International and national cooperation

     In the framework of the international activities the Judicial Academy has become a member of the international associations of judicial schools i.e. the Lisbon Network within the Council of Europe and the European judicial training network (EJTN) - acting in the European Union.

     Bilateral contractual framework represents the highest form of the international cooperation within institutions providing training for judges and prosecutors. In 2007 and 2008 the Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic initiated bilateral cooperation with partners within the Visegrad Four countries and signed bilateral agreements on international cooperation with:

• The Polish National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution
• Judicial Academy of the Hungarian Republic
• Judicial Academy of the Czech Republic
• French National School for Judiciary

External relations

     External relations of the Academy are built on the basis of intensive cooperation with national and foreign partners in the particular field of training of judges and prosecutors as well as project activities related to the development of Judicial Academy. 
     The "domestic partners" of the Judicial Academy, in particular, are entities with which the Academy has signed the specific bilateral agreements, on the strength of which the common project are implemented.. This may include cooperation with:

• Slovak Association of Judges
• EUROIURIS - the European legal centre
• Information Office of the Council of Europe

     More recently, the Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic develops intense foreign activities, particularly in cooperation with:

• Lisbon Network
• European Judicial Training Network
• European Academy of Law

     Finally, to the framework of the successful collaboration belong also contacts with the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights, particularly in the implementation of number of visits, study visits and internships of the Slovak judges and prosecutors in these institutions.

     In order to create relations with the international partners the Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic particularly uses business trips within the European Union and on the other hand receives visits from different countries, whereas the primary goal is mutual cooperation and exchange of knowledge, that help to develop the mission of the Academy.