Zaveti?ka ulica 5
Ljubljana
سلوفينيا
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Religion
- Research
- Youth and education
Main purposes and goals of the Matafir Association are intercultural education and counselling, representation of interests of immigrants and other underprivileged groups in Slovenia, and encouraging integration as a two-way process.
Since its members predominantly consist of graduate and post-graduate students, as well as of young researchers, Matafir is also striving to stimulate students in gaining invaluable experiences by taking part in activities within the non-governmental sphere and by promoting equality and human rights.
Matafir enjoys strong confidence and support of the Department for Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• Participation in the European “Truck of diversity”, May 2005.
• Organisation of events marking the international refugee day - public debate, lectures and video screenings discussing migration and other minority groups in Slovenia and beyond, and art performances; 20 June 2005.
• Partner of the Progress DP, EQUAL Initiative funded through the European Social Fund.
• Organisation of events marking the world refugee day; 20 June 2006.
• Organisation of a 10-day youth international summer exchange “Intercultural Dialogue”, founded by NA MOVIT; August 2006.
• Research on migrants' employment possibilities, entitled “Multicultural diversity at work: Employment prospects of asylum seekers in Slovenia”; published in Anthropological Notebooks, year XIII, no. 1.
• Partner of “The Power of Older Refugees, A European project for awareness, activation, empowerment, cooperation" project, organised through the European Refugee Fund by the Stichting Bevordering Maatschappelijke Participatie organisation.
• Four radio editions broadcasted by Radio Student, discussing issues concerning asylum seekers and refugees in Slovenia.