UNESCO Centre

The UNESCO Center at the University Library in Bratislava is the only information and documentation center of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in the Slovak Republic. It was established on the basis of an agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic and the University Library and opened to the public on June 1, 1994.

The center, as its name suggests, fulfills two main tasks - the first is to provide information about UNESCO's activities, programs, projects, and various activities in all areas of its competence in the world and in Slovakia to the general public, and the second is to build and make available a collection of UNESCO and UN publications and documents in the study center.

In its activities, it cooperates with the organization's headquarters in Paris, with the Slovak Commission for UNESCO at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, as well as with many other state institutions and various Slovak and foreign non-governmental organizations. The center is also part of the global network of UNESCO centers and associations.

The UNESCO Centre fulfils these nationwide tasks as well:

• It is a National Coordinator of UNESCO Clubs in Slovak Republik and a National Coordinator of UNESCO Associated Schools in Slovak Republik.
• It fulfils a function of the Secretariat of the Slovak Committee for the UNESCO Programme Memory of the World aimed at the saving of the documentary heritage. 
• In terms of fulfilment of its functions, the Centre organizes various seminars, workshops, training courses and lectures related to the individual areas of UNESCO´s interest. Schools of all stages have a possibility to order excursions about UNESCO, about its structure, operation and programs, connected with presentation of videos provided by UNESCO. 

Services provided at the UNESCO Centre:

• in-library study of UNESCO and other UN system organizations related documents and publications
• in-library study of the documents on electronic media
• free access to information on Internet
• consultancy
• reprographic services (for reading room funds)

The UNESCO Deposit Fund consists of:

• documents and publications in the fields of social and natural sciences, culture, education and training
• statistical surveys and yearbooks
• annual reports on UNESCO's activities and programmes in its focal areas
• information materials, directories, etc.

Opening Hours:           Monday 9:00 - 16:00 Tuesday      9:00 - 16:00 Wednesday 9:00 - 16:00 Thursday 9:00 - 16:00 Friday 9:00 - 16:00 Saturday                 Closed	Contact Postal Adress: Stredisko UNESCO Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave Michalská 1 814 17 Bratislava Seat of the Centre: Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave Klariská 5 Bratislava Telephone: +421 2 20 466 531/530 E-mail: unesco@ulib.sk