Slovenia

Design Center

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Knezova 30
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 40 458 657
Telephone (other)
+386 40 470 287
Fax
+386 1 519 50 72
E-Mail
eduard.cehovin@siol.net
E-Mail (2)
tanja.devetak@siol.net
Mobile Phone
+386 40 470 287
Mobile Phone (other)
+386 40 458 657
Organisation Type
Private Company
Year of Establishment
2002
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Others
  4. Research
  5. Youth and education
General Information
Design center has been established as a private company in 2002. It is an independent organization working on the design, art, research and education areas. Design center is gathering designers, artists, practitioners, theoreticians and other professionals in Southeast Europe with the purpose to establish intercultural and intersocial platform where independent culture, art and education can meet. Design center has no fully employed persons and is working on project based staff members. Design center is included in international networks of ICOGRADA and ADC-Art Directors Club.  Sources of funding: Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia, City of Ljubljana, donations, granst and a part of the revenues come from business activities.  
Mission and Objectives

Design center is working on improvement, development and stimulation of high quality design, art, craftsmanship, culture and education in Southeast Europe. That includes organisation of the projects, programms and events of exhibitions, lectures, seminars, social projects and other relevant activities. The main objectiv is to stimulate and contribute in the development of the region through inclusion of all relevant disciplines that Design center is working at. Through creation of open space for research, production and distribution of the ideas and products, Design center is raising awareness of the importance of the local based actions in the global thinking alternatives.

Main Projects / Activities

1. Zebra Crossing project
2. Europe 2020
3. Empty Business Premises - Gallery Kukalo
4. TWO (2) Magazine
5. Ƒ2  (Fabiani Fashion) - Architecture and fashion
6. Tweetmix project
7. KICK (Udarac)
8. ADC Travelling Exhibition

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Members of Design center has international experiences with promoting national and sub-regional initiatives of cooperations and bring them into action. Design cener with its strong professional connectios  can help in developing channels for partnerships in Mediterannian societies and promote regional alliances on design, art, culture, craftsmanship and educational level.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

The ALF Network is an important platform to connect spaces, people, experiences and ideas in the globally important area of Euro-Mediterraniean region. It is also the newtwork for shaping collective and individual freedom of designing the new working and living environment.

Contact (1) Full Name
Eduard Cehovin
Job Title
Director
Head of the organisation
Eduard Cehovin
Contact (2) Full Name
Tanja Devetak
Job Title (2)
Creative Director

DRUŠTVO - AFRIŠKI CENTER/ THE AFRICAN CENTER OF SLOVENIA

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Komenskega ulica 22,
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 31 683 543
E-Mail
afriskicenter@yahoo.com
Website
http://www.afriski-center.si
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1999
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Youth and education
General Information
The African Center of Slovenia is organized as an association, open to anyone who, regardless of nationality, is interested in the activities of the association. The main activities of the association are funded by public tenders and focus on the field of economy, culture, social affairs, tourist activities, sports, humanitarian assistance and the field of science and education.
Mission and Objectives

The objectives of the African Center of Slovenia are: to unite and empower the African diaspora in Slovenia, to connect and unite individuals who have a positive interest in Africa, to positively raise awareness about Africa, to support specific development incentives in Africa, to connect African and Slovenian cultures and to portray a balanced image of Africa.

Main Projects / Activities

The African Center of Slovenia focuses its activities on organizing round tables and discussions, presentations, lectures, preparation of brochures, projects, workshops, assistance to members of the African diaspora and members of the African Center of Slovenia, media watch, cultural and literary evenings, drum and dance workshops, mentoring and encouragement, musical entertainment and sporting events.

Contact (1) Full Name
Zimani Max
Head of the organisation
Zimani Max
Contact (2) Full Name
Kumar Katja

DRUŠTVO AKTIV, DRUŠTVO AKTIVNE MLADINE IN MLADIH PO SRCU

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Grič 14, 1370 Logatec
Logatec
Slovenia

Telephone
00386 41 383 869
E-Mail
skrlj.luka@gmail.com
E-Mail (2)
zoran.mojskerc@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2003
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
The board consist from 6 members and the president of the organisation. Members of the board and the president are elected by all the members of organisation for mandate that last 4 years. Board select the general secretary who is employed in the organisation. The organisation has 115 members. Our turnover in year 2012 was 65.0000,00€ We are financed by local community and from different funds on local, national and European level. Our project are aimed on young people in different levels. We are organising sport and cultural events, workshops, seminars and round tables. We are ginig counsalties to other organisations about project making. Our main partner is local community. we have a lot of partners abroad, specially on EURO-MEDITERRANEAN region.
Mission and Objectives

Our objective is to show young people ways of spending their free time. We want to do that on international level with partners from Mediterranean region. Our mission is to make education with informal methods more recognisable.

Main Projects / Activities

Our main project are:
- youth exchanges
- seminars
- workshops
- sport and cultural events

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We can be good partner in different project, as well we can share our experiences, good and bad practices.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We want to join the ALF Networks, because we want to strengthen our work in EURO-MEDITERRANEAN region. We are already working with some organisation from Mediterranean region and we want to spread our work to more partners. We want to get more partners from that region who we are compatible with.

Contact (1) Full Name
Luka Škrlj
Head of the organisation
Luka Škrlj
Contact (2) Full Name
Zoran Mojškerc

Društvo Bodi svetloba

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Rožna dolina cesta V/2, 1000 Ljubljana
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
00386 51 606 847
E-Mail
ro.dewa@yahoo.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2017
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Environment/Sustainable development
  4. Gender
  5. Heritage
  6. Human rights
  7. International/Cultural relations
  8. Religion
  9. Research
  10. Youth and education
General Information
Bodi svetloba is recently established association ( NGO) from Ljubljana ( December 2017)
Mission and Objectives

We want to partcipate in the field of the intercultural dialogue in the Euro-Med Region.

Main Projects / Activities

Humanitarian and development activities, global education, healthy lifestyle, exploring creative abilities, migrations, intercultural and interfaith dialogue etc.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

With previous experiences in the NGO field ( Sloga, GCAP, volunteering) and experiences in education ( school work, Erasmus+Ka2)

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Because we want to contribute to activities of the ALF Network and participate at common projects with NGOs from partner countries.

Contact (1) Full Name
Robin Dewa
Job Title
a head of association
Head of the organisation
Robin Dewa

Društvo Humanitas

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Resljeva ulica 48, Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
00386 1 4300343
E-Mail
info@humanitas.si
E-Mail (2)
limon@siol.net
Mobile Phone
00386 41 266 117
Website
http://www.humanitas.si/
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2000
Fields of Activity
  1. Environment/Sustainable development
  2. Human rights
  3. Youth and education
General Information
Humanitas has 6-7 members of staff and a voluntary president. Its annual turnover is approximately 300,000 EUR. Funding comes from membership fees, donations and project funding (Europen Union and Slovene national/local government). We work mainly in the field of development cooperation and global education. We cooperate with NGOs in Central and South Europe.
Mission and Objectives

HUMANITAS, society for human rights and supportive action, strives to assert the rights of less privileged social groups in Slovenia and around the world. Through global education, intercultural dialogue and development projects it raises awareness of our mutual dependence and the importance of realising human rights, while encouraging respect for diversity.

Main Projects / Activities

Child sponsorship and community development in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Kenya. Fair trade in Slovenia and working with producers in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Egypt, Nepal. Awareness raising of development issues in Slovenia and Central Europe and the Mediterranean. Global education in Slovenia: various projects for children, young people, the general public.

Contact (1) Full Name
Tina Lazar, Secretary
Head of the organisation
David Limon, President

Društvo Jasa - Jasa Association

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Kopitarjeva 1
2000 Maribor
Slovenia

Telephone
00386 1 52 11 262
E-Mail
jasa@onezimosvet.si
Mobile Phone
00386 41 787 228
Mobile Phone (other)
00386 41 333 891
Website
http://www.onezimosvet.si
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1996
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Environment/Sustainable development
  4. Heritage
  5. Human rights
  6. International/Cultural relations
  7. Youth and education
General Information
We work as volunteers, only 1 person is employed through public works fund. Annual budget is around 100.000 EUR. Sources of funding: sponsorships, donations, public funds and market sources Actions, exchanges, seminars: Yes, we perform all these activities -as described in details further on and evident in attachments. Jasa has received quite a few recognitions: for innovation in teaching techniques from Finance magazine and ASI (Slovenian Inventors’ Centre); for voluntary work a commendation from the President of the Republic and from Viva magazine; for the Grundtvig mobility in 2013 an Apple of Quality and the first prize from The Centre of the Republic of Slovenia for Mobility and European Educational and Training Programmes (CMEPIUS). Main partners involved: Ministry of School and Education, Ministry of Environment, local communities, schools and kindergartens, different business entities.                                            
Mission and Objectives

The main area of work is raising awareness and finding solutions to important social, development and environmental problems. Jasa's field of expertise is in information dissemination and two-way communication through narrative literature, strengthened by high artistic illustration. Jasa cooperates with the most established Slovenian experts in the field of education, writing and art of painting. The transfer media, which Jasa uses for raising knowledge and awareness, is high quality art book.
Jasa is cooperating with more than 500 Slovenian companies, more than 100 Slovenian municipalities, with most important Slovenian Ministries and development institutions as well as with all Slovenian primary schools (451), all kindergartens (402) and high schools (183)– in the last project more than 7700 pupils were involved. These strong national contacts make Jasa not only a reliable partner for achieving high project results, but also guarantee a wide dissemination effect from a low to the top level. Jasa has also cooperated in specific international projects with Croatia, Serbia, Monte Negro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy and Austria through various projects, financed mainly from the National Ministry’s funds.
 

Main Projects / Activities

List of implemented projects:
- Company and Life, project focusing on ethically acceptable behaviour of SMEs
- Soul of Slovenia, project focusing on Slovenian culture and intangible heritage
- Where do you go, Europe? – project focusing on European values
- Being Human is our Job – project  focusing on the main moral values that every citizen should have      
- Earth has a Heart – project for children about protecting the environment
- Children and Fashion – project on children’s fashion, how it should be understood
- You are my Heart – project for children on human values, respect for others, moral values
List of the most important books:
-  CHILDREN AND FASHION (helps children to properly understand what to wear and to resist the   
   consumerism’s logic - http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/46.pdf)
-  CLOTHING AND FASHION (the culture of dressing for adults; it accentuates the importance of
    aesthetics and functional features of how to dress, at the same time it exposes the manipulative
    purpose of fashion -http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/124.pdf)
-   FREEDOM AT THE EXAM (Is my freedom restricted? Is it limited by your freedom? The book also
    contains a Declaration of Children’s Rights -http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/120.pdf)
-  THE STORY OF THE BOOK (wisdom for children; proven to strengthen reading habits - 
    http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/123.pdf)
-  EARTH HAS A HEART (a bookguide of ecology for all generations; created by literati and photo
   artists, children and ecology experts - http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/118.pdf)
-  GENTLE HEART (a dramatic story about a girl Neža who is fair and responsible; she is constantly 
   knocking on the conscience of classmates and adults and is gradually changing them - this
   suggests the possibility of changing the world - http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/135.pdf)
-  SOUL OF SLOVENIA (beautiful features of the Slovenian nation through literary works of the best
   writers: from Primož Trubar and other literary giants as Prešeren, Cankar, Kocbek, Gregorčič,
   Kosovel … to a contemporary women-poet Maja Vidmar – and thirty living art painters. The book
   is truly a personal card of Slovenia's soul. It is also translated to English by expert literary
   translators  - http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/109.pdf)
 

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Jasa Association's efforts:  helping to overcome the stereotypes and misunderstandings in social relations throughout all our regions in the country, building intercultural dialogue and respect of differences. Our main contribute could be preparing a unique multi-lingual book and introducing it through reading activities to the people of Mediterranean.
 

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Our reason to become a member of ALF is to actively inter-connect with a web of equal-thinking people to achieve better and more effective cooperation, to be involved in exchange of good practice and in mutual applications for suitable open tenders.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mateja Jamnik
Job Title
President of the Association
Head of the organisation
Mateja Jamnik, M.Sc.

Društvo Jaz Sem Otrok Vesolja

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Trubarjeva 13
Ptuj
Slovenia

Telephone
+38641609074
E-Mail
medeameden@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2010
Fields of Activity
  1. Environment/Sustainable development
General Information
For the time being we don't have any employees, work is carried out on the voluntary basis of the representative of the association called I'm child of Universe. We do not have for the time being any available budget for year 2010, cause we have been established association in the beginning of September 2010. We plan to fund our activities and volunteers from the funds which are offered from Republic of Slovenia and EU funds. For the time being we do not have yet partners.
Mission and Objectives

To rise awareness among people in the field of environment and sustainable development, social tolerance and equality among people, sharing cultural similarities and differences among people.

Main Projects / Activities

Rising awareness among people in the field of environment and sustainable development by organizing workshops, working camps and other events where we can share experiences of good practice with people.
Rising social awareness and social tolerance and equality among people by organizing different social and cultural events where we share experiences of good practice with people. Events which we would organize: cultural festivals with social topics, Migrant film festivals.
Cultural festivals where we would present cultural and social similarities among different nations, ethnic groups as well as differences which should be seen as enrichment of social and cultural diversity of life in place where they live.

Contact (1) Full Name
Medea Meden

Društvo kreativnih ljudi Loesje

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Rožna dolina, Cesta 9/45c
Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 64 189 182
E-Mail
loesje@t-2.si
Website
http://www.loesje.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Media
  6. Youth and education
General Information
Loesje is an association registered in Slovenia, but also part of the international network of Loesje organisations globally. We have about 50 active members. We have our resources from public calls, sponsorship and purchasing our products and programs.
Mission and Objectives

Loesje is encouraging creative approach in thinking and active citizenship. We do taht through workshops and campaings with slogans and other means.

Main Projects / Activities

We have regular workshops of creative writing around Slovenia. We organize exhibitions and campaigns with our creative approach. Regularly we cooperate with other organisations among Loesje family globally.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We will share our contacts and knowledge and take active part in all activities among Slovenian network.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We have many new contacts in the Euromed region and we want to develop our presence in the MENA region. We have good practices in our work which can help to bring differences in the new Arab world closer to people.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dejan Klasinc
Head of the organisation
Dejan Klasinc

Društvo Mladi zeleni slovenije

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Gregorčičeva 19, Maribor.
Maribor
Slovenia

Telephone
070-371-972
E-Mail
mladizelenislovenije@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
070-371-972
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1997
Fields of Activity
  1. Environment/Sustainable development
General Information
Founded in 1997 in Maribor, we started working for better environment. We get founds from memberhip fees, sponsors and office for youth in Slovenia. Our main projecst: Campaign against AIDS - 1. December Campaign for better food - 16. October Campaign for better environment - 5. June Campaign against climate changes - 15. May World day care for animals - 4. October World day of Earth - 22. April World day of water - 22. march
Mission and Objectives

- Education about environment - Care for environment - Intercultural dialogue and cooperation

Main Projects / Activities

We organise meny projects on special days, which care about environment. We also prepare some campaigns. We want to give a society a huge watning about or future on this planet.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We want to be more active on the field of international cooperation, we want bo cooperate in Euro-Mediterranean place.

Contact (1) Full Name
Damjan ljubec
Head of the organisation
Damjan ljubec

Društvo mladih iz manj razvitih regij Slovenije

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Bunčani 49, 9241 Veržej.
Veržej
Slovenia

Telephone
041989816
E-Mail
mladi.manj.razvitih.regij@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2004
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
We have more than 200 members from all regions in Slovenia, aged between 15 - 29 years. We get founds mostly from sponsorships, membership fees and we are volounters. We organise mostly educational projects for youth from bad developed regions and places in Slovenia, as also, we are very active on the field of fair regional development.
Mission and Objectives

We want to promote democracy and better regional development of Slovenia in future.

Main Projects / Activities

- Summer camp in Metlika and Ptuj
- Motivational and educational projects
- Youth in action programme

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We want to meet new people and partners for our project, as also new knowledge.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We want to meet new people and partners for our project, as also new knowledge.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dominik Štrakl
Head of the organisation
Dominik Štrakl