Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport

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Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost, kulturo in šport

Masarykova cesta 16, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.mizks.gov.si

gp.mss@gov.si

Phone386 (0) 1 400 5200

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In February 2012 the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (abbreviated as MIZKŠ in Slovenian) was established, merging the former Ministry of Education and Sport, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Culture.

The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport is the part of the Government of the Republic that is responsible for pre-school education and primary, secondary, and higher education, science, research, sport, and creativity, art, culture, cultural heritage, media, the information society, electronic communications, the Slovenian language and religious communities.

Tasks

The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport performs tasks relating to education and social protection of children, adolescents and adults in kindergartens, primary schools, school student residence halls, music schools, secondary schools and in institutions and units for adult education; education of members of the Italian, Roma and Hungarian ethnic communities, education of members of the Slovene minority in Italy, Austria and Hungary; supplementary lessons in Slovene language and literature for Slovenes around the world; sports education and recreation; selective and professional sport, etc. The bodies affiliated to the ministry, the Inspectorate of the RS for Education and Sport and the Office of the RS for Youth assist the Ministry to attain its aims.

The Ministry performs also tasks in the field of higher education, research, science and also co-ordinates work in the field of the information society.

The offices of the MIZKŠ dedicated to culture are situated at Maistrova 10 (two streets away from the headquarters). It is the task of the Creativity Directorate to provide suitable opportunities for creation in cultural spheres in Slovenia and foster international cooperation, while the Cultural Heritage Directorate is responsible for the unmovable, movable as well as intangible cultural heritage. The Archives of the Republic of Slovenia is affiliated to the Ministry.

Additionally, the task of the Media Directorate of the Ministry is to protect the right to freedom of expression in the media and to ensure the media pluralism. The Culture and Media Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia and the Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Electronic Communications, Electronic Signature and Post are the bodies within the Ministry that oversee the implementation of legislation and other regulations and general acts relating to culture and media.

Funding

In addition to its national and international stipend and scholarship programmes, the Education, Science, Culture and Sport issues various annual public calls and competitions.

Where funding of public institutions is concerned, there are special calls for archive institutions and libraries, for movable cultural heritage institutions (mostly museums), for unmovable cultural heritage projects (investments in infrastructure) and for audio-visual programmes. All public state cultural institutions are required to present their following year's programmes to the Ministry, which then decides on their annual subsidy according to the annual budget. For non-governmental organisations, the Ministry announces (usually in Autumn) a call for public cultural programmes and projects. There are also some additional special public calls.

Funding related to literature and publishing has been performed by the Slovenian Book Agency, while the national cultural programme in the sphere of film is implemented by the Slovenian Film Centre.

International co-operation in funding education, science or culture is organised according to several bilateral contracts.

International cooperation

The Ministry’s area of work in the field of international co-operation encompass bilateral and multilateral co-operation. The Ministry represents Slovenia and participates on its behalf in the work of the European Commission committees. It is actively involved in the 5th, 6th and 7th EU Framework Programmes. It also covers the activities of Slovenia in the R&D field of South Eastern Europe. Within the Ministry, the UNESCO Office performs tasks concerning Slovenia’s co-operation with UNESCO.

See also

Directorates

• Preschool and Basic Education Directorate
• Secondary, Higher Vocational and Adult Education Directorate
• Higher Education and Science Directorate
• Information Society Directorate
• Creativity Directorate
  • Sector for the Arts
  • Sector for Slovene language
• Cultural Heritage Directorate
• Media Directorate
• Sport Directorate
• Investments Directorate

Offices

• Office for Development and International Cooperation
• Slovenia National Commission for UNESCO
• Office for Religious Communities

• Funds within the Ministry
  • Prešeren Foundation

• National Councils
  • National Council for Culture
  • National Council for Library Services

• Bodies under the Ministry
  • Inspectorate of the RS for Education and Sport
  • Office of the RS for Youth
  • Archives of the Republic of Slovenia
  • Culture and Media Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia
  • Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Electronic Communications, Electronic Signature and Post

External links

• Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport website