Conference: Everything is in our hands

Organizers

• Deaf and Hard of Hearing Clubs Association of Slovenia
• Slovenian Sign Language Institute
• Sign Language House

Who are we? Slovenian Sign Language Institute

Slovenian Sign Language Institute was in the beginning 2014 established as a Centre for Slovene sign language and then reorganized as an Slovenian Sign Language Institute with departments as follows:

• School of Slovene Sign Language
• Research centre for the development of Slovene Sign Language
• Sign language dictionaries
• Slovene Sign Language Educational Centre
• Certification of Slovene Sign Language
• Expert and didactic materials in Slovene Sign Language

What is in Slovenia?

National Deaf and Hard of Hearing Association of Slovenia (ZDGNS) – since 1931
–       13 clubs
–       Sign language program

National Slovene Sign Language Interpreter Association (ZZTSZJ) – since 2001
–       65 Slovene interpreters (hearing and deaf)

Slovenian Sign Language Institute – since 2014
Sign Language House – since 2022
–       History museum
–       Educational centre

Interesting facts about Slovene sing language

• Law of Use of Slovene Sign Language (since 2002)
• Relay Centre for the Deaf 24/7 (since 2009)
• National Slovene Sign Language Day, 14th November (since 2014)
• Slovene Sign Language in the Register of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (since 2017)
• Slovene Sign Language in the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (since 2021)
• Masters Program for SL Interpreting, Faculty of Art, University of Ljubljana (since 2022)