{"id":6225,"date":"2019-03-15T16:19:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T16:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slori.org\/?page_id=6225"},"modified":"2019-05-29T13:22:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T13:22:07","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.slori.org\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the beginning of the 1960s<\/strong>, the need for an institution able to provide information, analysis and political and scientific studies on the status of the Slovene community in Italy became apparent. The members of the Slovene ethnic minority in Italy felt that such an institution was essential for the development of the whole community and its involvement in the cultural, political and economic spheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such a need resulted\nfrom the efforts of the Slovenian minority to enforce its indisputable rights\nwithin the framework of national and regional legislation since the end of the\nSecond World War, as well as from its desire to take active part in sectors\nwhich required a deeper and more documented knowledge in order to organize,\npreserve and strengthen the Slovene ethnic identity. The growing demand for a\nscientific approach in studying concerns relating to the minority reflected the\ngeneral desire of the Slovene community to play an active role in the research\nfield, too. It was clear that only an institute established and run by\nindividuals belonging to the minority could adequately engage in the study of\nthe complex problems faced by this community, while at the same time focusing\non the community’s expectations and objectives for the future. The institute would\nbe entrusted with analysing the dynamic events and changes happening both\nwithin the minority and externally, in order to ensure a prompt and proactive\nreaction to new challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karel \u0160i\u0161kovi\u010d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

These ideas found a\nconcrete implementation in 1972-73, when the largest\nSlovene minority organization, the Slovene Cultural and Economic Union (Slovenska\nkulturno-gospodarska zveza – SKGZ<\/em>) established a research committee led by Karel \u0160i\u0161kovi\u010d<\/strong>. Although the committee also conducted some research\nwork, it focused primarily on drafting a list of potential collaborators of the\nfuture institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n