Peace Institute Final Grant Report
January – December 2009
Ljubljana, January 2010
General
Confirmation
A)We confirm the receipt of funds of the FOSI for the year 2009 (grant period from January 1st toDecember 31st, 2009). The amount was 446.500 EUR.
B)We hereby confirm that the Grantee (Peace Institute) used the funds for the original charitable purpose, in accordance with the terms of the original Grant agreement.
The development and the implementation of the program
The program was implemented according to the Peace Institute's grant proposal for 2009, which followed Peace Institute's Strategy and included its programs in the fields of Politics, Human Rights and Minorities, Media, Gender, Cultural Politics, EastEast: Partnership Beyond Borders Program, Workers’ and Punks’ University, secondary dissemination and administration.
The institute achieved great media visibility and public attention, and has applied and was successfully granted substantial non-OSI (EU, other international, domestic) funds.I In financial terms, 2009 was surprisingly the most successful year thus far,in spite of the overall recession and financial crisis in the world. As a result PI reached the anticipated budget structure for 2009 regarding OSI and other funding at the ratio of 35% OSI and 65% other funding sources.As regards the funding in the following year(s),we were successful with financially less demanding projects on the local level; however, we did not get approval for more ambitious domestic or EU projects that combined social research with civil society and political activism. We see the reasons in growing competition combined with lower funding resources in the speheres of social and human sciences, in certain evaluation bias against proposals from the “new countries” or from more critical approaches, and (in the case of proposals in Slovenia) visible disproportion between independent international evaluation and less favorable domestic reviews, whose authors are commonly more in favour of proposals from their own institutions. This situation calls for the change of policies and procedures which has already been launched at a press conference of the Coordination of Slovenian research institutes (KORIS) where PI is one of the founding members. The current situation suggests that we will have to assure PI’s future with successful fund-raising in 2010, and that due to the gap in successful fund-raising in 2009 and owing to the stronger grip of general economic crisis and diminishing resources of the state budget, the year 2011 will be critical.
PI was, nevertheless, very successful in the field of activism, advocacy and policy change, in particular with the beginning of the implementation of the Constitutional Court’s decisions on the “erased” which will continue in 2010, and with the change in the Family Law in favor of legal equality of heterosexual and same-sex families.
The Peace Institute hads achieved visible results in various areas of engagement and has contributed to important policy solutions. Some of the more important results are: the beginning of the implementation of the Constitutional Court’s decision on “erased”, together with preparations of a special legislation; start of the project PRIMTS on researching migrant workers’ prospects of integration and other labor market situation in seven European countries; continuation of our joint projects with different Western Balkan partners, for instance, with a very successful project of cooperation with Novi Sad School of Journalism, the implementation of the project of legacy of Feral Tribune, and starting with the project Minorities for Minorities together with Centre for Peace Studies (Zagreb), Centre for Cultural Decontamination (Belgrade) and The Human Rights Office (Tuzla); publishing activities, including this year’s hit “Titostalgia” by Mitja Velikonja, “A Long Way Home” on representations of the Western Balkans in political and media discourses by Tanja Petrović, and a book of studies on alternative media and the politics of resistance; finalization of the project RARE – Responsibility and Responsiveness of the Media, with publication of handbooks with recommendations on media self-regulation and citizens’ engagement in the media field; development aid project in Rwanda, including a study visit of Rwandan Nyamirambo Women’s Center project group in Slovenia; regional and trans-regional cooperation and exchange promoted through the projects within the EastEast: Partnership Beyond Borders Program; Workers’ and Punks’ University’s activities.
Therefore, we successfully carried out our work priorities panned within our Strategy for 2009, including all other of our 33 projects in the above mentioned fields:
• in Politics, we carried on projects dealing with the Roma people of Ljubljana, first such project on Roma in urban environment; with intersectional approach to violence in three different projects (on violence and genocide in Rwanda and ex-Yugoslavia; on non-violent behavior of children with anexperience of violence; on peer violence); with active citizenship, taking into account phenomena of post- and trans-national citizenship; with interdisciplinary approach to constitution and functioning of the USA apparatus; and with inter-sectional approach to gender issues; unfortunately, we did not get funding for the project on Jewish community in Slovenia after WW2;
•in Human Rights and Minorities, we were involved with building capacities for pro bono work which started to function in 2009; with projects in anti-discrimination field in Europe; with European Criminal Justice Project (ECPS); with national focal point of EU fundamental rights agency (RAXEN); with coordination of the NGOs in the field of asylum;
• in Media, we carried on projects on media and minorities; on media ownership; Media Watch Program with two issues of the journal; activites related to responsibility and responsiveness of media; and international cooperation in media research, advocacy and training, including well established cooperation within networks (South East European Network, European network for media and minorities, with Guardian and BBC World Trust etc.);
• in Gender, we conductedprojects on informal reproductive work; against gender stereotypes and homophobic violence; and introducing gender sensitizing module in practice;
• in Cultural Policy, with projects on management of copy-right and related rights from public institution perspectives;and with a research policy project comparing cultural policies in 33 selected European cities and the city of Ljubljana;
•in theEastEast: Partnership Beyond BordersProgram, with wokshops, seminars, study visits and conferences (Nyamirambo Women’s Centre study visit, European cross border justice seminar, gay and lesbian families seminar, and media discourses on EU integration of Western Balkans conference);
• within Workers’ and Punks’ University, with traditional lecture series on Stupidity (2008/2009 – 15 lectures) and on School as the economy’s ideological apparatus (2009/2010), with reading and film seminars;
• in other joint projects and secondary dissemination, including Politike book series, library, ALF network activities, and PI’s website management.
The PI staff is involved in substantial policy research and policy implementation, and is, aside of managing projects, producing papers that are published and presented in international and Slovenian journals of high visibility and reach. In addition, the PI staff is constantly involved in further education, and has many academic teaching positions in Slovenian and foreign academic institutions.
Through our projects and regular activities we continute to establish and strengthen the connections between policy, research and educational components of the program and develop new forms of uniting these three components. For more details on our 2009 activities, please see the enclosured.
ENCLOSURES:
- PEACE INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT 2009
- FINANCIAL REPORT 2009
- LIST OF 2009 EVENTS
- LIST OF 2009 FUNDRAISING APPLICATIONS
TABLE OF CONTENT:
1 POLITICS
QUING Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies
Active Citizenship: Towards Politics of Equality (posdoctoral basic research project)
PeerThink – Promotion of Intersectional Approach in Peer Violence Preventive Programs
Decentralized and Trans-disciplinary Approach to United States of America
PRIMTS - Prospects for Integration of Migrants from ‘Third Countries’ and their Labour Market Situations: Towards Policies and Action
STAMINA - Formation of Non-violent Acting Among Youngsters Who Experience Structural Violence
Violent Intersections: Dynamics of Societal and Political Elements of Collective Violence and Mass Crimes and their Consequences – Yugoslav and Rwandan Case
The Development of Nyamirambo Women's Center and Developmental Networking of Rwandan and Slovenian Non-governmental Organisations
2 HUMAN RIGHTS
National Focal Point of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) (Raxen9)
European Criminal Justice Project (ECJP): Towards Cross-Border Solutions for Transnational Problems
European Network of Legal Experts in Anti-Discrimination Field
Progressing towards Equality: An Intersectional Approach to Discrimination (PROTECT)
Participation in the Coordination of the NGOs in the Field of Asylum
Erased people of Slovenia – A Challenge for a Young Nation State
Building Capacity for Pro Bono Work of Lawyers in Slovenia
Minorities for Minorities - Good Practices from Western Balkan States
3 MEDIA
Media Watch
Media Ownership/Media Pluralism
RARE - Responsibility and Responsiveness - Promoting Mechanisms to Respect Voice of Citizens in the Media
Media and Minorities
Networking and International Cooperation in the field of Media Research, Advocacy and Training
4 GENDER
Informal Reproductive Work – Trends in Slovenia and EU
Intimate Life Styles of Students in Slovenia
Empowering Nyamirambo Women’s Center - Kigali (and cooperation with Slovenian NGOs)
Gender sensitizing (educational) modul in practice
5 CULTURAL POLICY
Anna Lindh Foundation - ALF
Comparative Analysis of the Development of Culture in Selected European Cities (Research field: Advocacy & Policy Projects)
Economy of Culture
The Management of Copyright and Related Rights on the Internet – Public Institutions' Perspective
The Politike Book Series
6 EAST EASTAND SECONDARY DISSEMINATION
Workers`and Punks` University
East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program
The Forum of the Peace Institute (“After the Public Debate on Family Code”)
Websites of the Peace Institute
Library, Informational and Bibliographic Services of the Peace Institute's Library
1 POLITICS
QUING Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies
Head of project
Vlasta Jalušič
Project team
Jasminka Dedić, researcher,
Roman Kuhar, researcher,
Ana Frank, young researcher,
Martin Jaigma, researher,
Ingrid Roeder, researcher,
Zuzana Očenašova, researcher.
Aims and goals
QUING constructs knowledge for inclusive gender+ equality policies by integrating intersectionality in 27 EU countries and in Croatia and Turkey,. It assesses the current policies and produces recommendations and standards for training to enhance active gender equal citizenship.
Realisation in 2009
In 2009, comparative papers on specific gender equality issues were prepared (in the frame of WHY component of Quing) and were presented at the Quing conference in November 2009 in Budapest. Conceptual framework of inclusive equality policies for each of the researched countries, including good practices, was developed through a series of white papers. LARG final report was prepared and finalized in November 2009.
Events
Quing conference, Budapest, October 2 – 3,2009 with the participation of all Quing researchers.
Available results in 2009
Papers and lectures:
5.-6. March 2009, “Conference "Contesting Europe" at York University, Toronto, Canada, paper presented: "European "Future Legacy"York University, Peace Institute, Ana Frank.
2.-3. October: Quing Conference, Budapest, papers presented:
“Rethinking the effects of Europeanisation: Civil society and state framing of gender equality policies in Turkey and Croatia”, Ana Frank.
“In the background of non-discrimination discourse: from the rights of same-sex partners to the rights of children.The use of the Europeanization frame in non-heterosexual intimacy policies in Europe”, Roman Kuhar.
Europeanisation of old and new member states? An ongoing process”, Ingrid Roeder.
January 2009: “The politics of intimacy in Europe: comparative frame analysis of intimate citizenship”p issues. [European Consortium for Political Research, Belfast].
2.-3. October: Quing Conference, Budapestpaper presented
“The Politics of Gender Equality: the opportunities and the role institutional mechanisms”, Series of lectures, Faculty of Pedagogics, Peace institute.
Publications:
Jasminka Dedic, “Roma in European gender equality policy debates: intersectionalized and feminized”,
Ana Frank, “Rethinking the effects of Europeanisation: Civil society and state framing of gender equality policies in Turkey and Croatia”
Martin Jaigma, On the interface between civil society and state and its implications for the quality of gender equality policies in Estonia,
Roman Kuhar, “In the background of non-discrimination discourse: from the rights of same-sex partners to the rights of children. The use of the Europeanization frame in non-heterosexual intimacy policies in Europe”.
Roman Kuhar, „The politics of intimacy in Europe : comparative frame analysis of intimate citizenship issues“. ECPG. Belfast: European Consortium for Political Research, 2009-, 32 pp.
Vlasta Jalušič, Mojca Pajnik (2009)“When I Think About Myself as Politically Engaged I Think Of Myself As a Citizen. Interview With Iris Marion Young”. In: Ann Ferguson, Mechthild Nagel (eds.) Dancing with Iris. The Philosophy of Iris Marion Young. Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, 2009, 21-32.
Vlasta Jalušič (200), “Stretching and Bending the Meanings of Gender in Equality Policies”, In: Lombardo et al. (eds) The Discursive Politics of Gender Equality. Stretching, Bending and Policymaking. London: Routledge, 52-67.
Partners
1. Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM) Austria, coordinator,
2. RadboudUniversity (RAD) Netherlands,
3. Yellow Window (YW) Belgium,
4. Humboldt Universität (HU) Germany,
5. NationalCenter for Social Research (EKKE) Greece,
6. CentralEuropeanUniversity (CEU) Hungary,
7. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) Spain,
8. Peace Institute (PI) Slovenia,
9. Umea Universitet (UM) Sweden,
10. Middle EastTechnicalUniversity (METU) Turkey,
11. LancasterUniversity (LANC) United Kingdom.
Funding
European Commission, Open Society Institute, Slovenian Research Agency (young researchers).
Project continuation
The main involvement of the Peace Institute in the project was concerning the LARG, WHY and STRIQ research components. They are to a large extent finalized, and the involvment of the majority of country researchers has terminated; however, some components of the project (like FRAGEN, dissemination and dissertation writing) will continue until 2011.
Active Citizenship: Towards Politics of Equality (posdoctoral basic research project)
Head of project
Mojca Pajnik
Project team
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Aims and goals
With theoretical verification and applicative testing of possibilities to practice active citizenship the goal of the project is to develop scenarios for the realization of politics of active citizenship.
Realisation in 2009
Based on the analysis of predominant libertarian and republican citizenship traditions, and by taking into account newer theories of participatory citizenship, trans- and post-national citizenship, the project aimed at conceptualizing a concept of active citizenship and was devoted to the thinking about its theoretical and practical validity.
Events
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Available results in 2009
Publications by head of the project (see Cobiss database).
Partners
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Funding
Slovenian Research Agency.
Project continuation
The plan is to publish project results in journal articles and to continue with work on projects that thematize different dimensions of theories and practices of contemporary citizenship.
PeerThink – Promotion of Intersectional Approach in Peer Violence Preventive Programs
Head of project
Majda Hrženjak
Project team
Živa Humer, researcher
Aims and goals
The project aims at the development and introduction of the method of intersectionality (of class, ethnicity/race and gender dimensions) into the implementation and evaluation processes of programes dealing with peer violence prevention.
Realisation in 2009
Final conference and promotion of on-line manual. Berlin, February 2009,
Drafting recommendations,
Evaluation and final report.
Events
Final conference and promotion of on-line manual. Berlin, February 2009.
Invited lecture in the framework of professional education for social workers: »Intersectionality in peer violence preventive programs«, Society of social workers, November 26t, 2009, Ljubljana.
Available results in 2009
Web page:
HRŽENJAK, Majda, HUMER, Živa. Intersectionality in peer-violence prevention programs. In: Ways of implementing the EU directives on violence against women, children and youth : good practices and recommendations : book of abstracts of the international conference, Ljubljana, 20th-22nd March 2009. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, [Faculty of Arts], 2009, str. [10].
SCAMBOR, Christian, SCAMBOR, Elli, REINBACHER, Fritz, STÖCKEL, Ingo, HRŽENJAK, Majda, WITTAMER, Marie, FISCHER, Marion, BUSCHE, Mart, STUVE, Olaf, PAPE, Timothy, HUMER, Živa. PeerThink : manual. Berlin: Daphne II, 2009. pp.169.
Hrženjak, M., Humer, Ž. (2010): Intersekcionalni pristop v preventivnih programih preprečevanja medvrstniškega nasilja. Socialna pedagogika (in print).
Partners
Dissens, Berlin,Germany,
EuroCircle, Marseille, France,
BB Share, Italy,
Männerberatung Graz, Austria,
Association against violent communication, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Funding
EU Daphne program, Open Society Institute.
Project continuation
The project concluded in April 2009. The follow-up project IGIV has been sumbitted and approved through the Grundvig programe and will start in January 2010.
Decentralized and Trans-disciplinary Approach to United States of America
Head of project
Julija Magajna
Project team
Blaž Kosovel, Goran Vraneševi, Igor Bijuklič, Jan Hrvatin, Kristina Egumenovska, Luka Zevnik, Mirt Komel, Primož Turk, Rok Kogej, Tonči Kuzmanič, Marja Kuzmanič, Žiga Vodovnik.
Aims and goals
The intention of this project is to:
-illuminate three basic illusions (representation, projection and expectation) referring to theUnited States of America from different perspectives,
-to expose different kinds of fears which derive from those illusions,
-to trace the role of their impressions on the global level.
Realisation in 2009
In 2009, the project team started with cooperative creative process within the framework of our intentions. The project team accelerated its development with the tools of affirmation, which means that all of the cooperators, with the diversity of their experience, perception in thinking, exponentially contributed to the creative growth of the process.
Events
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Available results in 2009
Public presentation of the book Contributions to the critics of managerial revolution, which gathered the results of previous project (Critical reflection on managerial revolution). The presentation was in Koper.