Dimnikarska 5
6000 Koper
Slovenia
- Democracy and community development
We are a small NGO and we currently have only one employee (a project manager), all the other work is done volontarily. We are mainly funded on the basis of individual projects, our sources being Municipality of Koper, Slovenian Book Agency, European cultural funds, ACF (Active Citizens Fund), and different translation grants. Our main fields of activities are arts (mainly publishing, literary events, literary translation workshops ...) and educational projects in the field od democracy and community development. For individual projects, we set up partnerships with different organisations at home and abroad, mainly in the region of Istria (Slovenia, Croatia, Italy) with its national minorities. Recently we have established a stronger partnership with the Forum Tomizza festival with its widespread network in order to cover the entire Mediterranean to a greater extent.
- to make Mediterranean culture with its specifics (multiculturalism, migration, specific environmental issues …) more visible and appreciated in other parts of Slovenia and the Capital of Ljubljana;
- to ensure continuous intercultural integration with Mediterranean space (not only Europe, but also Africa, the Middle East ...) through hosting / exchanges of authors, joint translation projects / workshops
- to continue publishing quality literature of contemporary and classical authors from all over the Mediterranean (a literary collection of Mediterranean prose Helia)
Our main current projects are
- publishing Mediterranean literature
- publishing the most significant cutting-edge young and/or marginalized Slovene authors that promote sensibilities to marginalized groups and themes
- The Heart of the City project - educational storytelling project in primary and secondary schools that opens a space for connecting and integrating immigrants through the method of personal identification through research and presentation of Slovenian migrations and related phenomena
We can contribute to the network
- through partnerships (co-production of projects) with organizations working in similar fields (literature / translation, social inclusion projects ...)
- through mediation and exchange of international contacts, sharing experiences
We experienc Mediterranean as our specific natural environment in which we would like to play a more active role. We would like to join ALF Network:
- to broaden our scope of joint projects
- to establish new connections and partnerships
- to share ideas and experience with new organisations across the Mediterranean