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300 Andrea Lelovics and the Forum Regional Development Centre (formerly the Forum Institute for Public Affairs), dealing with regional development, strategic development, and nation-wide civil campaigns, separated from Forum Institute for Social Studies. Since 1999, the individual units have operated as a consortium, an association of institutes. The activities of the three units have supplemented each other in the fields of research and documentation, civil training and regional development, and in assuming specific public roles. This kind of structural framework and division of tasks has proved to be effective, and has determined the work and strategy of Forum Institute. In 2002, Forum Institute moved its centre to Šamorfn. The fields of activities of the three units had further crystallised, so had their names. These are as follows: Forum Minority Research Institute deals mainly with the research of ethnic minorities living in Slovakia, documentation of minority cultures, establishment and development of specialised libraries and databases, professional training, and transfer of knowledge. Forum Information Centre specialises in a training of civil organisations, provision of information, consultative assistance, and other related services. Forum Regional Development Centre takes part in NATO and EU campaigns as well as other campaigns significantly influencing the development of Slovakia’s civil sector. Recently, it has become more and more engaged in programs related to the concrete micro-regions; in fact, it is now its main field of activity. Forum Minority Research Institute The mission of the Forum Minority Research Institute is to provide high quality research of minorities in Slovakia and to document their culture, written and non-written records. The Institute realises its activities in its Library, in the research centres and through its education programs.
