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 18 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 18 regional members in the network: Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab and Cyberpipe in Ljubljana; KIBLA Multimedia Centre in Maribor; PINA Primorje Information Atelier in Koper-Capodistria; Mostovna Cultural Centre in Nova Gorica and Mink Multimedia Centre in Tolmin; Multimedia Centre of Dolenjska (MCD) within the framework of Lokalpatriot in Novo mesto; Posavje Multimedia Centre in Krško, Brežice Youth Centre (MC Brežice); KRIK Pomurje Multimedia Centre in Murska Sobota and Art Center Prosenjakovci in Središče, Prlekija Regional Multimedia Centre in Ljutomer; Celje Youth Centre, Kunigunda Regional Multimedia Centre (KRMC) in Velenje, Koroška Multimedia Centre in Slovenj Gradec, Mat kultra Multimedia Centre in Zagorje, Pulsar Multimedia Centre in Škofja Loka, and Pivka House of Culture in Pivka.

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 is fed to Kulturnik.si, an aggregator based on semantic web tools developed by Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab.

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 and Krik-ms.si, Pomurje region
• Nucam.info, Carinthia region
• Kunigunda.org, Savinjska region
• Troblja.com, Posavje region (Krško)
• MC-Brežice.si, Lower Posavje region
• Gorenjski.kulturnik.si, Gorenjska region
• Porton.si, Primorska region
• Posočje.net, Upper Posočje region
• Mostovna.com, Goriška region