The course envisages the study of the following issues: 1. Determination of the concept and content of the cross-border case, the role of social service and international administrative cooperation trough the central authorities, 1. Establishing and distinguishing applicable legal regimes (application of international, European and national law, especially the Act on private international law, the HCCH convention, EU regulations and acts on implementation), 3. Child protection proceedings (initiation and participation in proceedings with the cross-border element, socio economic report in decision making procedure on parental care / contacts, socio-economic report in child abduction cases, domestic violence in cross-border cases, initiation of the guarantees (incoming and outgoing cases), cross-border placement of a child, initiation of provisional and protective measures, child maintenance, child in succession proceedings - the protection of child's property interest, cooperation and requests of the central authorities. 4. Proceedings on the protection of vulnerable adults (mainly: initiation and participation in proceedings with the cross-border element, deprivation and restoration of the adults' legal capacity, representation and care in relocation cases, placement in the institution or under guardianship abroad, continuous supervision and monitoring in relocation cases, guarantees initiation (incoming and outgoing cases), the preliminary and protective measures. 5. The cross-border effects of decision providing the adults' protection abroad (proceedings in cases related to children and adults). 6. Case law of the CJEU and ECHR. Finally, the acquired knowledge is tested on hypotheticals examples from practice.

To define the cross-border cases in which the social service experts perform the certain activities. , To list and interpret the hierarchy of legal sources of cross-border cooperation, protection of children and cross-border protection of vulnerable adults. , To describe the implementation of cross-border cooperation in social welfare system in cases of protection childrens right and rights of the vulnerable adults. , To critically analyze the actual functioning of international cooperation in the social welfare system. , To apply the basic principles and relevant legal regulations of cross-border protection of children or vulnerable adults in a specific dispute. , To identify institutions, i.e. social services at the local, national and international level, to which the citizens can address in order to get help in cross-border cases.,