Since April 2022 a cycle of 26 online courses of Slovak language has hosted 520 people. Out of them, 15 courses provided important basics of Slovak language to temporary refuge holders from Ukraine. Another cycle of online courses will start in mid-August.

IOM course of Slovak language for people from Ukraine at the Bottova Assistance Centre in Bratislava. Photo © International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2022.

IOM Slovakia has organised additional 11 in-person Slovak language courses for temporary refuge holders from Ukraine. In addition to the Gabčíkovo Accommodation Facility and Bottova Assistance Centre in Bratislava, they learn Slovak language in Prešov and now also in Košice during summer. And just recently 3 courses have finished in the Slovak-Ukrainian Community House in Bratislava.

Around 800 participants of these courses in total improve their Slovak language skills which will accelerate their integration in the society, help them find a job and facilitate their children’s inclusion in the Slovak school system..

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.