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{{Infobox
|name          = Department for Public Diplomacy and International Cooperation in Culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
|localname     = Sektor za javno diplomacijo in mednarodno sodelovanje v kulturi, Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve
|logo          = Ministry of Foreign Affairs (logo).svg
|street        = Prešernova 25
|town          = SI-1000 Ljubljana
|telephone     = 386 (0) 1 478 6642  
|fax           = 386 (0) 1 478 2341 
|email         =  
|website       = https://www.gov.si/drzavni-organi/ministrstva/ministrstvo-za-zunanje-zadeve/o-ministrstvu/direktorat-za-gospodarsko-in-javno-diplomacijo/sektor-za-javno-diplomacijo-in-mednarodno-sodelovanje-v-kulturi/
|managed by    = Directorate for Economic and Public Diplomacy
|contacts      = 
{{Contact
|name          = Petra Kežman
|role          = Head
|telephone     = 386 (0) 1 478 6765      
|email         = petra.kezman@gov.si 
}}
{{Contact
|name          = Maja Žužek
|role          = International Cooperation in Culture
|telephone     = 386 (0) 1 478 6162 
|email         = maja.zuzek@gov.si
}}
}}


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In cooperation with other ministries, the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] is also the centre of activity concerned with drafting and concluding international umbrella agreements in the fields of culture, education, and science and the related inter-governmental protocols, as well as implementing programmes. 

The Department for Public Diplomacy and International Cooperation in Culture cooperates closely with Slovene diplomatic-consular representatives abroad, a network of [[:Category:Slovene embassies and consulates|Slovene embassies and consulates]] as well as with the [[Ministry of Culture]]. It also follows activities concerning the teaching of Slovenian language at foreign universities (in cooperation with the [[Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language]]).

In 2011 the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs established the [[Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna|Slovenian Culture and Information Centre in Vienna]]. In June 2016 the [[Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin]] was set up, it is located at the [[Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Berlin]].
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==Activities==

Slovenia's bilateral cooperation in the cultural and scientific fields overlaps with the activities of multilateral organisations and initiatives such as the Council of Europe, the European Union, the [[Slovenia National Commission for UNESCO|United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)]], the Central European Initiative (CEI), Platform Culture &ndash; Central Europe, and the cultural activities of the Regional Partnership, the Stability Pact for SEE, the [[Adriatic Ionian Initiative (AII)]], Quadrilaterale, and the Višegrad Group. The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] is also in charge of activities involving Slovenia in the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation (ALF) and the [[Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF)]].

The Ministry participates in formulating the European Agenda for Culture. During the Slovene presidency of EU in 2008, the former Department for International Cultural Relations organised the international conference "New Paradigms, New Models &ndash; Culture in the EU External Relations" (conceived in cooperation with the European Commission, the European Cultural Foundation, and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Austria and the Netherlands). The conference created a solid ground for incorporating the cultural dimension into the EU's external relations and for strengthening the EU's external relations policy with cultural components. 

The Ministry engages also in the restitution of cultural property, works of art, archives and cadastral and land registers from Italy to Slovenia. 

==Funding==
Prior to 2004 the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] did not have budgetary funds for foreign cultural policy, however modifications were made to the state budget proposal for the fiscal years 2004 and 2005 and the independent budgetary item "foreign cultural policy" was accepted. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed an agreement with the [[Ministry of Culture]] on cooperation in international cultural policy for 2003 to 2007 to enhance their working partnership in the field. 

During 2009 and 2010 the department supported individual international projects with a focus on the West Balkans. Together with the [[Department for International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs|Department for International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance]] it launched a common funding programme to support the regional bottom-up initiatives.

In 2011 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the [[Ministry of Culture]] launched a new financial mechanism: a special cultural fund to support cultural projects or events co-organised by Slovene embassies and consulates round the world.

==Past projects==

In September 2006 the [[LJU Cosinus BRX Gallery, Brussels]] was established on the premises of the European Commission on the initiative of the former Division for International Cultural Relations, which presented works of art based on topical issues in science and technology. The European Commissioner for Enviroment, Dr [[Janez Potočnik]], supported the initiative during his mandate, up to 2009. 

The department has supported several cultural and artistic initiatives, for example, the project  "Sarajevo Notebooks". Up to 2007, 14 notebooks with texts by 300 authors of the Balkans region were published by a Sarajevo publisher, and the new edition in October 2011 (the ''Best of Sarajevo Notebooks II'', which presents the contemporary short story in ex-Yugoslavia, is available online, in English). The "Lost Highway Project" was done in cooperation with [[Škuc Gallery]].

==See also==
* [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]
* [[:Category:Slovene embassies and consulates|Slovene embassies and consulates]]
* [[Office for EU Affairs and International Cooperation, Ministry of Culture]]
* [[Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna]]
* [[Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin]]
* [[Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation (ALF)]]
* [[Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF)]] 
* [[Slovenia National Commission for UNESCO]]

==External links==
*[https://www.gov.si/en/state-authorities/ministries/ministry-of-foreign-affairs/about-the-ministry/directorate-for-economic-and-public-diplomacy/department-for-public-diplomacy-and-international-cooperation-in-culture/ Information on the Department on the Gov.si website]

Projects and Initiatives
* [http://mzz.arhiv-spletisc.gov.si/fileadmin/pageuploads/Kulturno_sodelovanje/New_paradigms_program_1.pdf "New Paradigms, New Models – Culture in the EU External Relations" booklet] (pdf)
* [http://www.sveske.ba/en/content/sarajevo-notebook-magazine ''Sarajevo Notebooks'' online edition]
* [http://www.asoulforeurope.eu/ A Soul for Europe website]

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[[Category:Cultural policy]]
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