"SVI" (Everybody) was founded in 2007 as a non-governmental organization. The main objectives of SVI are
- to ameliorate the co-operation of multi-ethnical communities;
- to decrease cultural polarization in society;
- to provide help in introducing and increasing the civil consciousness of democratic values;
- to support unprivileged groups by empowering their active participation in social society.
with national and international partners in the framework of the international ROOTS&ROUTES network.
Funded in the framework of the programme „VIELFALT TUT GUT. Youth for Diversity, Tolerance and Democracy" of the German Federal Ministry for Familiy Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
And by the Northrhine-Westfalian youth ministry (MFKJKS NRW)
And by the City of Cologne
Until May 2008, the project was additionally funded by the EU-Programme CULTURE 2000
