Prague's House of National Minorities
The House of National Minorities is an institution where the 11 officially approved national minorities have office-space for their civic associations. Administratively this institution is under the Center of Social Services which is a municipal department. It is a place of cooperation and meeting of national minorities with one another, within their own community and with the major society. Furthermore, it is a place where civic associations of foreigners can promote their work. It is co-financed by the national minorities, the Advisory Board on National Minorities and the Czech Government. Each minority is represented by two honorary officials.
Problem
Since 1999 Prague City Council and Prague Assembly annually negotiate over projects of national minorities within the grant scheme called “City support programs for activities of national minorities in the Prague area” and since 2006 projects dealing with foreigners´ integration are supported as well. Within this framework the House of National Minorities plays a central role as a contact point for everyone who is interested in National Minority issues. Even if no concrete diversity concept forms the bottom of this measure, the House of National Minorities can be seen as an important step towards a society being more sensitized to diversity issues.
Description
The House of National Minorities provides office-space for each of the eleven National Minority representatives and is also a venue for Minority-related events.
Researcher: Peter Görgl, Josef Kohlbacher - Institute for Urban- & Regional Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Resources
The House is co-financed by the national minorities, the Advisory Board on National Minorities and the Czech Government (in-house resources).
Contact info
City of Prague
Zuzana Kalna
(specialistka narodnostnich mensin), tel. +420-221 419 840
Project start date
Cities
Prague, Czech Republic
Document type
practice
Theme
Social inclusion and integration - Integration of social groups
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Reference material
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Case study on diversity in Prague, Czech Republic
10 Oct 2008, pdf, 227KB