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Sektor za mednarodne odnose v kulturi, Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve RS

Direktorat za evropske zadeve in politično bilateralo, Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve, Prešernova 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia,

http://www.mzz.gov.si

info.mzz@gov.si

Phone386 (0) 1 478 2000

ProprietorDirectorate for European Affairs and Bilateral Political Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Helena Drnovšek, Zorko Head

helena.drnovsek-zorko@gov.si

Phone386 (0) 1 478 2302

Abstract

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. Slovene foreign cultural policy is concerned with the presentation of Slovenia and Slovene culture abroad as well as with the presentation of foreign cultures in Slovenia, so the Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed an agreement with the Ministry of Culture on co-operation in international cultural policy for 2003 to 2007 to enhance their working partnership in the field.

The Division for International Cultural Relations has supported several cultural and artistic initiatives, eg the project Sarajevo Notebooks (up to 2007 14 Notebooks with texts by 300 authors of the Balkan region were published by a Sarajevo publisher) and the Lost Highway Project in co-operation with ŠKUC Gallery (cf http://www.galerija.skuc-drustvo.si/skuc2.html). In September 2006 the LJU COSINUS BRX Gallery was established on the initiative of the Division for International Cultural Relations, which presents works of art based on topical issues in science and technology. See the Intermedia arts Overview.