Multimedia Centre Kibla (Association for Culture and Education KIBLA)

National Network
Slovénie
Address

Ulica kneza Koclja 9
2000 Maribor
Slovénie

Telephone
+386 (0)2 2294012
Telephone (other)
+386 (0)2 2294013
Fax
+386 (0)2 2294020
E-Mail
sandra@kibla.org
E-Mail (2)
kibla@kibla.org
E-Mail (3)
peco@kibla.si
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1996
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Media
  4. Research
  5. Youth and education
General Information
Multimedia Centre CyberSRCeLab – MMC KIBLA was founded on the 4th of July 1996 as a project of Narodni dom Maribor and Open Society Institute Slovenia with the aim of training computer users from Maribor area, with free Internet access, information and advisory services on usage and data bases, and education consultations. From the 16th of June 1998 MMC KIBLA staff has legal status as an Association for Culture and Education (ACE KIBLA). KIBLA is funded from the various ministries, municipality, European programs and private donors and sponsors and it’s also generating its own income with various services. KIBLA is based on the openness and collaboration with other institutions and individuals. We've (co)organised several events and festivals . KIBLA is a constitutive member of the Slovenian Multimedia Centers Network, named The Net, which includes 16 Slovene multimedia centers .
Mission and Objectives

Through our concept we focus on the new (contemporary) educational, informational, advisory, cultural and artistic praxis, and scientific and, technological aspects connecting culture and technology, arts and sciences, education and research emancipating and demystifying new media as a creative tool. At the end of last century we wanted to draw a parallel between the reading-room tradition in Slovenia and Europe at the end of the 19th Century as a generator of education and culture, and the cyber reading-room at the end of the 20th Century and at the beginning of the 21st Century within the global village.
. Our philosophy is growing step-by-step, relying on a multimedia centre concept – media emancipation and integration, people responsibilities, connecting art and science, culture and technology, education and (new) media, information and communication technologies with society and humanistic – ecology of thinking.

Main Projects / Activities

KIBLA programs:
SRCe (Student Resource Center) – Info center for students about universities, studies, tests, grants, scholarships supported by a reference data base - the biggest on the Internet.
Cyber Lab – computer workshop, communication and information center with free access to the Internet.
Both constitutional programs are officially a part of Maribor information and advisory network, which is a part of the Youth information and advisory centre Slovenia (MISSS), which is a part of the European Eryica network.
Graphical Studio KIBLA.TIF for paper and electronic publishing with workshops and training people who are interested.
Bookshop ZA:MISEL (FOR:THOUGHT) deals with humanistic and social sciences and arts (books, CD-ROMs...) with lots of reading matter available in the KIBLA café.
Space for art KiBela – exhibitions, performances, concerts, theatre, lectures, symposiums, fairs, workshops.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mr. Dejan Pestotnik, vice-president
Head of the organisation
Mrs. Aleksandra Kosti?, president
Contact (2) Full Name
Mr. Peter Tomaž Dobrila, adviser