Czech Republic

NGO ARABFEST promotes the culture of The Middle East, the culture of the
Arab world. By organising different cultural events, we want to
emphasize the fact that Arab culture has a lot to offer. We want to give
a chance for everyone who comes to the events organised by us to form his
or her own opinion on the Arab world with more detailed information,
with (at least a bit) of personal experience. To show that the media
picture is sometimes just a one-sided view. The main aim is to develop
intercultural dialogue not only among different academic fields, but
also among the wider public.

The goal of the Artivist Lab association is the support and protection of human rights and basic freedoms, such as freedom of speech and freedom of artistic expression. It is important for us to fight against hatred and defend the European values of democracy, diversity and equality. We give voice to minorities and vulnerable communities such as Roma, Vietnamese, citizens of the former USSR diaspora and refugees. We cooperate with non-governmental organizations, scientists, artists, activists - the basis is interdisciplinarity. We support and exhibit artists who, because of their activities, have problems exhibiting in their home countries (Artist in Need).
The main idea is to connect interdisciplinary active people, it is actually a laboratory in which exhibitions, discussions, workshops and lectures are held, where academics, philosophers, sociologists, journalists, artists and activists should meet in interaction at each exhibition.

The purpose of the Association is in particular:

to assist the development of civil society,

common procedure when dealing with public administration bodies, legislative bodies and representatives of political parties,

coordinate common interests in the financial, legislative and information fields,

deepen mutual awareness among members of the Association, coordinate their activities,

operate an information, advisory and educational service for non-state non-profit organizations,

joint presentation of the non-profit sector

We defend the interests of more than 1 million citizens, members and civil society on various platforms.
We provide space for further development and education of our members.
We provide extensive networking across the Czech Republic.
We provide preferential consultancy related to NGO activities.

Provision of a platform for the expression and realisation of ideas and projects aiming at promoting education, understanding, and tolerance between people irrespective of their race, skin colour, gender, language, religion, political or other affiliation, nationality, or social background. Functioning as a forum for discussion, studies and deeper insight into past and contemporary political events, economy, culture, and social issues, particularly focusing on international issues. Ultimately, support to peace and international cooperation.
To this purpose: (1) running information and education projects for youth and all citizens, (2) conducting research and publishing outcomes.

We aim at the system of gaining knowledge about the political and social reality of the world we live in. We observe that thanks to new media technologies, one can search for almost any existing correct/true information at any time. Having only an internet connection, we can, in a second, find out about the latest news all over the world, listen to personal stories of all or gain scientific knowledge about various special issues through Wikipedia and other online encyclopedias. And when a specific topic becomes popular in media outlets, one can quickly become an expert on any issue. The global internet has become a space of an indefinite amount of specific information accessible to all. 

At the same time, we paradoxically observe how distorted our images of the whole nature of the world we live in are. And it doesn't usually concern merely reality on the global level but also in our own countries. 

When exploring possible causes of this issue, specifically on the level of the global system of digital information and media, we also observe how putting all existing information together into correct and precise mosaics of the whole reality is difficult. Particularly for non-expert people without extensive knowledge of the broad context of individual issues or situations in individual world areas. All the more so for people who didn't have a chance to gain higher education in social or human sciences, media literacy or simply cannot afford to spend hours in libraries due to their work or existential troubles.

Thus we wish to help everyone who wants to understand the whole picture correctly, allowing them to see the mosaic of socio-political reality created by experts.