European Cultural and Technological Center Maribor

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Streli?ka cesta 150
Maribor
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 (0) 59 080 285
E-Mail
info@ektc.si
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2002
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Heritage
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Others
  6. Youth and education
General Information
The European Cultural and Technological Centre (ECTC) Maribor is a private institute that was founded in 2002 by means of voluntary co-founding and cooperation of individuals from Slovenia, Germany, Croatia, Austria, Hungary and Italy with the aim to promote international cooperation and integration in the fields of culture, welfare and education in the Slovene and European area. Its seat is in Maribor, Slovenia. Since 2006 the institute is active in the field of modern information and communication technology, sustainable development and natural coexistence as a part of the Lisbon strategy.
Mission and Objectives

The primary purpose and the vision of the institute are to contribute to the general European development based on cultural, historical, national and trans-national integration. The main activities of ECTC Maribor: through its activities the institute strives to promote understanding and development of European cultural values and cultural heritage, intercultural and civic dialogue, cooperation and integration of the non-governmental sector, and in that it operates as an example of the European integration movement under the "bottom up" principle.

Main Projects / Activities

a.Adventure Park; result:activities for a healthy and creative leisure spent in nature;role: leading org.; donor: ECTC Maribor and other donors;
b.Romeo and Juliet Part 2 in Slovenia, Maribor, youth exchange with a Norwegian partner; applicant role: coordinator, partner, donor: Norwegian National Agency;
c.Seminars for NGO and the Interested Public“How to Prepare EU Projects”;role:leading org.; donor/fund provider: Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy of the Republic of Slovenia,
d.Slovene Culture in the European Area: the Architect Jo?e Ple?nik, an exhibition in the Architecture House in Rome and Florence.Results:exhibition and promotion of Slovene cultural heritage;leading org.;donor:Slovene Ministry of Culture and other donors and sponsors;
f.Cultural events for revitalization of the Betnava manor; role: co-organizer with a partner, the DS3P society, donor: owner of the manor, sponsors, donors;
g.Work meetings with NGO from the Podravje region as a part of the regional NGO hub; applicant role: donor: applicant, donor.

Contact (1) Full Name
Barbara Ma?ek

Association ŠKUC - The Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Stari trg 21
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
+ 386 1 43 27 368
Telephone (other)
+ 386 1 42 13 140
Fax
+ 386 1 430 35 30
E-Mail
info@skuc.org
E-Mail (2)
karmen.jernejcic@guest.arnes.si
Mobile Phone
+ 386 41872123
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1972
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Gender
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Others
  6. Youth and education
General Information
Members: more than 1000, young people of both gender, different religion, different sexual orientation…..which represent assembly, 9 members of executive committee, 3 members of control committee, 3 members of court of discipline, 5 employed. 630.000,00 € Handouts from government, local grants, membership, donations from foreign fundations See www.skuc.org Similar organizations in EU and non-EU countries In terms, ŠKUC is involved in the following activities: visual arts, music ,film ,publishing ,civil rights movement, informing and counselling special for youngster ,theatre ,festivals ,program for children. ŠKUC actively co-operates with similar youth centres from across Slovenia, as well as with other organizations, mainly through programme exchange. The ?KUC Association is co-founder of the following organizations: National Youth Council of Slovenia, Youth Council of Ljubljana, Masovna Institution, E-motio film, Centre of nongovernmental org. of Slovenia, MaMa Institution (Union of Youth Centres of Slovenia)….. ŠKUC is also a member of BJCEM Association, International org. ILGA Europe…. Association ŠKUC has the status of a association working in the public interest in the cultural field and area of health care.
Mission and Objectives

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Main Projects / Activities

EU initiative EQUAL: developmental partnership “PARTNERSHIP FOR EQUALITY”,
XIII. edition of Biennale of young artists of Europe and Mediterran,
INFO Centre for young people,
Series of concerts of different music
Cycle of exhibitions (fine art, performances, installations)
Festivals: Gay and Lesbians film festival, Festival “?iva knji?evnost”- Live Literature, Festival “Dobimo se pred ?kucem”-
Let’s meet in front of ?KUC (theatre, music, programme for children- workshops, puppies….)
Publishing
Production of documentary and socially engaging film
Workshops for young people

Contact (1) Full Name
Ms. Nata?a Ogris
Head of the organisation
Ms. Karmen Jernejčič
Contact (2) Full Name
Mrs. Alberto Lu?nik

Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, AE Centre – Unit for Anthropology of the Mediterranean (in procedure of establishment), University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

National Network
Slovenia
Address

A?ker?eva 2 (Askerceva 2)
Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
2411135
Telephone (other)
2411145
Fax
4234112
E-Mail
oeka@ff.uni-lj.si
E-Mail (2)
rajko.mursic@guest.arnes.si
Mobile Phone
955
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1940
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Heritage
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Research
  7. Youth and education
General Information
A working unit within the Faculty of Arts. AE research/development centre will comprise the Unit for Anthropology of the Mediterranean. 23 staff (12 teachers and assistants; 3 administrative staff, 1 researcher and 7 junior research fellows). Budget estimation: 400.000 EUR – public funds plus other sources. Organisers of annual symposium Mess (Mediterranean Ethnological Summer Symposium). Main parters from the Mediterranean countries are coming from Italy, Croatia, Greece, France, Spain and Portugal. Bilateral research projects, teaching exchange and other kinds of dissemination of knowledge.
Mission and Objectives

The main aim of the Department is to provide the best possible education to students of ethnology and cultural anthropology. The aim of the research and development centre is to support teaching and to bridge the gap between academia and the general society, especially its economic structure.
A very important aim of the institution is to enable young people (students) to communicate with others and to challenge prejudices, racisms and other deviations in European neoliberal societies.

Main Projects / Activities

Slovene Identities in the Context of the European Space. Basic research programme, 2004-2009.
Ethnological Analyses of Representations and Heritage. Basic research project, 2004-2007.
Development Partnership in the Field of Integration for Asylum Applicants: Equal, 2004-2008 (partner).
The Concept of Time and Space in East and West European Folklore. Bilateral research project with the Centro de Ci?ncias Humanes e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
RAMSES II: Réseau euro-méditerranéen des centres de recherche en sciences humaines sur l’aire méditerranéenne – Euro-Mediterranean Network of Excellence of Research Centers in Humanities. (6th Framework Programme.) 2005-2008 (partner).

Contact (1) Full Name
Rajko Mursic
Head of the organisation
Rajko Mur?i? (Mursic)
Contact (2) Full Name
Bojan Baskar

INSTITUTUM STUDIORUM HUMANITATIS, LJUBLJANA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE HUMANITIES

National Network
Slovenia
Address

BREG 12
1000 LJUBLJANA
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 1 425 18 45
Telephone (other)
+386 1 252 30 24
Fax
+386 1 425 18 46
E-Mail
ISH@ISH.SI
Mobile Phone
+386 41 691 029
Organisation Type
Other
Year of Establishment
1995
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Gender
  3. Heritage
  4. Media
  5. Others
  6. Religion
  7. Research
General Information
1. Dean, Director, Academic Coordinator, Financial Coordinator, Librarian, Young researchers, Researchers. Employed and partners: cca 25. Students council, Senate, Management board. 2. - 3. Government, other. 4. Six postgraduate study programs, 2 study courses, 6 research centres, library, Publishing. 5. Government, Public research organizations, Faculties, Universities. 6. A research and educational activities cooperation contract with EHESS, Paris, UNIL, Switzerland, HESP and ATHENA.
Mission and Objectives

• to conduct graduate study of disciplines and fields not offered by other Slovenian institutions of higher education;
• to offer study programmes of interest to students from a region which expands beyond Slovenia's border, especially those from Central and Eastern Europe; and to encourage and support the enrolment of foreign students;
• to create possibilities for teachers and researchers to work in fields that are poorly represented in the Slovenian scientific environment;
• to establish close co-operation and ties with higher education institutions engaged in the same or similar fields as those the ISH specialises in.

Main Projects / Activities

Projects in six research centres:
o Centre for Ideological Studies,
o Centre for Discourse Studies,
o Centre for Mediterranean Studies,
o Centre for Media Studies,
o Centre for Historical Anthropology and
o Centre for Hebrew and Jewish studies.

Contact (1) Full Name
DRAGICA BAC, DIRECTOR
Head of the organisation
PROF. DR. SVETLANA SLAP?AK, DEAN
Contact (2) Full Name
TIVA VLAJ, ACADEMIC COORDINATOR

Journal Maska (institute for publishing, production and education)

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Metelkova 6
1000, Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 1 431 31 22
Telephone (other)
+386 1 431 53 48
Fax
+386 1 431 31 22
E-Mail
maska@mail.ljudmila.org
E-Mail (2)
bojana.kunst@guest.arnes.si
Mobile Phone
+386 51 321 188
Mobile Phone (other)
+386 31 768 237
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1993
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Others
  3. Research
  4. Youth and education
General Information
1. non-profit organization, 1employed, 5 on yearly contract 2. Ministry of Culture of Republic Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana, international grants, co-productions and performance fees, books and journal selling and subscriptions, sponsorship and advertisement. 3. Ministry of Culture of Republic Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana, international grants, co-productions and performance fees, books and journal selling and subscriptions, sponsorship and advertisement. Main Partners: Cankarjev dom, Bunker – Stara elektrarna, Moderna galerija, Mirovni in?titut, SCCA, Exodos – all from Ljubljana, MKC Maribor – all from Slovenia ... Full list of parners is available at http://www.maska.si/en/links/
Mission and Objectives

Maska is a nonprofit organization for publishing, production (performances, interdisciplinary and visual art works), education and research. It is organized through three sections: Maska Publications, Maska Productions and Maska Symposium. Maska's theoretical, critical and artistic activities are involved in contemporary art and theory, research, experimental performing practices, interdisciplinary art and critical theory.

Main Projects / Activities

Maska Publications
Performing arts magazine Maska, book series TRANSformacije and Mediakcije, are the foundations of the Maska publishing program.
Maska magazine is published in three double issues a year, each issue dedicated to one specific topic.
The TRANSformacije Book Series is profiled as a field of contemporary reflection on arts, including works by Slovene authors as well as translations of distinguished titles in the field.
Maska also produces new media and visual artworks, among latest Zone C and The Refugee Camp for the First World Citizens, shown in Europe and USA.
Maska Symposium's basic project is the Seminar of Contemporary Performing Arts. Seminar is all year program, with lectures by internationally acclaimed scholars, artists and writers.
Other activities include organization of lectures, talks, debates, workshops etc.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mr. Emil Hrvatin (Director)
Head of the organisation
Mr. Emil Hrvatin (Director)
Contact (2) Full Name
Ms. Bojana Kunst (PhD, President of Board)

Modern Gallery / MODERNA GALERIJA

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Tom?i?eva 14
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 1 2416814
Telephone (other)
+386 1 2416802
Fax
+386 12414120
E-Mail
zdenka.badovinac@mg-lj.si
E-Mail (2)
maks.sorsak@mg-lj.si
Mobile Phone
+386 41 735007
Mobile Phone (other)
+386 41 562984
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1948
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. Research
General Information
1. Moderna galerija (Museum of Modern Art) is the Slovenian national institution for modern and contemporary (visual) art. It’s staff consists 32 employees. 2. Budgetary resources available in a year are 1.2 million euro. 3. Sources of funding are up to 85% from state and up to 15% from sponsors&donators. 4. Exhibitions of Slovenian art, international exhibitions, seminars, round tables, education, publications. 5. Moderna galerija is collaborating both with national institutions and NGO’s.
Mission and Objectives

As a museum of Slovene modern art, Moderna galerija explores and presents the 20th-century Slovene art tradition, while as a museum of contemporary art and exhibition venue it presents new art practices and their context.
It has a national collection of art in 20. and 21. century and international collection Art East 2000+
It is also a documentary, study, research and education centre, a place for discussions and reflection and for presenting art to a wider audience.

Main Projects / Activities

Moderna galerija regularly stages exhibitions of both Slovene and international contemporary art. By featuring retrospectives and overviews of Slovene artists (displayed in a contemporary and innovative way), it maintains a continuity by informing the wider public of the Slovene contemporary art tradition, and follows developments and new trends in Slovenia and internationally with exhibitions of contemporary art.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mr. Zdenka Badovinac
Head of the organisation
Mr. Zdenka Badovinac (Executive manager)
Contact (2) Full Name
Mr. Maks Sor?ak

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of geography

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Askerceva 2
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 1 241 1246
Telephone (other)
+386 1 241 1236
Fax
+386 1 425 9337
E-Mail
katja_vrtacnik@yahoo.com
E-Mail (2)
krevs@yahoo.com
Mobile Phone
+386 (0) 31 373 479
Mobile Phone (other)
+386 (0) 41 868 361
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1919
Fields of Activity
  1. Environment/Sustainable development
  2. Heritage
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Research
  5. Youth and education
General Information
1. One of the 22 departments at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. 34 people employed: professors, assistants, researchers, professional co-operators and librarians (at the Department). Internal research centre, geo informatics and cartographic laboratory, physical-geographical laboratory, library and cartographic collection. 2. A part of a bigger institution (faculty, university) – the yearly budget covers the staff salaries, infrastructure, organization, and a part of research activities. 3. Other sources of funding: scholarships (postgraduates, employed students), local, national and international tenders and programmes. 4. Socrates Erasmus – exchanges, intensive programmes, thematic networks; Leonardo da Vinci; extensive bilateral cooperation, predominantly within Europe (incl. SE Europe); 5. Other universities in Europe; International Geographical Union; Students’ Geographical Society (Slovenian and European)
Mission and Objectives

With its pedagogical and diversified scientific-research work department of geography plays an important role in education and qualification of young geographers, development of new knowledge and putting it into practice.

Main Projects / Activities

Leading or participating in international networks – e.g. ERIC (European Resources on Intercultural Communication), R.A.V.E. Space (Raising Awareness of Values of Space through the Process of Education), REACT (Regional Actors in Interreg Cooperation), 2 ASO projects: Challenges of Urban Governance: Planning Efforts, Cooperation and Participation; Structural Analysis of Spatial and Human Sources for Interregional Cooperation in SE Europe, Slovenia and Austria; bilateral cooperation with the Czech Republic on the project Sustainable development of small cities, S-T cooperation between the Republic of Slovenia and BIH: Regional Structure and Migrations; S-T cooperation with Poland: Migrations and Interethnic Relations in East Border Space: Slovenia and Poland; S-T cooperation between Hungary and Slovenia: Migration Processes and Interethnic Relations in Contact Space of Slovenia; S-T cooperation with Macedonia: Demographical and Migrational Aspects of Slovenians in Macedonia and Macedoni

Contact (1) Full Name
Katja Vrtacnik Garbas
Head of the organisation
dr. Marko Krevs
Contact (2) Full Name
dr. Marko Krevs

Multimedia Centre Kibla (Association for Culture and Education KIBLA)

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Ulica kneza Koclja 9
2000 Maribor
Slovenia

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

Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica /Slovensko narodno gledali??e Nova Gorica

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Trg Edvarda Kardelja 5
Nova Gorica
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 (0)5 / 335 22 00
Telephone (other)
+386 (0)5 / 335 22 15
Fax
+386 (0)5 / 302 12 70
E-Mail
info@sng-ng.si
E-Mail (2)
miha.trefalt@sng-ng.si
Mobile Phone
+386 41 772 661
Mobile Phone (other)
+386 41 772 602
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1955
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
General Information
The SNT Nova Gorica has a general manager and an artistic director, who employ 76 people. Budget: 3 million € in a year The SNT Nova Gorica was founded as a local semi-professional theatre, became a professional institution in 1969 and, was finally renamed SNT Nova Gorica in 2004. The main task of SNT Nova Gorica is to prepare 6 theatre premieres per season. As partner and co-producer the theatre organizes guest performances, festivals and occasional artistic projects. Main partners: Teatro Verdi, SSG Trst (Italy), Atelje 212 (Serbia and Montenegro), National Theatre Bitola (Macedonia), The Brno City Theatre (Czech republic).
Mission and Objectives

As a state-subsidized theatre the SNT Nova Gorica has some special obligations; to perform national plays and of course classical and contemporary plays, to take care of growth of Slovene dramatic texts production and (as a theatre on the border between two countries) to be a centre of creativity in the Slovene language and in the same tame to connect audiences and theatres or festivals from both sides of the border.
SNT Nova Gorica is also a member of ETC (European Theatre Convention) and NETA (New European Theatre Action).

Main Projects / Activities

Every season, the SNT Nova Gorica prepares 6 stage premieres and the least 2 co- productions (almost half of its performances are given touring in Slovenia and abroad). At times the Theatre also organizes various theatre festivals with international participation and performances from abroad.
The SNT Nova Gorica is also the founder of NETA (New European Theatre Action), which joins the efforts and results in the field of stage arts by means of theatre exchange and festival cooperation. The seat of the general secretariat of NETA which unites 15 theatres or festivals from 9 countries is also in SNT Nova Gorica.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mr. Sergij Pelhan
Head of the organisation
Mr. Sergij Pelhan, managing director
Contact (2) Full Name
Mr. Miha Trefalt

Cultural society Peta dimenzija

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Ro?na ulica 23
Postojna
Slovenia

Telephone
38641313928
E-Mail
petadimenzija@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Media
  5. Youth and education
General Information
Cultural society Peta dimenzija is based on voluntary work and contribution. Budgetary resources vary from year to year but is limited to less than 5000 € per year. Main sources of funding are projects and members contribution.
Mission and Objectives

Mission of the organization is to help members to express their ideas in to real actions, following personal growth and awearness of comunity in which they live.

Contact (1) Full Name
Rok Brinc
Contact (2) Full Name
Anton Vah?i?