Depot:M3C Multimedia Centres Network of Slovenia

Contact

Mreža multimedijskih centrov Slovenije (M3C)

http://www.m3c.si

mreza@m3c.si

Managed byCelje Youth Centre

The M3C Multimedia Centres Network of Slovenia gathers existing and emerging multimedia initiatives in all Slovene regions and encourages international cooperation. Its members enable free access to and encourage creative use of new technology. They function as venues, events, and workshop (co)producers, and information points.

The M3C Network was established in 2004 when 9 Slovene multimedia centres obtained a 3-year funding contract from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) by applying through the Ministry of Culture to develop an infrastructural environment in relation to information technology and digital culture. Currently there are 20 regional members in the network.

Background

The M3C Network is rooted in a non-formal network, originally called the Cultural Information Backbone, which was formed in the second half of the 1990s. The project's aim was to connect organisations working with digital and information technologies and artistic production in Slovenia. Following funding from the Ministry of Culture and the former Ministry of Information Society, as well as from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) from 2004 to 2006, the infrastructure of the network was extended to cover all Slovene regions.

Members

Currently there are 23 regional members in the network: Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab and Kersnikova Institute (Rampa Lab) in Ljubljana; KIBLA Multimedia Centre, MKC Maribor Youth Culture Centre and EPeKa Scientific and Research Association in Maribor; PINA Primorje Information Atelier and Association of the Friends of Moderate Progress in Koper-Capodistria; Mostovna Cultural Centre run by Masovna Institute in Nova Gorica; Mink Multimedia Centre in Tolmin; Pivka House of Culture in Pivka; KRIK Pomurje Multimedia Centre run by MIKK Youth Information Cultural Club, Murska Sobota, Prlekija Regional Multimedia Centre in Ljutomer; Celje Youth Centre, ŠMOCL in Laško; Kunigunda Regional Multimedia Centre (KRMC) in Velenje, Koroška Multimedia Centre in Slovenj Gradec, Multimedia Centre of Dolenjska (MCD) within the framework of Lokalpatriot in Novo mesto; Posavje Multimedia Centre in Krško, Brežice Youth Centre (MC Brežice); Mat kultra Multimedia Centre in Zagorje, Delavski dom Trbovlje Cultural Centre in Trbovlje, Pulsar Multimedia Centre in Škofja Loka, and Kotlovnica Youth Centre in Kamnik.

Services

The M3C Network members (co)produce informal educational programmes for local artists and cultural workers to encourage the creative use of technology. Some of the members have developed regional web portals based on open standards. A database covering daily cultural events around Slovenia was fed to Kulturnik.si, an aggregator based on semantic web tools developed by Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab.

Today some of the regional portals are defunct. For the archival purposes, here is the list of all of them: Dravoskop cultural portal covering the Štajerska region, Klopotec.net for the Prlekija region, Mikk.si and Krik-ms.si for the Pomurje region, Nucam.info for the Carinthia region, Kunigunda.org covering Savinjska region, Troblja.com for the Posavje region (Krško), MC-Brežice.si for the Lower Posavje region, Gorenjski.kulturnik.si for the Gorenjska region, Porton.si for the Primorska region, Posočje.net for the Upper Posočje region and the Mostovna.com for the Goriška region.

See also

• List of the Multimedia centres Network members
• Ministry of Culture
• Kulturnik.si

External links

• The M3C Network's website

The M3C multimedia centres regional web portals

• Dravoskop cultural portal, Štajerska region
• Klopotec.net, Prlekija region
• Mikk.si, Pomurje region
• MC-Brežice.si, Lower Posavje region
• Porton.si, Primorska region
• Mostovna.com, Goriška region