next cycle of Slovak language courses is scheduled for August 2022. The date and time of registration for a new cycle will be announced at the end of July 2022 on the IOM Migration Information Centre (MIC) website: www.mic.iom.sk.

This IOM activity has been generously funded by:

Migration Information Centre to Support Integration of Migrants in Slovakia (phase IX, Individual Project). The project is co-funded by the European Union from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). Home Affairs Funds.

Support for Ukraine: IOM Slovakia Response

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.