NEW FACES – True story: ‘We need to understand that most foreigners here in Slovenia are educated and are just looking for a safe life. In my opinion, as I said before, learning the local language is the key to integration and this is the biggest problem for foreigners in Slovenia right now, because there […]
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On 1st July, together with our local partners ADRA Slovenia and the Cultural Association Gmajna, we presented our project BODE+! Launched in 2023, the BODE+ project aims to support democratic advocacy for rights and integration in Slovenia. After several years of field work, personal interviews and focus groups with people with migration experience and contributions
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On Wednesday, May 8, we organized a workshop on rights advocacy and innovative methods in rights advocacy with ADRA Slovenia and Gmajna Cultural Association, our partners in the BODE + project, at the office of ADRA Slovenia. In the program, Furkan Güner from the Intercultural Dialogue Association talked about advocacy and what was done in
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Yesterday under the project BODE+ in which we focus on advocacy and equal treatment for newcomers in Slovenia we had a presentation about “Migration – Law and Practices in Slovenia” held by PIC Urša Regvar. We talked about different migration statuses such as international protection, family reunification, and work permission in Slovenia, and the latest
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No Barriers to Equality / BODE + INVITATION: Workshops for persons with migrant background, BODE+ project On Monday, May 6th and Wednesday, May 8th we invite you to workshops where you will get information on your rights and the procedure for reporting if they are violated (6 May at 4.30 p.m.). The workshop ‘My Rights
New Faces – Real Story: “When I moved to Slovenia, finding a room/apartment was also a barrier. Because I did not speak Slovenian, I had difficulties communicating and in some cases, unfortunately, I also experienced discrimination based on where I was from.” Ksenija from Belarus Projekt BODE+ (#BrezOvirDoEnakostiinpravic), implemented together with ADRA Slovenia and the
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The Peace Institute, the Gmajna Cultural Association, and the Community of Municipalities of Slovenia, in cooperation with the Municipality of Ljubljana, organized a seminar on strengthening the voice of migrants in integration and inclusion policies. In Ljubljana City Hall, Irina, and Godwill, members of the Migrant Advisory Council in Graz (Migrant: Innerbeirat Graz), presented their
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Two months after the end of the Pop up the Bubbles project, it’s time to look back and gather together all the results that have been produced during the project, which can also be accessed online. Between November 2020 and February 2023, four project partners, in addition to the Social Academy, the Intercultural Dialogue Association,
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Intercultural Dialogue Association continued its tradition of arranging iftar dinners in the homes of Muslim families in Ljubljana. An iftar is a fast-breaking dinner that takes place every night during the Islamic month of Ramadan.Being an Islamic practice; iftars have often been Muslim-only events that hosts take pride in arranging. It is customary to invite
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On January 16, World Religion Day, and January 27, World Remembrance Day for the Victims of Genocide, we made a series of visits as an Intercultural Dialogue Association. Our aim in these visits was primarily to strengthen the ties between the 3 major religions of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Of course, we also wanted to
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