Challenging (National) Populism and Promoting Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance in Slovakia
2007-2010

With this project, Forum Institute explores how the emerging phenomenon of populism draws on and intensifies ethnic divisions in Slovakia. Based on the last parliamentary elections and monitoring of printed media, the Institute will provide a thorough analysis aiming to raise awareness on the risks and tendencies related to treatment of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. One of the concrete policy outcomes will be improving the school curricula on multicultural education at several Slovak universities.

Forum Minority Research Institute was founded in 1996. At present, the Institute is located in Šamorín, south Slovakia. Its primary objective is to carry out complex studies on the situation and culture of the national minorities in Slovakia, as well as documenting their written and even more extensive heritage. As a non-profit organization, the Institute operates as public and service institute. The Institute hosts a resource center with Bibliotheca Hungarica, Hungarian Archives of Slovakia and Centre for Digitalization and Internet Databases.

The Institute undertakes various policy researches, publishes books and journals, organizes different seminars, training courses and conferences on various topics.

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