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Multivizija: Multimedia, Theatre and Dance Training for Vulnerable Groups

by romana on Dec 14, 2018 • No Comments

Multivizija is a training that combines different art expressions: photography, video, audio, dance and theatre. 50 participants who have experienced being different – because of a different culture, an experience of migration or sensory or physical disability – will be engaged in this creative process of workshops. Workshops will be led...

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Media Literacy in Action

by romana on Dec 5, 2018 • No Comments

The participants of international youth exchange Embrace the Reality with Media Literacy, lead by APIS Institute in November in Slovenia, have confirmed that such programs serve as a remarkable experiential space to learn. Along this line, young people presented newly acquired knowledge of media literacy at the closing event in...

Education / Migration / Multimedia

Multimedia Educational Toolkit on Migration and Refugeeism

by romana on Oct 28, 2018 • No Comments

With the support of the Government Communication Office, teachers of primary and secondary schools and high schools received multimedia educational material on migration and refugees. The toolkit was designed and produced by the non-governmental organization APIS Institute in cooperation with Slovenska Filantropija and ZRC SAZU. This is the first toolkit...

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Announcing the 2017 Photo Marathon Jury Awards

by romana on Dec 12, 2017 • Comments Closed

On October 14, 2017, 161 participants across five cities took to the streets to document 12 themes in 12 hours. Through a collaboration including on the ground organizers representing community associations in each city, we gathered 1858 photos capturing one day across the Mediterranean region. Participants were challenged to photograph...

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Facing the Road on Festival of Migrant Film

by romana on Jun 14, 2017 • Comments Closed

Fighting for what one believes in requires difficult choices. It can also take unimaginable courage to face life-changing consequences. Hakim Asnabla from Marocco grew up believing in freedom, democracy and equality. Because of these beliefs he joined a student movement struggling for free education. Because of his involvement he was...

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Youth Reflecting “European Dream” Youth Exchange

by romana on Jun 14, 2017 • Comments Closed

Participants from Slovenia, Poland, Turkey, Netherlands and Northern Ireland met in May in Slovenia. One week long event took them on a journey to contemplate on meaning of EU on their lives, they deepened their level of understanding of national and European identities and reflected the consequences of EU crises...

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Facing the Street – Digital Storytelling in Youth Work with Vulnerable Groups

by romana on Feb 25, 2017 • Comments Closed

From the 21. to the 29. of July, APIS Institute organized a training course “Facing the street – Digital stories in youth work with vulnerable groups” taking place in Ljubljana. The training course for youth workers was realized in the frame of Erasmus + Youth in Action programme. APIS designed...

Multimedia / Photo / Social act / Uncategorized / Video / Youth

Ljubljana, my City: Participatory Photography and Video Workshops for Youth

by romana on Feb 3, 2017 • Comments Closed

Between September and November 2916, APIS Institute implemented participatory photography and video workshops for 12 to 14-year- olds. Workshop participants explored photography and video as a means to express their views about Ljubljana. What do children’s perspectives tell us about the city and the community we live in? What do...

Collaboration / Photo / Social act

Announcing the 2016 Photo Marathon Jury Awards

by romana on Feb 3, 2017 • Comments Closed

On October 22, 2016, 271 participants across seven cities took to the streets to document 12 themes in 12 hours. APIS in 2016 joined the Photo Marathon in Ljubljana for the first time. We joined other on the ground organizers from Beirut, Algiers, Palermo, Napoli, Marseille, representing community associations in...

Collaboration / Migration / Multimedia / Youth

Music on the Move Video & Evaluations

by Natasa on Nov 4, 2016 • Comments Closed

At the end of September 2016 we concluded the “Music on the Move” project. Through musical creation we connected thirty-eight participants and six organizations: ADIS (Romania), AIM-Agenzia Intercultura e mobilità (Italy), Zavod APIS (Slovenia), The Inside Out Programme (UK), United Societies of Balkans (Greece), Urbana mladež (Croatia). This examination of cultural diversity took place in the...

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Digital Storytelling for International Youth Workers

by romana on Oct 5, 2016 • Comments Closed

In cooperation with the organization Balkanska iniciativa za toleranciju from Serbia, APIS Institute has successfully conducted the workshop for digital storytelling through use of video and photography tools for youth workers. This workshop was the first part of an ongoing one year project 3M- Multimedia Multipliers from the Margins, dedicated...

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Framing Equality / Equality in Focus

by romana on Mar 2, 2016 • Comments Closed

FRAMING EQUALITY and EQUALITY IN FOCUS are two projects that took shape as a photography and video workshops conducted by APIS Institute in order to overcome stereotypes and empower migrant and Roma women living in Slovenia. In the framework of these projects, 8 photo-stories and 5 short films have been created. Through...

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Migration and Youth- Transmedia Exhibition of Art School Students

by romana on Jan 15, 2016 • Comments Closed

How do young people think about migration ? The photographer Manca Juvan initiated a trans-media exhibition on Migration and Youth, which aims to answer this question. The exhibition was done in cooperation with APIS Institute, the High School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana (SŠOF), and the Institute of trans-media...

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Rhythm of Youth Presentational Video

by Natasa on Oct 30, 2015 • Comments Closed

At the end of October 2015 we concluded the “Rhythm of Youth” project. Through musical creation we connected thirty participants and six organizations: ADIS (Romania),Associazione TDM 2000 (Italy), Zavod APIS (Slovenia), The Inside Out Programme (UK), United Societies of Balkans (Greece), Urbana mladež (Croatia). This examination of cultural diversity took place in...

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Last Witnesses

by sasa on Feb 22, 2015 • Comments Closed

This is a photo documentary exhibition about the impact of human rights violations inflicted seven decades ago and then forgotten. It captures the vulnerability of survivors, an intimate heritage of the internment in poorly known Italian fascist concentration camps for civilians. The first opening happened in September 2013 at the...

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Exhibition MIGRATION

by Natasa on Nov 14, 2014 • Comments Closed

Transmedia exhibition features the work of photographers Manca Juvan, DK, Fernanda Prado Verčič; in the Ljubljana’s Španski borci the exhibition also featured photographer Ana Sluga. In addition to the photographs the exhibition included video content, created by Romana Zajec, co-founder of APIS Institute. This transmedia exhibition aims to examine...

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MIGRATION and SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT: Anna Lindh Foundation project

by Natasa on Jul 15, 2014 • Comments Closed

We present the results of successfully completed project of video training, which has been implemented in Slovenia and Jordan. Through video training and international cooperation, we encourage reflection on migration from the perspective of contribution to the development of society, the flow of knowledge and intercultural exchange. The participating organizations...

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Bringing Knowledge In Youth Centers

by ana on Aug 3, 2013 • Comments Closed

Youth from the Slovene capital Neighborhood Youth Centers of Črnuče and Zalog welcomed and enjoyed aromatherapy workshops Institute APIS offered. In alignment with do-it-yoursel philosophy they created their own perfume, massage oil, washing detergent … The aim of the project was to educate youngsters about the use of essential oils and...

Collaboration / Documentary / Memory / Photo

Fascism: Cutting Through Historic Amnesia

by admin on Apr 6, 2013 • 3 Comments

In Slovenia a project whose aim is to remember concentration camps run by Italian fascism is underway. While the focus is on survivors, their relatives and friends from Slovenia, breaking through a historic amnesia is crucial to the authors. In September 2013 an exhibition will be held at the Museum...

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From Workers to Activists – For a Better Life!

by romana on Jul 11, 2012 • 1 Comment

From Workers to Activists is a documentary film about activistic and ambitious radio show that tries to break a vicious circle of exploitation of immigrant workers in Slovenia. The documentary film is a co-production of Institute APIS. Authors of the documentary film: Research journalist: Anja Kuhar | Camera: Klemen Krek | Editing: Romana Zajec Immigrant workers...

Collaboration / Documentary / Memory

Italian Fascist Camps

by admin on Jun 14, 2012 • Comments Closed

Italian Association of audio documentarists AUDIODOC manages the project of mapping, documentation and collection of oral testimonies on fascist camps during WW2. In Slovenia Apis co-founder Saša Petejan interviewed survivors of camps on croatian island of Rab and in Gonars (Italy). Fascist concentration system has made use of various tools...

Journalism / Migration / Video

EU: Keeping out the refugees

by romana on Jun 4, 2012 • Comments Closed

This is an interview with dr. Roman Herzog, a political activist and radio documentary author. He explains how EU adopted German policy from the 90s when Germany closed borders for refugees. EU has been fighting refugees outside it’s borders for many years now. In recent years these actions are mostly coordinated by...

Journalism / Memory / Video

Italian Winter

by sasa on May 16, 2012 • Comments Closed

In a short video a graphic novel author interrupts Italian’s historic amnesia and apologizes to citizens of Slovenia. A fascist camp survivor remembers events happened seven decades ago as they are happening in the very moment. Something would be missing if a psychologist would’t have a say on war trauma....

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Exhibition VOZim

by romana on Apr 29, 2019 • No Comments

The exhibition VOZim addresses the theme of accessibility telling about the lives of physically disabled people on wheelchairs. The photographer Teja Pahor created a photo series about the challenges which are daily faced by wheelchair users. Stairs, rain, snow, architectural barriers, trains, and buses are just pieces in the mosaic of our common reality, which are perceived differently by...

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VOLPOWER

by romana on Jan 1, 2019 • No Comments

Volunteer and Empower ENHANCING COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION THROUGH DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION AMONGST YOUNG EUROPEANS AND THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS Apis Institute is thrilled to announce the launch of VOLPOWER. VOLPOWER is a European project funded under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). It is led by the Glasgow Caledonian University and aims at...

Collaboration / Youth

Youth Exchange “United in Music” Echos

by Natasa on Sep 10, 2018 • Comments Closed

In August, we have concluded our third edition of music youth exchange, this time named “United in Music”. Participants from Greece, Jordan, Lebanon, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom have been dedicating their time to music and intercultural dialogue between 30.7. and 7.8.2018 in Camp Kolpa Vinica. Through choir singing, developing vocal and performance techniques, conduction...

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