CVEK

10. 02. 2011

Summer School of Ethnicity and Migration Studies – 2nd Edition (2011)

About the Summer SchoolThe 2nd edition of the Summer School of Ethnicity and Migration Studies has been a two-week educational program covering topics connected with nationalism and ethnicity, de-ethnization of the public sphere, migration and integration analysis, approaches and policies.Topics connected to de-construction of national myths, analyses of public policies...

Category: Finished projects

7. 01. 2011

Summer School V4 – 10th edition (2011)

In 2011 CVEK co-organized already 10th edition of the V4 Summer School in the Willa Decius in Krakow. The 10th edition of the Visegrad Summer School brought again together 50 young Czech, Hungarian, Polish, and Slovak students, as well as some students from other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The program consisted of lectures, panel...

Category: Finished projects

3. 01. 2011

Monitoring minority policies in Slovakia

Project Monitoring minority policies in Slovakia has had an ambition to fill in the domestic gap in monitoring minority policies with a broader objective changing the discourse on minorities and related policies. Project also complemented existing periodical monitoring of international bodies. Saliently, CVEK was hoping to embark on processes that...

Category: Finished projects

1. 01. 2011

Best practices for a coordinated approach to assist unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in EU countries

The overall objective of this project has been to contribute to the creation of a common approach for better addressing the needs of vulnerable asylum seekers who are unaccompanied minors (UAMs) and former UAMs. This has been achieved through the following activities: implementation of an assessment in 10 targeted countries; drafting...

Category: Finished projects

1. 01. 2011

Right-wing extremism in Slovakia in perception of its inhabitants

Based on request of the Open Society Foundation Bratislava CVEK conducted a quantitative survey of right-wing oriented extremism in Slovakia in perception of its inhabitants. Results of the research might offer broader chances to project ways of right-wing extremism spread-out in Slovakia and to prepare policies to face its existence. CVEK conducted...

Category: Finished projects

1. 01. 2011

National Populism in V4 Countries

During last decade V4 countries face growth of influence of ethnic identity politics and consequently of national populism in V4 countries. In each V4 country we can encounter various features of national populism - activization of a far right scene, radicalization of public discourse, or concrete policies of state administration. All these factors make mutual coexistence...

Category: Finished projects

1. 10. 2010

RAXEN 11

Also during 2010 CVEK continued, together with an initiative People against Racism, to collect and analyze data on racism and xenophobia in Slovakia. Racism and Xenophobia European Information Network (RAXEN) was established by European Monitoring Center of Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) that was changed into the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights...

Category: Finished projects

1. 05. 2010

EIF project – Improving qualification of teachers for the integration of children of the third country nationals into the Slovak educational system

The main goal of the project of the Milan Šimečka Foundation (NMŠ) and CVEK has been to develop and to test education tools focused on integration of children of third country nationals into the Slovak education system. NMŠ trained the group of 20 elementary school teachers and in cooperation with them tested the developed educational...

Category: Finished projects

10. 04. 2010

Summer School of Ethnicity and Migration Studies – 1st Edition (2010)

About the Summer SchoolSummer School of Ethnicity and Migration Studies is a two-week educational program covering topics connected with nationalism and ethnicity, de-ethnization of the public sphere, migration and integration analysis, approaches and policies. Topics connected to de-construction of national myths, analyses of public policies concerning minorities and discussions over...

Category: Finished projects

8. 04. 2010

Perspectives. Where to direct support for development of Eastern Slovakia?

The aim of the research Where to direct support for development of Eastern Slovakia? has been to gather complex information on:1. Amount and distribution of resources that have been invested into projects of non-governmental organizations and local governments focused on development of civil society and the region itself;  2. Share...

Category: Finished projects