Continuous Education of Local Government Officials

The bachelor thesis aims to analyze the field of education of local government officials in the Czech Republic. First, attention is paid to public administration, specifically state administration, and territorial self-government from a legal point of view. The work also focuses on further professional education of officials in territorial self-government, legislation concerning the education of officials of local governments and reflection on the topic of education of officials in national and transnational strategic documents. Furthermore, there is presented terminology associated with continuing vocational education and the current situation of adult education in continuing vocational education, namely the participation of adults in continuing vocational education and their approaches and attitudes to further education. Additionally, the structure of education within territorial self-governing units is approached, based on legislation. This is followed by a quantitative survey, with the aim to analyze the will of local government officials for further professional education and their participation in a personal training plan, which the local government is obliged to make for each official. The empirical survey is carried out in the form of a questionnaire among ordinary officials of territorial..