Yet two more Network members
In April 2013, two more institutes have joined the NISE Network: the Istitut Cultural Ladin ‘Majon di Fascegn’ in Vich (Italy) and the Instytut Badań Regionalnych (IBR) (Institute of Regional Research), attached to the Biblioteki Śląskiej (Silesian Library) in Katowice (Poland).
The Istitut Cultural Ladin ‘Majon di Fascegn’ is one of three cultural organisations in the north of Italy supporting since 1975 the Ladin community, a linguistic minority group in the heart of the Dolomites. Its objectives include the collecting, cataloguing and studying of materials referring to the history, economy, language, folklore, mythology and customs of the Ladin people. The institute moreover manages the Museo Ladin de Fascia, the Ladin Museum for the Fassa valley, also situated in Vigo di Fassa/Vich.
Istitut Cultural Ladin ‘Majon di Fascegn’
In 2011 the Instytut Badań Regionalnych (IBR) (Institute of Regional Research), attached to the Biblioteki Śląskiej (Silesian Library) in Katowice (Poland), was brought into being by the Silesian authorities. It wants to carry out historical, sociological and political research on ethnic and cultural borderlands, compare Silesian regional history with other regions, digitise the cultural heritage of border regions and play a part in regional education.