Svetosavska 24
LJUBLJANA
Slovénie
- Youth and education
Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga/Pro et Contra, Institute for culture of dialogue (acronym ZIP) considers itself a creator of a peaceful coexistence and communication, it contributes to development of democracy and raises civil awareness of people. ZIP activities among young and dissemination of the above mentioned ideas create a better new world.ZIP co-ordinates, informs, educates, researches and promotes debate activity in order to improve the quality of the culture in dialogue in Slovenia and strengthen youth participation in public life. Debate develops critical thinking, excites students’ interest in current social affairs, encourages tolerance and respect for people with different opinions, teaches how to speak clearly and in an articulated manner, teaches how to cope with fear of public speaking, in a word the debate develops a social critical citizen who is able to clearly and convincingly take his/her stand, who is able to listen and understand the opposing arguments and re-establish a dialogue.
ZIP main activities are:
- coordination of 60 debate clubs activities, 1000 young people involved;
- organising and running different debate and advocacy trainings for youth, youth workers, teachers, elderly, different NGOs ...
- organising and promoting round table discussions, public, Radio and TV debates on different topics all over Slovenia;
- organising regional, national and international events fostering researching, information and discussions about important issues of contemporary world e.g. equal opportunities, active citizenship and participation, inter culture dialogue, social inclusion, fight against climate change ... among youth, other citizens and residence, academics, civil society experts and activists, politicians, governmental officials, members of the parliament.
- consulting, help organising, training new debate programmes all over the world; in the last year we train and help organising debates in Iraq, Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Serbia, Ruanda, Finland, Italy.
Some past projects:
DEBATE EUROPE PROGRAMME, Slovenia, grant number : , project entitled « Tudi tvoje mnenje šteje, z razpravami do naše Evrope. »,
Implementation November 2008 – November 2009
Youth in Action Programme, Action 4.5.b, EACEA, project entitled « To vote or not to vote », implementation date 15th January 2009 – 15th of August 2009
Youth in Action Programme, Action 3.1, Cooperation with the neighbouring countries, project entitled «One lingual, bi-lingual, multi–lingual, implementation period September – November 2008
THE PROJECT ENTITLED »EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IS AS IMPORTANT AS SLOVENIAN PARLIAMENT.« , grant agreement number: INFO/2006/3/84, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, Directorate-General Information, Budget Unit – MOY 05 T 004, implementation dates August 2006 – June 2007
ELEM 2007, project entitled « Let’s debate equal opportunities », Year of equal opportunities, implementation period 2007.
Youth for Active Citizenship and EU Integration”, August 2005 – July 2006, a series of trainings for youth; debate tournaments; public, radio and TV debates; essay competition; national youth forum; international youth forum; International project, leading partner Lithuanian debate organisation, partners Slovenia and Bulgaria; Call for proposals - DG EAC No. 68/04, “PROMOTION OF ACTIVE EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP”
„Youth Parliament Project“, Call for proposals: Socrates Joint Actions, 2003 113112-JA-2003-1-NL-Joint Call-ACYP, international project, leading applicant IDEA, partners UK, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, project implementation years 2005 and 2006