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{{Infobox
| name               = Forum of Slavic Cultures International Foundation
| local name         = Mednarodna ustanova Forum slovanskih kultur
| logo              = Forum of Slavic Cultures (logo).svg
| street             = Cesta 27. aprila 47
| town               = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| map                = http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lon=14.50596&lat=46.04874&zoom=17&layer=mapnik
| website            = https://www.fsk.si
| email              = info@fsk.si
| telephone          = 386 (0) 8 205 2800, 386 (0) 40 814 421
| fax                = 386 (0) 1 256 5738
| managed by         = Ministry of Culture
| contacts     = {{Contact
  | name        = Andreja Rihter
  | role        = Director
  | email       = andreja.rihter@fsk.si
  }}{{Contact
  | name        = Mateja Jančar
  | role        = Project manager
  | telephone   = 
  | email       = mateja.jancar@fsk.si
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| accounts      =
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Forum-slovanskih-kultur-Forum-of-Slavic-Cultures/259739220827373
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf4TQZHxoz16vx_mYjK8M4Q
https://www.instagram.com/forumslovanskihkultur/
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The initiative to set up the [[Forum of Slavic Cultures International Foundation|Forum of Slavic Cultures]] was presented for the first time during the Bush-Putin Summit at Brdo pri Kranju in June 2001. The Forum of Slavic Cultures is an international institution established in [[established::2004]] as a legal entity of private law ("ustanova"). The organisation and operation of the Forum of Slavic Cultures falls under responsibility of the [[Ministry of Culture]].
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==Mission and membership==
The Forum aims to preserve and develop cultural values, traditions and contents shared by Slavic-speaking countries. To this end it promotes co-operation among these countries in the cultural, educational and scientific spheres, develops cultural exchanges, organises meetings and provides for the design of joint projects. Achievements in these spheres are presented to the broad international public. The Slovene EU Presidency of 2008 provided a unique opportunity to present the Forum and the achievements of its members to a broad European public.

Members of the Forum include Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Ukraine.

In keeping with the standing statute of the Forum, each member country names one member of the Board as well as its own Programme Council (PC). The number of Council members is not limited, however, no more than three members per country can co-operate internationally or take part in international meetings.

==Projects==
The Forum of Slavic Cultures runs three major projects. The ''100 Slavic Novels'' collection is managed by the [[Slovene Writers’ Association]] and involves multilateral translations of 10 novels, selected by each member country. The first three Slovenian translations were: ''The Geographer Drank Away the Globe'' by Aleksej Ivanov, ''The First Second Coming'' by Aleksej Slapovski and a Macedonian novel ''Alphabet For the Disobedient'' by Venko Andonovski.

The second major project is ''Slavic Heritage'' which fosters exhibition exchanges and the festivals dedicated to film (the Slavic Film Festival) and literature (the Slavic Bridge Festival and the [[World Literatures - Fabula Festival]]) while the third part of the programme is dedicated to ''Youth Exchange''. 

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During 2009 the Forum of Slavic Cultures supported also some small-scale projects in Slovenia. The support was granted for the publishing of [[Studia Mythologica Slavica]] and a number of smaller international projects, e.g. a [[International Golden Boat Translation Workshop|poetry translation workshop Golden Boat]] in Škocjan, Tomaj and Ljubljana, two international symposia in Ljubljana (''Rearticulation – the Law of Capital: History of Oppression'', ''Experimental Theatre Space in Central Europe''), a touring of the performance ''Atelier'' by [[Bara Kolenc]], etc.

In October 2009 the Forum supported participation of representatives of Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Ukraine at the international symposium entitled ''1989-2009: Religion and the Turnaround in East Central and Southeast Europe'' organised by [[Slovenian Scientific Institute in Vienna]].


In 2019 the project about the clothing culture identified the typical elements of the cultural heritage of Slavic nations in unique collections of the fashion designers of the younger and middle generations from Bulgaria, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia (Jelena Proković) and Serbia. The exhibition took place at the beginning of the year 2020 at the Historical Atrium of the [[City Hall Atria]] in Ljubljana.

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== Živa Award for the best Slavic museum and heritage site ==

Since 2014 the foundation and the European Museum Academy have bestowed the [[Živa Award]] for the Best Slavic Museum. Since 2018 the jury consisting of 13 museum experts from Slavic countries and the European Museum Academy also selects the winner of the Živa Award for the best Slavic heritage site.
More information you could find in the article about the [[Živa Award]].

==See also==
* [[International Summer School of Museology]]
* [[Živa Award]]

==External links==
* [https://www.fsk.si Forum of Slavic Cultures International Foundation website] (in 12 Slav languages and English)

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