The Anna Lindh Foundation in Slovenia
The Anna Lindh Euro-Med Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures (Anna Lindh Foundation or ALF) was founded in 2004 with its headquarters in Alexandria (Egypt).
The Anna Lindh Foundation focuses its intercultural action around three pillars: Empowering young voices; Influencing policymakers; Building a movement for dialogue and exchange in the face of growing mistrust and polarization among societies.
The Foundation is a network of networks with more than 4000 members from 42 Euro-Med countries. Each network has a national coordinator appointed by the Ministry of foreign affairs or elected by the members.
Povod Institute for culture and development international relations in Culture is the elected head of the network of the Anna Lindh Foundation in Slovenia, the Network in Slovenia has over 70 members who are active in various fields within the scope of EuroMed cooperation, intercultural learning and dialogue.
This platform is delectated to share about opportunities, programs and open calls shared by and for the members of the ALF network in Slovenia.
Mediterranean Day in Ptuj
On this important day Povod Institute invites you to the best musical performance, which overcomes obstacles and connects us in a way that our words cannot.
The performance will take place on November 28, 2024, from 7:00 p.m., in Kavarna Bodi in Ptuj.
Performers:
- Vesna Neferamis
- Marko Korošec
- Andrej Hrvatin
There will also be free Mediterranean snacks and themed cocktails at a good price.
The event will be broadcast live on the Youtube channel of the Povod Institute.
You are invited to be a part of this powerful moment.
Entry is free.
Mediterranean Day in Ljubljana
APIS Institute invites you to celebrate Mediterranean Day together with an evening of music and dialogue.
This year, the Rami Basisah quartet, which combines the melodies and rhythms of Syria, the Mediterranean, the Balkans and beyond, will perform in Ljubljana.
The event will take place in the ZRC Atrium (Novi trg 2) in Ljubljana, from 18:00 – 20:30.
The 16th Annual EMUNI Conference
The 16th Annual EMUNI Conference took place on October 10th and 11th, 2024, in Piran, Slovenia, focusing on ancient hydrologic systems and water management in the Mediterranean region.
The first was a high-level panel discussion titled “Higher Education as a Bridge between the Two Shores of the Mediterranean”. This discussion explored the crucial role of education in fostering regional collaboration in the Mediterranean. Following the panel, the conference featured the International Scientific Conference Kick-off, showcasing keynote speakers.
The discussion highlighted the importance of addressing pressing challenges like water scarcity and water diplomacy, emphasising the role of ancient hydrologic systems and sustainable water management practices.
Additionally, participants had the opportunity to enjoy a guided tour of Piran and visit the Sečovlje Salt Pans, where they learned about traditional water management techniques still in use today. This cultural experience significantly enhanced attendees’ understanding of the region’s water heritage and its relevance to contemporary resource management.
European Sustainable Development Week
The European Sustainable Development Week will take place between 18 September 2024 and 8 October 2024.
The aim is to ensure that exemplary commitments are visible across Europe, drawing public attention to the topic of sustainable development, the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Everyone can change something for the better!
SLOGA, an NGO platform for development, global learning and humanitarian aid also participates in the activities within the project “With global learning to global goals II”.
A study visit to Tunisia
Between 5th and 13th August, Povod Institute had the great pleasure to conduct a study visit with a partner in Sousse, We Love Sousse.
Together they discussed realities and good practices in the fields of arts, cultures, interculturalism, and youth work.
They developed a proposal for the upcoming Culture Moves Europe programme, which will focus on the concept of artisvism and cultural activism for freedom and solidarity rising above geopolitical restraints and borders.
The Anna Lindh Foundation for EuroMed dialogue’s #ALFinMOTION programme makes this valuable cooperation possible.
Anti-violence awareness
As part of the project “For her dignity – protection from violence, health and food for women and girls in Lebanon”, implemented by the KROG/Circle Institute, an open day was held in the community of Burg Hamoud in Beirut with the aim of raising awareness against violence.
The event gave 150 women the opportunity to present their opinions, connect, exchange information and through games strengthen mutual relationships and strengthen mutual cooperation for joint action against gender-based violence.
At the same time, psychosocial activities, art activities and an exhibition of handicrafts took place as support and encouragement to local women and recognition of their work.
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“Beyond the tales” project
The project “Beyond the tales” of the Humanitas association, in which they strengthened the understanding of the connections between the climate crisis and migration, was selected as a good practice by the national agency of the Erasmus+ program!
Final conference on “Gender Equality in Mobility”
During November 2024, the Reka Si Research and Art Institute in Slovenia will hold the final conference on “Gender Equality in Mobility”. This program is part of the Catalyst for Change programme, supporting a vital civil society in Europe.
The program promotes intercultural policy advocacy and monitoring for inclusion in migration, asylum, and integration from a gender and intersectional lens of equality.
The conference will start with a creative opening of an intercultural queer performance, “An intercultural queer night with NOT Your Schehrazade and Oum Badawi!”
The performance gathers Samar Zughool (she, her), a community art creator and performing artist coming from Jordan and living in Slovenia (presenting NOT Your Schehrazade), with Stavros Kurillos (he, him), a performing artist and clownist coming from Egypt and living in the Netherlands (presenting Oum Badawi).
The Anna Lindh Foundation for EuroMed Dialogue will support this mobility programme through its ALF-In Motion programme (TBC).
Following the opening performance, there will be a discussion on interculturalism in queer ethics and aesthetics and an interactive presentation of a monitoring report on gender equality and inclusion from an intersectional lens in migration, integration, and asylum processes in Slovenia.
“META WALK”
On the August 1, Cultural and educational association PiNA (Kulturno izobraževalno društvo PiNA) is organizing »META WALK«, a unique journey that invites participants to explore urban biodiversity through a guided walk, where the sounds of the city’s hidden natural world come to life. Blending traditional listening techniques with the cutting-edge advancements of artificial intelligence, this collective walk will seek to reveal the intricate symphony of urban wildlife often overlooked in the hustle and bustle of daily life.
This event is open to 30 participants who are eager to explore the intersection of listening, artificial intelligence and ecology.
The event will take place on Cesta Zore Perello – Godina 3, 6000 Koper, Slovenia.
Mentoring Power in Integration, volume 3
Povod Institute designed and facilitated the third edition of the international training course “Mentoring Power in Integration” in Zreče and Ljubljana from July 8th to July 15th. This third edition is part of an annual series that they have been providing for the past three years.
They developed and implemented this training course based on the experiential learning cycle and its different learning styles.
They combined various theories and designed interactive exercises to decode theoretical knowledge and put it into practice. This decoding process enhances mentorship and intercultural competencies, which combine knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
The great groups of participants who took part in this training course are mentors, youth, and youth workers who come from everywhere and live in Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Estonia, Malta, Poland, Greece, Türkiye, Denmark, and France.
To learn more about their methodologies in adult education and experiential learning, you can check out “our teaching resources” via website, www.povod.si.
Consultation and presentation of the good practices of integrating refugees through culture and creativity
On June 20, on the occasion of International Refugee Day, the APIS Institute organized a consultation and presented examples of good practices of integrating refugees through culture and creativity. The consultation brought together cultural institutions, NGOs, stakeholders from the field of integration and tenderers from the field of culture and vulnerable groups, namely:
- representatives of the Ministry of Culture, the Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for the Care and Integration of Migrants, the City Municipality of Ljubljana,
- cultural institutions: Modern Gallery, Ljubljana City Library, ️Slovenian Center PEN, Center Rog
- nongovernmental organizations: Zavod Rokavička – Ukrainian center in Slovenia, Terra Vera, Association of Friends of the Youth of Slovenia – ZPMS, Music for the future: Ukraine. Slovenia. Europe.
They presented 4 examples of good practices of integrating refugees through culture:
- the Cultural Compass project supported by ZUS and under the honorary patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Slovenia, which enabled 120 places for members of Ukrainian families to visit and hold workshops in 5 cultural institutions and at the festival of cultural and artistic education Bobri.
- U artist – a volunteer online community initiative to support Ukrainian women creators in exile and at home
- The ICORN International Cities of Refuge Network initiative, which is coordinated in Slovenia by the Slovenian PEN Center
- Music for the future: Ukraine initiative. Slovenia. Europe; a project that grew from an evacuation intervention of young Ukrainian musicians at the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine in 2022 into an artistic, donor, solidarity, integration project
The consultation was an important contribution to the exchange of experiences, reflection and dialogue about the potential of culture, art and creativity for the integration and greater social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers.
The consultation was co-organized by Zavod APIS and Terra Vera, coordinated by Romana Zajec.
Start of the mandate of the new President of EMUNI
2nd April marks the start of the mandate of the new President of the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI), Prof. Rado Bohinc, from Slovenia.
The outgoing President, Prof. Dr. Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry, formally handed over the mandate to the new President on the EMUNI premises in Piran.
Looking for cultural mediators
Slovenian philantrophy (Slovenska filantropija) is looking for candidates to provide cultural mediation (translation, accompaniment) for Arabic language.
To apply, you must have good command of spoken Slovenian or English.
Contact: Ágnes, 041 648 358, agnes.jambrik@filantropija.org
Reflections of migrant experiences: International workshop in Lampedusa
On the sunny soil of the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has been intertwined with migration flows for centuries and is considered a focus of migration, especially in recent decades and due to its proximity to Tunisia, an international workshop was recently held as part of the “My Elections – My EU” project of the Humanitas association.
Young people from Slovenia, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Italy participated in joint research and expression through various artistic methods. The workshop, dedicated to researching the theme of migration, offered a space for connection and expression through dance, theatre, acrobatics and film. The participants felt and expressed the spirit of the island intertwined with migration history and experiences.
Spend your holidays a little differently
SLOGA, platforma NVO za razvoj, globalno učenje in humanitarno pomoč is looking for volunteers for The Future We Want project.
Join a bus caravan through European cities.
Wherever they stop, the participants of the caravan will address passers-by in city squares with street actions and advocacy on the theme of the 12th goal of sustainable development; responsible consumption and production, such as fast fashion or rapid consumption of textiles.
Application conditions;
- be of legal age (18),
- residence in Slovenia,
- knowledge of the English language.
Apply at natasa.novak@sloga-platform.org
“Act & Art”
The APIS institute presented the “Act & Art” project in the Rog Center, where on 26.1. they spoke about the results of an international research on the needs of youth workers in the integration of refugees and migrants, about the Act & Art training for youth workers and presented a series of creative workshops that the participants of the training held with vulnerable young people after the training.
Through various creative approaches, the project successfully included more than 60 young refugees, migrants, unaccompanied youth and other vulnerable youth in Slovenia. The total number of people involved in the activities is significantly higher, as local activities were also carried out in Belgium, Turkey, Germany and France.
The consortium of the Act & Art for Positive Social Change project consists of 7 partners from 5 different countries from all over the EU and Turkey. The consortium is led by Zavod APIS from Slovenia with the partnership of 6 other partners.
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“A day for change”
Slovenian philanthropy is collecting applications for the “Day for Change” – a nationwide volunteer campaign! You are welcome to help build more resilient communities together on April 6, 2024.
The slogan “The most golden is the volunteer’s shovel” wants to remind of last year’s floods, which affected many inhabitants of Slovenia, and at the same time emphasizes the importance of a wide variety of volunteer actions in building communities that will be more resistant to future crises.
Organized by the Slovenian Philanthropy, the campaign will connect many actors throughout Slovenia for the fifteenth year in a row.
More information and application.
“Nurturing the world can be a job”
In February, the PiNA association started implementing the new project “Nurturing the world can be a job”, where they hosted partners from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania at the first partner meeting.
As part of the project, which also addresses two of their program guidelines – the empowerment of young people and the creation of a supportive environment for the development of the non-governmental sector, three national support points will be created, which will be aimed at strengthening the mentoring skills of NGO representatives and at the same time contribute to the career development of young people, who will of the project developed the skills and competences they need for an easier entry into the labor market.
The project is based on an already tested model of practices in the non-governmental sector, which was developed as part of the previous “Social Innovators” project, with which they want to bring non-governmental organizations closer to young people as important employers.
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Annual meeting of the Slovenian network of member organizations Anna Lindh Foundation, Slovenia
On January 23rd 2024, we held the annual meeting of the Slovenian network of member organizations Anna Lindh Fundation, Slovenia, which is coordinated by Institute Povod.
The Anna Lindh Foundation is the largest and central platform for civil society cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region, and the Slovenian Network has 70 member organizations.
We presented the current activities of the foundation globally, and the activities of Slovenian organizations in the last year.
The guest of the meeting was the head of the Anna Lindh Foundation – Bosnia & Herzegovina network, who presented their activities and the possibilities of cooperation between the two countries from their perspective.
Support activities for women victims of various types of violence
The activities took place within the framework of the project “For her dignity – protection from violence, health and food for women and girls in Lebanon”, which together with the partner Developmental Action without Borders – Naba’a inLebanon is implemented by the Circle institute (Zavod Krog).
The activities offer them the possibility of escaping to a safe and supportive environment from a community in which they face various cultural, social, religious and economic limitations. These prevent them from expressing their feelings freely, while at the activities they have the opportunity to actively participate, share their personal experiences and get support from other women and girls.
Exhibition opening and round table in Ptuj on Mediterranean Day
The exhibition “Stories of positive changes” shows projects and examples of good practices of Slovenian NGO’s, with which they respond to the challenges of the present time, with migration at the forefront.
The phenomenon of migration is also significantly influenced by what is happening in the Mediterranean or Middle East.
The guests of the round table, which took place on November 28th, 2023 in Ptuj, also spoke about this topic:
- Robert Križanič, director of the Povod Institute
- Samar Zughool, director of the Institute for sustainable living – Reka Si
- Max Zimani, director of SLOGA platform – an NGO for development, global learning and humanitarian aid
- Štefan Simončič, president of the association EPEKA Slovenia.
“Beyond the tales”
At the beginning of November, the Humanitas association conducted an international training in Maribor as part of the project “Beyond the tales”, where participants from Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria and Slovenia learned more about the topic of climate migration and integrated the knowledge acquired during the previous online training.
Among other things, the participants went on a tour of Maribor and learned about its history through the lens of migration, and in Ljubljana they also attended a global learning conference on climate migration.
Rights for the mothers of Alexandria and Tanta
In Egypt, as part of the project “Education and awareness of rights in Egypt”, Krog Institute together with the partner S.O.S. Villages, Egypt, implemented workshops on children’s rights. Workshops are held for single mothers from Alexandria and Tanta.
Because they face difficult living conditions and struggle for survival in their everyday life, they admit that they to not pay enough attention to children, are often aggressive towards children and do not take their opinions into account.
At the workshops, they gained new knowledge and understanding about the importance of respecting children’s rights, taking into account their opinions and protecting children from all types of violence.
Mediterranean Day – “Art Connects”
On the occasion of Mediterranean Day, 28th November 2023, the Museum of Recent and Contemporary History of Slovenia hosted a cultural event “Art Connects”: Concert by the Jazz Oud Quartet with guests, and a round table.
We listened to many interesting interlocutors who thought about what role it plays and how art promotes intercultural dialogue and connection between the people and countries of the Mediterranean.
The event was co-organized by the APIS Institute with the support of the Anna Lindh Foundation and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
An Artistic Exchange for Intercultural Dialogue between Egypt and Slovenia
In the framework of ALFinMOTION programme, from the 4th to the 10th of June, Povod Institute in Slovenia, hosted Mostafa Fatouh, founder and theatre director of GWANA for Arts and Development based in Alexandria, Egypt.
“Adapting to Change”
The Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI) Annual Conference report has now been published.
From 8th-9th June, EMUNI celebrated its 15th anniversary and held its annual conference on New Models for sustainable universities: Adapting to Change.
Read the key recommendations from the three panel discussions and more HERE.
Refugee day – 20th June
On the occasion of a Refugee day, Humanitas Society together with Umanotera sent a press release, with which they wanted to draw attention to the importance of the issue of climate migration.
Due to the consequences of climate change, millions of people are already displaced today. In 2020, 30.7 million people were displaced by natural disasters, more than three times as many as by conflict and violence. 98 percent of all disaster-related displacement was the result of extreme weather and climate events.
Climate refugees are still not officially defined, recognised and protected under international law.
Read the press release.
Creative Workshops for Women
The APIS Institute is organising the “Cycle of Movement Creative Workshops for Women”, which is taking place in July and August in Ljubljana. The workshops will bring together a group of women from different ethnic and social backgrounds aged 18 to 27 in a creative and movement-oriented environment.
The purpose of the workshops is to facilitate physical and mental stress relief, build trust, empower participants by strengthening self-confidence and encouraging free expression, and recognizing individual talents among participants. Techniques and topics at the workshops will be selected according to the expressed and perceived needs of the participants, the workshops in the cycle will connect and build on each other (each time a theme will be a common thread), but at the same time they will also be independent entities.
SUSTAINABLE. LOCAL. GLOBAL. II
SLOGA, an NGO platform for development, global learning and humanitarian aid, started implementing the project SUSTAINABLE. LOCAL. GLOBAL II, co-financed by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
The project focuses on raising the awareness of the wider and expert public, which is a necessary prerequisite for effective planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Slovenian international development cooperation (IDC), humanitarian aid (HA) and global learning to meet the goals of sustainable development.
Read more about the project.
Migrant Film Festival
On Monday, June 19, 2023, Slovenska filantropija hosted the opening of the 14th Migrant Film Festival, which took place in Kinodvor – City Cinema of Ljubljana. The Migrant Film Festival traditionally opened with the screening of the films “Not Go Gentle” and “Glasna tišina” (loud silence) / Naxglosniech slychac milczenie.
“Not Go Gentle” is a short film based on the stories of people who cross borders in search of safety and peace, but instead encounter humiliation and torture. Despite everything, they don’t give up.
The film “Glasna tišina” intertwines the stories of seven people who fled from war, terrorism, racism, persecution and domestic violence. They seem to have achieved their goal – escaping violence and avoiding death. Is this really the end of their problems and the beginning of a new, better life?
More about movies:
- Not Go Gentle
- Glasna tišina (loud silence)
How to organize environmentally friendly meetings?
EPEKA Institute launched an educational video on sustainable approaches and environmental protection. This is within their long-term project in cooperation with the municipality of Ljubljana, “Care for the Environment”.
Watch the video here.
Learn more about the project here.
“Memorial of Eyachew Tefera’s Life”
Institute for African Studies, Slovenia, organized three days of activities for World Refugee Day in memorial of its founder and human rights advocate Eyachew Tefera.
Eyachew Tefera was a co-founder of Platform SLOGA, a long-time member and chairman of the board of Platform SLOGA, a member of the expert council for international development cooperation and humanitarian aid at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, founder and director of the Institute for African Studies, founder and board member of the Platform of African Diaspora Development Organizations ADEPT and initiator and creator of many ideas. Eyachew is mostly known for his human rights advocacy and dedication and his work for human rights and justice for all.
The series of events consisted of seminars and roundtables on asylum and human rights, inclusion and justice, including football matches and sports activities for intercultural dialogue and inclusion. Learn more here.
“ADD something meaningful.”
As part of the “ADD something meaningful” project, Kulturno izobraževalno društvo PiNA wants to encourage the inclusion of young people between the ages of 16 and 30 in participatory processes at the municipal level. They launched this questionnaire, to learn more about youth participation, needs and wishes: to what extent youth are involved in public life at the local level, in which areas youth are most active, and if and how young people would like to play a greater role in the development of the local environment. The last substantive set of questions is related to the operation of the municipality; if you are a young person who wishes to contribute to this survey, then please answer for the municipality in which you live or are most involved in local life, even though you may have permanent residence in another municipality. Your answers will be of great help to us, so please answer the questions thoughtfully and independently. The questionnaire is anonymous, and since there are no right or wrong answers, please answer honestly or as you really think and/or feel.
Despite the outbreak of war in Sudan, the Krog Institute is still active in South Darfur.
Resource: SLOGA
Zavod Krog, a member of the Anna Lindh Foundation and Sloga Platform in Slovenia, has been active in Sudan for two years in cooperation with the local non-governmental organization Hope and with funding from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia. The activities are taking place in South Darfur, where the situation is stable for the time being, but the needs are also increasing due to the refugees from other areas of Darfur, and at the same time, there is a lack of basic necessities such as medicine, food and other materials. Markets and shops in Niyala, the capital of South Darfur, which were subject to looting at the beginning of the conflict, are now closed, and trade routes from neighbouring African countries and Khartoum are largely closed or impassable due to control by the military or members of the Rapid Intervention Force.
Find out and learn more here.
Intergenerational dialogue for intercultural cooperation workshop on 31. 3. 2023
On 31.3.2023 at 10 CET, we invite the ALF members in Slovenia to join the online workshop on intergenerational dialogue in intercultural contexts. We will start with theoretical insights followed by the presentation of good practices by guest speakers:
- Ana Rejec, project manager at Krog Institute in Slovenia, and
- Ana Trigueiros, member of the board of directors at the Senior University of Barcelos, Portugal
- Ana Trigueiros, member of the board of directors at the Senior University of Barcelos, Portugal
We will continue in breakout rooms for networking and reflections.
Please, register HERE to receive the Zoom.
The Anna Lindh Foundation network in Slovenia had its meeting on 27.3.2023
We conducted the Anna Lindh Foundation, national network meeting in Slovenia on 27.3.2023.
This meeting is a launch of a long-term process on structuring the function of our Anna Lindh Foundation Network for EuroMed dialogue in Slovenia.
Rethinking Gender Equality in Youth Organisations: Training Course in Brežice, Slovenia, Apply by 7 March 2023.
How are you dealing with gender equality in youth work settings? Are these just words and narratives that open calls want from us or is it something that you really think about and integrate in your working environment?
This training course is for you if you would like to step out of the declarative words and start to work on gender equality in everyday youth work and create a document that will help you work with the topic in a meaningful way in the future.
The training will also be a part of the international conference on the Importance of Gender equality, where there will also be a space for networking with several Slovenian organizations and getting to know the programme Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values, which places Gender equality and Gender Mainstreaming in high priority.
Learn more about this opportunity PINA institute and apply here.
ALF Heads of Network Meeting, 30 January – 1 February 2023
On 01 February 2023, the Anna Lind Foundation concluded its Heads of Network meeting organised in collaboration with the Head of the ALF French Network. Forty participants from thirty countries engaged in fruitful discussions to assess the recent work of the ALF, address challenges in its management and governance, and develop the future programming of the Foundation. The ALF Secretariat and the Heads of Network worked on strategic aspects of the network management as well as on the new programming, with a strong commitment to dynamise the National Networks and ensure impact at local and regional levels.
Watch the throwback video here
The meeting of the ALF network in Slovenia will take place in the second half of March.
The meeting will be aimed at socialising and getting to know the Slovenian members of the ALF network and at the presentation of current events in the Euro-Mediterranean region, carried out by the Foundation.
The exact place and time of the event will be announced in early March 2023.
Solidarity with ALF Turkey and Syria, 7th February 2023
Solidarity with ALF Turkey and Syria
Anna Lindh Foundation stands in solidarity with everyone affected by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Our thoughts are with the victims and everyone who lost loved ones.
Our hearts go out to the people affected by the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey. You can read how you can help here: https://time.com/625…/turkey-earthquake-syria-how-to-help/
The Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Camp (EMIC), deadline to apply 3rd of February 2023.
The EMUNI University is proud to launch the Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Camp (EMIC), an exciting new venture for 2023 to nurture #innovation and #creativityamong #youth in the region.
If you are:
aged 18-35 years-old
resident in the Euro-#mediterranean region
and with a novel idea or #invention that can eventually be commercialised, we want to hear from you!
Your application will be reviewed by a panel of experts for their novelty, applicability and feasibility. Short-listed candidates will be invited to the next phase.
The deadline for application is Friday 3 February 2023 – don’t hesitate, apply today! 
emuni.si/innovationcamp
In partnership with Institut “Jožef Stefan” and Université Euromed de Fès , and with the support of Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve RS / Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, @Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport and Union for the Mediterranean
The city of Ljubljana celebrates the Mediterranean, 28.11.2022
Within the Anna Lindh Foundation “Celebrating the Mediterranean,” APIS Institute co-organized with the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs a concert and a panel in Ljubljana at Cankarjev dom in cooperation with the outstanding musicians: Vasko Atanasovski, Basma Jabr and Orwa Saleh.
Mojca Nemec van Gorp from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs opened the event by addressing the visitors with the following words: “In a period of great geopolitical changes, cooperation is essential. Culture promotes diversity, social inclusion and respect, and music brings people and countries from both sides of the Mediterranean closer together.”
The panel and the concert brought people together in an intercultural atmosphere where music unites us in rich diversity.
The city of Ptuj celebrates the Mediterranean, 28.11.2022.
For the first time, the city of Ptuj in Northeastern Slovenia celebrated “the Mediterranean day” on 28.11.2022 as part of the Anna Lindh Foundation “Celebrating the Mediterranean”.
We are delighted that we hosted such an important celebration in Ptuj, aiming for a more inclusive and decentralised approach to celebrations and important events to take place equally in cities with fewer opportunities.
The Povod institute co-organized the concert in cooperation with Bodi centre, the Municipality of Ptuj and the outstanding musicians: Ali R Taha and Mahmoud Al-Khatib, and the musical school: INSTRUMENTAL.KO, and two bands: LAGANINI and KUD ART URBANA” with a magical touch of poetry by Abir Al Jundi.
The audience described the event as a reflection of our unity through the power of music. “We celebrated with excellent music, songs and poetry reflecting the richness of the artistic scene in the Mediterranean region.”
Join the African drumming course hosted by Skuhna social enterprise in Ljubljana, 22 November 2022.
Skuhna social entreprise a member of Anna Lindh Foundation in Slovenia is hosting an African drum course for beginners which will take place on 22 November, 2022 at Skuhna restaurant. For registration and more information check out the event information here.
An intercultural Roma-African evening organized by the EPEKA institute in Slovenia, 14 November 2022.
The Association EPEKA, Soc. Ent., in cooperation with Cultural Art Society BAOBAB organized a Roma-African Evening.
The aim of the project is to promote intercultural cooperation and to bring the general public (children, young people and adults) closer to an understanding of the Roma cultural heritage and the cultural heritage of the African continent, with the support of workshops. We also organised a round table discussion on cultural diversity and intercultural cooperation in the field of culture in Slovenia. The project also aims to develop the event into a Roma-African festival in the coming years, which could further promote intercultural cooperation and the exchange of cultural traditions.
Discussion “Between memory and forgetfulness” 27 September 2022.
TUESDAY, 27.09.2022, 13.00-15:00 INVITED: Discussion “Between memory and forgetfulness”
The Discussion brings academics, museums, curators, teachers, and youth workers together with representatives from various memorial practices and policies to discuss with youth the challenges of enhancing the quality and relevance of Holocaust education and remembrance practices or practices. The aim is also to identify new opportunities and propose recommendations for improving international interdisciplinary cooperation in the memory of crimes against humanity during World War II.
Speakers:
– Thomas Lutz, Topography of Terror Foundation, Berlin
– Nataša Mataušić, historian and curator, Zagreb
– Elma Hašimbegović, Director, History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo.
– Saša Petejan, journalist and curator, APIS Institute, Koper, Ljubljana
The discussion will be moderated by Vesna Teršelič, director of the Document – Center for dealing with the past.
Register at: https://forms.gle/Bzhs2kJDBUDq9u5W9
The project is funded by the European Union, through the Europe for Citizens program.
The discussion will be held via zoom in English.
This project is developed by the APIS Institute with Documento (Croatia) and European partners: MMH Dachau and University of Regensburg (Germany), Associazione 4704 and Topografia per la storia (Italy) and Social Academy (Slovenia).
“How Can Intercultural Learning Contribute to Sustainable Living? A study case in Ljubljana, Slovenia”, 31 March 2022
In March 2022, the Anna Lindh Foundation for Euro-Med dialogue in Slovenia conducted and published a case study that documents on-hand practices of intercultural learning for sustainable living. The group who contributed to this case study come from different geographical locations and currently lives in Ljubljana, Maribor and Ptuj.
Here you may have access to the study case.