Who we are

The cultural programme and the application with which the City of Ljubljana, supported by the other 25 municipalities of the Ljubljana Urban Region, is competing for the ECOC 2025 title are being planned in close collaboration of urban, regional and national public cultural institutions, non-governmental cultural organizations, amateur cultural societies, cultural and creative industry organizations, freelance artists and other cultural operators.

Kdo smo vsi DESKTOP a — The programme is being actively worked out by many different stakeholders. Photo: Nik Rovan

A coordination of many different fields

The drafting of the programme and application actively involve other institutions, organizations and individuals from fields such as tourism, education, welfare, environmentalism, minority issues, etc.

Candidacy Working Party

Nina Peče Grilc (vodja)

Davor Buinjac

dr. Aidan Cerar

Vuk Ćosić

Dušan Dovč

dr. Uroš Grilc

Simon Kardum

Marko Maršićević

Blaž Peršin

dr. Sabina Popit

Programme Council

Igor Bašin

dr. Andrej Blatnik

dr. Petra Černe Oven

dr. Aleš Črnič

mag. Mateja Demšič

Nevenka Koprivšek

dr. Tanja Roženbergar

Honorary Council

Zoran Janković

dr. Karpo Godina

Tjaša Ficko

Lučka Kajfež Bogataj

dr. Matjaž Kmecl

prof. Janez Koželj

Marta Kos

Vlado Kreslin

Svetlana Makarovič

dr. Oto Luthar

prof. dr. Igor Papič

dr. Iztok Simoniti

Nejc Smole

dr. Peter Verlič

The preliminary work regarding the candidacy further involves 66 distinguished experts working in nine focus groups.

Focus Group for Citizen Participation and Involvement of Vulnerable Social Groups

Ksenja Perko

Katarina Gorenc

dr. Jure Gombač

Tanja Hodnik

Amir Crnojević

Andreja Repar

Yasmin Vodopivec

Tereza Novak

Marta Gregorčič

Focus Group for Audience Development

Petra Slatinšek

Alma Selimović

Staša Tome

Lili Šturm

Andreja Čeligoj

Urška Jež

Maja Gojkovič

Bjanka Kršmanc

Kdo smo siska DESKTOP a — Alt-rock band Biffy Clyro show at Kino Šiška. Photo: Kino Šiška

Focus Group for Cultural and Creative Industries

Meta Štular

Aleksandar Peković

mag. Lilijana Madjar

Eva Matjaž

Elena Fajt

Anja Zorko

Zmago Novak

Sandra Hlebš

Nik Drozg

Simona Kneževič Vernon

Focus Group for Public Spaces

Maruša Zorec

Martin Bricelj Baraga

Miloš Kosec

Urška Jurman

Anja Planišček

dr. Matej Nikšič

dr. Aidan Cerar

Alenka Korenjak

dr. Matjaž Uršič

Nataša Jazbinšek

Ivan Stanič

Kdo smo roglab DESKTOP a — With the Second Chance project, co-financed by the European Union, we undertook a conceptual revitalization of the former Rog factory in order to determine appropriate content for the future Rog Centre. One of the main results of the project is RogLab, a space for creation, education and presentation that seeks to answer the question of what a contemporary production environment for architecture, design and visual arts should look like. RogLab has been operating since October 2012. Photo: RogLab

Focus Group for Communication

Karmen Žirovnik

Petra Škofic

Sania Huskić Hočevar

Petra Stušek

Aljoša Bagola

Focus Group for Digital Transformations of Culture

Vuk Ćosić

Miha Turšič

Uroš Veber

Filip Dobranič

Željko Gudžulić

Lenart Kučič

Kdo smo bobri DESKTOP a — Since 2008, Ljubljana boasts the first and biggest festival of cultural and art education in Slovenia. We distribute about 17,000 free tickets every year. Photo: Mladinsko gledališče