Within the project BODE+ in collaboration with ADRA Slovenija, KD Gmajna and Zavod APIS
we kindly invite you to sign:
The Petition to Provide Suitable Meals for All Children
Every child deserves a healthy and balanced meal at school. As part of our initiative, we want to achieve systemic change that will ensure nutrition that is accessible and suitable for all children, regardless of their cultural, religious or ethical background.
Every signature counts! Share the petition and co-create a more inclusive learning environment for future generations with us.
An excerpt from the public initiative:
The main document regulating the right to religious freedom in the Republic of Slovenia is the Religious Freedom Act (Zakon o verski svobodi, 2007), which, among other things, directs that religious freedom must also be guaranteed and inviolable in public life, which includes, among other things, various forms of expression of religion. A form of expression of religion is also the choice of food that is in accordance with religious teachings. Religious freedom must therefore also be guaranteed in the context of school meals, which the Nutritional Guidelines for Educational Institutions (Zavod Republike Slovenije za šolstvo, 2023) do not pay enough attention to. READ MORE HERE.
As part of our project “Public Initiative for All Children in Slovenian Schools”, we will organise a press conference in front of the Ministry of Education building on May 7th 2025 to inform the general public about this issue.
The public initiative was prepared by migrants within the BODE+ project in cooperation with ADRA Slovenia, the MKD association and the Gmajna Cultural Association, and with the support of the EMV-LII project.
Signatories of the initiative:
Intercultural Dialogue Society, Humanitarian Society ADRA Slovenia, Cultural Society Gmajna,
Infokolpa Initiative, Slovenian Philanthropy, Peace Institute, Danilo Kiš Cultural Centre, Humanitas,
The Krog Institute, the SLOGA Platform, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Legal Centre for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment (PIC), the APIS Institute, Amnesty International Slovenia, the Islamic Community in the Republic of Slovenia, the Diversity Association, the ČKZ Institute and the Slovenian Vegan Society.
The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for this.
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Bajt, V., Frank, A., Jalušič, V., & Ladić, M. (2023). Odgovorno delovanje za vključujoče lokalne skupnosti (CIFER): Nacionalno poročilo – Slovenija. Mirovni inštitut.
Giorda, M. C., Bossi, L., Messina, E., & Risteco, C. (2014). Food and religion (in public food service). Consorzio Risteco. Hajdinjak, M. (2024). Kaprice in »pravice« v šolski prehrani. Vestnik. https://vestnik.svet24.si/clanek/aktualno/v-premislek-kaprice-in-pravice-v-solski-prehrani-1375386
Ministrstvo za kulturo. (2019). Gradivo k posameznim točkam dnevnega reda 4. Seje sveta vlade RS za dialog o verski svobodi. Vlada Republike Slovenije. https://www.gov.si/assets/ministrstva/MK/Verska-svoboda/Svet-Vlade-RS-za-dialog/Gradivo-4.-seja-Sveta.pdf
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