UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF SERBIA
Information on the purpose of your organization
The United Nations Association of Serbia is a non-governmental organization, founded in Belgrade in 1952. It is a member of the World Federation of UN Associations (WFUNA) and is accredited at UN DPI in NYC.
The main mission of the United Nations Association of Serbia is to promote the ideals and support the goals and activities of the United Nations.
The vision of the United Nations Association of Serbia is to build a better and more equal world according to the main goals of the UN Charter.
We work on informing our membership and the public in general about the UN system and on organizing educational and other programs in accordance with the goals and principles in the UN Charter. We also act on raising public awareness about the significance of cooperation between nations and countries in peace maintenance, respect for the human rights and overall development and progress in the world.
UNA Serbia has been working on the promotion of the high ideals found in the UN Charter, supporting UN activities and especially educating the youth about the significance of the United Nations for 60 years. UNA Serbia is the only civil society organization in Serbia that's exclusively dedicated to supporting the mission and goals of the United Nations, through organizing informative, educational and awareness-raising programs and other activities to support the work of the UN system.
Information on your programmes and activities in areas relevant to the subject of the Summit and in which country or counties they are carried out.
The United Nations Association of Serbia actively followed the process of defining the Post-2015 Development Agenda, as a continuation of its work on promoting the Millennium Development Goals.
We were a part of the national consultations on post-2015 priorities, successfully organized by the UN Country Team, and last year we were a partner in the Secretary-General?s Youth Envoy?s initiative ?Global Partnership for Youth?. To support the Global Partnership for Youth, we have organized an online campaign (Facebook and twitter via UNA Serbia accounts), a Planning and Advocacy Workshop and a Seminar on the topic.
Every year, we organize the Belgrade International Model UN. BIMUN is an international conference simulating the work of the UN organized by the United Nations Association of Serbia since 2004. What sets BIMUN apart is the high level of knowledge gained, real UN rules of procedure and the current issues covered. The BIMUN 2014 conference, with 320 participants from 42 countries, was focused on the theme "Post-2015 Development Agenda".
As part of our BIMUN project, we had a special seminar that the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Deputy Minister for Youth participated in, with the topic ?Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda?. Also, our representative had the opportunity to participate in February of this year on the ECOSOC Youth Forum on the topic "Transitioning from MDGs to SDGs: Engaging Youth".
Working on informing the youth about SDGs and informal forms of education by CSOs could help empower the youth towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals in their communities. Towards that end, UNA-Serbia prepared a project proposal titled ?Sustainable development Goals in Young Hands - a plan for the future?, whose realization is planned for 2016 in schools and among youth in Serbia.
Information on activities at the national or international levels
The UNA of Serbia has three main program units:
- Information about UN (UN main activities, international days, Development Goals, bulletin, etc.)
- Teaching about UN (UN Clubs, UNESCO programs, Model UN, study visits, seminars, workshops...)
- Research about UN (scientific works, expert meeting, round tables ?).
The United Nations Association of Serbia coordinates work of about 80 United Nations Clubs at schools and at colleges. UN Clubs contribute to familiarizing young people with the UN system and helping them reach a better understanding of current world events.
The programs and activities of UN Clubs encompass the work of the UN in its entirety, including specialized agencies of the UN (UNESCO, World Health Organization...) and other bodies (UNICEF, UN Environment Program?). Many UN Clubs have special sections for UNESCO, Ecology and other areas.
The UNA Serbia ? Youth Section is a part of UNA Serbia and coordinates UN Clubs in schools and colleges in Serbia and prepares the Belgrade International Model UN ? BIMUN for university students. The Section proposes and implements various projects for young people (Millennium Campaign ? promotion of UN Development Goals, Human Rights education, Climate Change education, etc).
Organization have an annual report? (YES/NO) (should contain financial statements and a list of financial sources and contributions, including governmental contributions)?
Yes -
UNA-SerbiaActivityReport20142.pdf
List of members of the governing body of your organization, and their countries of nationality
List the names and titles of the Executive board members (2014-2018):
(As this is a national organization, all members are Serbian)
- Milorad Kondić, President
- Biljana Vukosavljević, Director
- Nina Mirosavić, Executive Secretary
- Stefan Kondić, Youth Section President
- Ljiljana Milosavljević, UNESCO Club Coordinator
- Jelena Veselinović, Coordinator of Teachers-In-Charge
- Milan Gladić, Regional UN Club Coordinator
- Vladimir Majstorović, Regional UN Club Coordinator
- Vanja Popović, BIMUN Council Representative
Copy of the constitution and/or by-laws of the organization (WORD or PDF only), or a weblink to it
ConstitutionandByLaws-UNASerbia2.pdf
