Slovenia

RCP, razvojni center Ptuj

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Osojnikova cesta 9
Ptuj
Slovenia

Telephone
00386 31 320 973
Fax
00386 590 84 194
E-Mail
info@rcp.si
Website
http://www.rcp.si
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2010
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
Structure of the organisation: - Executive director - Council (4 members) - Programme Council (3 members) Budgetary resource available in a year about 30.000,00 € Source of funding: local, national, international funds, grants from private sector, own resources Modalities of action: youth exchanges, trainings, seminars Partners: other NGOs from Slovenia and abroad, public bodies.
Mission and Objectives

RCP, razvojni center Ptuj, (Ptuj development centre), is the institute for the promotion of innovative business and tourism. It was established in 2010 in order to encourage young people in their entrepreneurial ideas and how it can be eventually realized.
We provide advisory services for start-ups, exploitation of calls at local, national and European level, we present the various job opportunities and workshops that give participants more knowledge in their own presentation to potential employers. We are also advising on the preparation of business plans and market analysis.
For achieving our goals we cooperate with the economic sector, local Youth Council, Youth Centre and other non-governmental organisations
The organisation was established in order to properly prepare especially young people for entering the labor market as young entrepreneurs or as young job seekers. We are making projects that help young people in their struggle for independence.
In our group are young succesful entrepreneurs, youth workers, economist, sociologist and other. We are sharing our experiances to other young people. These are young and enthusiastic people who can with their experiences contribute greatly to achieve our goals.

Main Projects / Activities

- International youth exchanges.
- Seminars and workshops about entrepreneurship and exploitation of calls at local, national and European level.
- Events that promote mobility for people all around the Europe.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We will be as much active partner as possible and we can contribute to the network with sharing some of our experience and also, we are going to promote our mutual values and goals in all our working fields.
We can be very good partners in some mutual projects.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Our goals are promoting mobility of people, intercultural learning and mutual understanding between different cultures.
ALF Network are also promoting those values and I believe their members also. So there is an opportunity to enlarge our partnership.

Contact (1) Full Name
Damir Žerak
Head of the organisation
Damir Žerak

Reka Si, Zavod za trajnostno bivanje / SIDE group / SAMA Community Arts

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Zavrč 8
2283 Zavrč
Slovenia

Telephone
064189182
E-Mail
samar.mediator@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2020
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
General Information

Reka.si, which means "the river in you" in English, is a research and arts institute that unleashes the arts and its based techniques as innovative tools for participatory research and critical learning. 

The institute brings an innovative methodology that unleashes the potential of performing arts and its based methods into the unlearning and learning process of knowledge that validates existing literature while opening new channels of knowledge and accreditation of information from within.

Under the legal frame of Reka.si we operate as The SIDE collective, cooking and cleaning politics, cultures, religions, and arts, is a collective that hacks, hijacks, and re-create cultural, artistic, religious, and political scenes from an intersectional feminist lens among its members are professional artists, researchers and activists. We also run a series of interactive art workshops and public performative journeys, "SAMA Community Arts". 

Mission and Objectives

We widen the horizons of intercultural communication and research on sustainability, migration and intercultural cooperation by integrating and using arts and its based techniques as innovative tools to unlearn and learn new means of knowledge generation and intercultural communication that is free of all forms of segregation and profiling. 

Main Projects / Activities

We widen the horizons of intercultural communication and research on sustainability, migration and intercultural cooperation by integrating and using arts and its based techniques as innovative tools to unlearn and learn new means of knowledge generation and intercultural communication that is free of all forms of segregation and profiling. 

Among our good practices are the following:  

1. SAMA Community Arts: an interactive workshop and a public performative journey that generates new means of communication.  The series of workshops has a trailer on YouTube. In the "SAMA Community Arts," the artist co-creates public performative journeys that deconstruct social communication as free of the enforced binarism of "nation-state" and "state-nation" as both tools and products of colonialism along with enforced gender binary profiling. Using dance, movement and performing arts as a communication form widens the horizon of intercultural communication through critical learning to unpack and unlearn stereotypes and profiling in communication. 

2. NOT your Scheherazade, an experimental performance in the series of creating the 1001 nights of NOT your Scheherazade.  The performance is participatory to create new stories of NOT your Scheherazade. after the performance, the audience shares anonymously through a digital tool their feedback of emotions, feelings and thoughts. The artist uses the feedback in their writing of the 1001 Nights of NOT your Scheherazade. 

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We can contribute with our wide range of experiences in the field of intercultural dialogue, innovative tools of Arts and its based techniques as techniques of education and research, and networking in the Euro-Med region

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

To expand our possibilities to learn and contribute within the Euro-Med region. To share and grow our innovative practices in Arts and research.

Contact (1) Full Name
Samar Zughool
Job Title
Director
Head of the organisation
Samar Zughool

Romsko društvo Romani kafenava dobrota, socialno podjetje

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Gorkega ulica 34
2000 Maribor
Slovenia

Telephone
0038640933990
E-Mail
info@romani-kafenava.si
Website
http://www.romani-kafenava.si/
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2016
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Others
General Information
Romani kafenava dobrota is an association, responsible for the first Roma restaurant in EU, called Romani kafenava.
Mission and Objectives

Employing people with disadvantages or people with fewer opportunities (Roma people).

Main Projects / Activities

First Roma restaurant in EU with the unique Roma cuisine.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mario Mehmedović
Job Title
representative
Head of the organisation
Mario Mehmedović, representative

ROZANA ASSOCIATION - ARAB SLOVENE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

National Network
Slovenia
Address

BORŠTNIKOVA UL. 53, SI-2000 MARIBOR
MARIBOR
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 40 365 756
Telephone (other)
+386 31 44 00 30
E-Mail
maja.lamberger@guest.arnes.si
E-Mail (2)
info@rozana.si
Mobile Phone
+386 40 365 756
Website
http://www.rozana.si
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
2009
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
General Information
Rozana Association is Slovenian nonprofit organization open to all public. Rozana has the structure and characteristics of the cultural organization to present the different aspects of Arab culture in Slovenia. The Association seeks to advance the knowledge of wide aspects of Arab culture in Slovenia by organizing cultural events (the biggest is Arab cultural festival SHAMS) and by editing bilingual (Slovene-Arabic) literal magazine (journal called Revija Rozana). The Rozana Association is a self-governing democratic body. At the moment headed by Hisham Hamad, who was elected by the managing committee. The election are every two year. The Association has about 40 members who are paying the annual membership fee.
Mission and Objectives

ROZANA Association is Slovenian non-profit organization, established in 2009. Our mission is to promote cross-cultural awareness and fellowship between people in the Arab and Slovene culture through the cultures, arts and education.
As bilingual and bicultural educators, performers and musicians, we believe the best way to break down invisible cultural barriers is to bring people face-to-face with the most intimate and expressive components of each other’s cultures. Through the arts we are able to foster genuine understanding, respect, and appreciation between the diverse cultures of the world.
The Rozana Association benefits from a number of voluntary Arabs and Slovene advisers on dealings with Arabs and Slovenian institutions and audiences. These are friends of Arabs and Slovenia, private or public persons from various institutions who have supported the Centre in its endeavours by encouraging us to bring new ideas to life.
Rozana Center, besides the cultural activities implied by the name, also plays an active part in the social life of the Arabian community in Slovenia.
Generally, we organise informal meetings, where guests can come and have a good time in the company of their fellow Arabs. The events are open to all, regardless of nationality. Sometimes, the audience have to pay for the admission at the events but The Centre strives to keep the costs low, despite, at times, not breaking even.

Main Projects / Activities

In the year 2010 we are running the project of Arab Cultural Festival - Shams 2010 which is the festival of Arab films, music and dance, literature and art exhibition. We are cooperation with other projects: the rehabilitation of children of Gaza (organizing music and dance events, monthly activities for the members and public; Project of ESF (European Social Fund)- Training of the Arab community members for the Arab cultural festival.

Contact (1) Full Name
MAJA LAMBERGER KHATIB
Head of the organisation
HISHAM HAMAD
Contact (2) Full Name
HISHAM HAMAD

SAMA GOODS

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Rogožniška Cesta 44 Ptuj - Slovenia
2250 Ptuj
Slovenia

Telephone
+386 64 189 182
E-Mail
sama.goods.company@gmail.com
E-Mail (2)
samar.zughool@t-2.si
Website
https://www.facebook.com/SAMA.GOODS/
Organisation Type
Private Company
Year of Establishment
2016
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Others
  4. Youth and education
General Information
SAMA GOODS company works through it's two depratments of Art based non formal education - Cultural mediation and innovative trading.  It started on 2015 as Barzakh Arts for inclusion, capacity building, cross-cultural understanding, intercultural learning and dialogue through Art based non formal educational methods. From 2016 it has been registered as SAMA GOODS private company that includes also SAMA GOODS department for trading olive oil and herbs from the Arabic region to Slovenia with an innovative promotional ways to promote different cultural aspects of the countries of origin of the products. Staff employed two. Partnership with different national and international NGOs, Youth workers, Educators and Youngsters. Ongoing budget from fees on our activities and production. Crowdfunding. We cooperate with different NGOs and we apply for Erasmus+, European aid, for programs from the Slovenian government and the EU comission.    
Mission and Objectives

Our mission is to build an innovative bridge of understanding and solidarity across the Euro-Med region through our intercultural learning programs. To empower youth through experiential learning and non-formal education methods. To unleash the power of creativity that is inspired by interculturalism and the variety of our cultures in the Mediterranean and the Euro-Med region by experiential learning that is based and inspired by Art.
To assist the inclusion and the empowerment of social groups who are facing a vulnerable situation, like Asylum seekers who are having limited rights and facing stress while waiting for their legal status in Slovenia. As well as different social groups from migrants who are facing some difficulties while adapting to the new social structural changes in the hosting society. To build a bridge between the reality of vulnerability and policy makers in Slovenia.
Promoting and unleashing the positive power of migration is one of our main objectives going in line with our mission to empower the innovative bridge of solidarity and understanding across the Euro-Med region.

Main Projects / Activities

Re-Health project: Intercultural mediation in health care. To assist health workers through intercultural mediation for a better cross-cultural understanding. To assist new comers while integrating into the health system in Slovenia. Analyzing needs and defaults in the Slovenian health system when it comes to the health care access to people who are experiencing a temporal vulnerable situation like Asylum seekers with pending applications. Working on gender equity and women empowerment for self-dependence, self-empowerment and better inclusion. Interactive sessions with non-formal education for capacity building and self-empowerment to relief stress. And for cross-cultural understanding to ease culture shock.
Creativity workshops to promote cross-cultural understanding among students in primary schools in Slovenia.
Integrated poetry workshops. Interactive workshops to stimulate Creative writing and performing inspired by mixing and integrating different poems from Euro-Med Region translated to English.
Seminars and workshops for intercultural learning and dialogue through Art based techniques and non-formal education methods.
Interactive Arabic courses. Teaching Arabic language through non-formal education methods.
Trading olive oil and Zaatar from Jordan and Palestine and other products from neighborhood countries with an innovative promotion that promote cultural aspects of the countries of origin.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

By taking an active part, sharing and exchanging good practices across the Euro-Med region.
By sharing the newsletter and ALF activities in our personal network nationally and internationally.
Contributing with our ideas and suggestions for ALF work in the region.
 

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

For networking and visibility to our work and projects across the Euro-Med region.
To learn from the good practices of other peer organizations in the Euro-Med region that share the same vision as we do.
To build new partnerships with new innovative projects and practices across the region. Because our mission and objectives are in line with the vision if the Anna Lindh Foundation.

Contact (1) Full Name
Samar Zughool
Job Title
Founder
Head of the organisation
Samar Zughool
Contact (2) Full Name
Yasmin Wenterle
Job Title (2)
PR and Fundraising

SCCA, Centre for Contemporary Arts-Ljubljana

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Metelkova 6
1000 1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
00 386 1 431 83 85
Telephone (other)
00 386 1 430 06 28
Fax
00 386 1 430 06 29
E-Mail
info@scca-ljubljana.si
E-Mail (2)
production.manager@scca-ljubljana.si
Website
http://www.scca-ljubljana.si/
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2000
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Media
  5. Research
  6. Youth and education
General Information
1. SCCA-Ljubljana is a non-government and non-profit organisation. Personnel: 8 persons 2. ca. 110.000 EUR/year 3. Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia; Municipality of Ljubljana; European Commission; Public Relations and Media Office; Employment Service of Slovenia, embassies, sponsors etc. 4. SCCA is dedicated to production, research, education and information and consultancy programmes in the field of arts and culture. 5. SCCA is a member of: IKT (International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art), Luxemburg; Slovene network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, Alexandria; GAMA (Gateway to Archives of Media Art), Bremen; On-AiR (European tool for artists), Amsterdam, InSEEcp (Informal SEE Network of Cultural Portals); On-the-Move (cultural information network), Brussels; Cultural Quarter Tabor (the association of organisations from the neighbourhood Tabor in Ljubljana); Asociacija (Association of Independent Artists and Organisations in the Field of Culture in Slovenia), Ljubljana.
Mission and Objectives

Established in 2000, SCCA-Ljubljana, Centre for Contemporary Arts (a successor to the Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts – Ljubljana, 1993–1999) is a generator of innovative programmes and services that facilitate artistic and interpretative practices. Its diverse activities address artists, curators, theorists, and critics in the fields of visual and new media arts. They trigger artistic, discursive and social practices and are rooted in the interdisciplinary approach and intense international cooperation. SCCA-Ljubljana divides its programme into four complementary areas: projects, video/archive, school and services.

Main Projects / Activities

(A) PROJECTS
- Studio 6 and No Nails, No Pedestals: exhibitions, discursive projects, installations, performances, video, interdisciplinary projects
- PlatformaSCCA: the publication dedicated to the contemporary art theory and intriguing topics
- Žepna Pocket Edition (in cooperation with Založba /*cf. publishing house)
- Exhibitions and Researches
(B) VIDEO / ARCHIVE
DIVA Station (www.e-arhiv.org/diva) is a physical and web archive of video art which is being developed with the intent to research, document, present and archive video/media art.
- Archiving Practices: research, study exhibitions and educational seminars that thematize the importance of AV archives, their creation, integration and accessibility
- Videodokument: the documentation, archival and research project on video art in Slovenia (1969-1998)
- Videospotting: a series of video programs of relevant Slovene production and its presentation abroad
- Artservis’ Collection is a thematic project on production conditions in culture
- Internet Portfolio: presentations of the selected artists on the Internet
(C) SCHOOL
- World of Art (www.worldofart.org): School for Curators and Critics of Contemporary art
- Library: books, periodicals and catalogues from the field of contemporary arts and new media.
(D) SERVICE:
- Artservis: online information resource (opportunities for funding, co-operation, education)
- Evrokultura: online information resource for Slovene cultural operators (EU programs)
- Arts Link: international exchange programme

Contact (1) Full Name
Dušan Dovč
Job Title
production manager
Head of the organisation
Dušan Dovč
Contact (2) Full Name
Simona Žvanut
Job Title (2)
head of World of Art School

Scientific and Research association for Art, Cultural-Educational programmes and Technology EPeKa

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Pekrska 13
Maribor
Slovenia

Telephone
+38640933990
E-Mail
epeka@epeka.si
Website
http://www.epeka.si
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2008
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
EPeKa is non-profit organisation, situated in Maribor, Slovenia. We are active on local, regional, national and international level. Our sources are public and also from sponsors. Our field of activities are contemporary art, music, ecology, youth programmes, non-formal education.
Mission and Objectives

Maribor will be European capital of Culture 2012 and European Capital of Youth 2013. Our associaton aims are to be interdisciplinar on various fields of art as well as research into ways of realising cultural programmes and projects, and establishing the platform to integrate artistic creativity, scientific research and technological paradigm in the contemporary setting, yet based on past knowledge and opening up future findings.

Main Projects / Activities

Main projects in European Capital of Culture 2012 are contemporary art and comics exhibition, youth programmes. Others are music, ecology, volunteering, non-formal education,...

Contact (1) Full Name
Stefan Simoncic
Head of the organisation
Peter Tomaz Dobrila

Škofijska gimnazija Vipava

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Goriška cesta 29, 5271
Vipava
Slovenia

Telephone
00386 5 365 53 10
Fax
00386 5 356 53 29
E-Mail
sgv@siol.net
E-Mail (2)
martina.podbersic.smrdel@siol.net
Website
http://www.sgv.si/
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1991
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
Our school has about 300 students, 15-18 years old.
Mission and Objectives

Educating young people in christian spirit.

Main Projects / Activities

music (choirs, orchestra) and sports
languages and science
voluntary work
culture

Contact (1) Full Name
Martina Podbersič Smrdel