Sector for Minority Cultural Rights and the Development of Cultural Diversity 

Head : Dr. Suzana Čurin Radovič
tel.: +386 1 400 79 44
email: suzana.curin-radovic(at)gov.si
 
In the Sector for Minority Cultural Rights and the Development of Cultural Diversity the following tasks are performed:

• preparing expert groundwork and regulations as well as monitoring domestic and European legislation falling within the working area of the Sector,
• developing and enforcing modernisation within the established EU concepts on the protection and promotion of cultural diversity,
• bringing awareness to the minority members regarding their rights and executing mediation for preventative conflict resolutions,
• developing special measures due to special circumstances in which the minority groups, not only ethnic but also vulnerable and hindered groups, operate culturally,
• monitoring the development of minority cultures and creating conditions for their promotions and recognition within the wider society,
• preparation of proposals for expert materials that are deliberated by the government and by the parliament of the Republic of Slovenia and by the Council of Europe, European Union and the United Nations,
• cooperating with domestic and international governmental and non-governmental expert organisations and with individuals,
• preparing and harmonising principals, goals and measures in the area of minority group cultural policy,
• preparing and executing individual programmes for individual minority groups,
• co-developing proposals for integration and monitoring the minority groups integration programmes, 
• cooperating with the Public Fund of the Republic of Slovenia for Cultural Activities and with local communities,
• independently managing the budget to ensure the resources for financing cultural activities of minority communities.