Jasa Association

ABOUT JASA

The non-profit non-governmental organization Jasa, was founded in 1997 with the aim to actively “co-shape” the society by intervening the areas relevant for a quality wellbeing: environment, ecology, business ethics, European education, human rights, consumerism ... (in short: sustainable development and active citizenship).

The main area of work is raising awareness and finding solutions to important social, development and environmental problems. Jasa's field of expertize is in information dissemination and two-way communication through narrative literature, strengthened by high artistic illustration. Jasa cooperates with the most established Slovenian experts in the field of education, writing and art of painting. The transfer media, which Jasa uses for raising knowledge and awareness, is high quality art book.

Jasa is cooperating with more than 500 Slovenian companies, more than 100 Slovenian municipalities, with most important Slovenian Ministries and development institutions as well as with all Slovenian primary schools (451), all kindergartens (402) and high schools (183) – in the last project (3 years duration; Slovenia has a Heart) more than 20.000 people were involved. These strong national contacts make Jasa not only a reliable partner for achieving high project results, but also guarantee a wide dissemination effect from a low to the top level. Jasa also cooperates in specific international projects with Croatia, Serbia, Monte Negro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland … through various European projects. 

In year 2018 we finished project EnFeM about integration of migrant women (https://www.enfem.eu/).

Jasa has received quite a few recognitions: for innovation in teaching techniques from Finance magazine and ASI (Slovenian Inventors’ Centre); for voluntary work a commendation from the President of the Republic and from Viva magazine; for the Grundtvig mobility in 2013 an Apple of Quality and the first prize from The Centre of the Republic of Slovenia for Mobility and European Educational and Training Programmes (CMEPIUS).

List of implemented projects:
- Company and Life, project focusing on ethically acceptable behaviour of SMEs
- Soul of Slovenia, project focusing on Slovenian culture and intangible heritage
- Where do you go, Europe? – project focusing on European values
- Being Human is our Job – project focusing on the main moral values that every citizen should have
- Earth has a Heart – project for children about protecting the environment
- Children and Fashion – project on children’s fashion, how it should be understood
- You are my Heart – project for children on human values, respect for others, moral values

List of the most important books:

- CHILDREN AND FASHION (helps children to properly understand what to wear and to resist the consumerism’s logic - http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/46.pdf)
- CLOTHING AND FASHION (the culture of dressing for adults; it accentuates the importance of aesthetics and functional features of how to dress, at the same time it exposes the manipulative purpose of fashion - http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/124.pdf)
- FREEDOM AT THE EXAM (Is my freedom restricted? Is it limited by your freedom? The book also contains a Declaration of Children’s Rights - http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/120.pdf)
- THE STORY OF THE BOOK (wisdom for children; proven to strengthen reading habits - http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/123.pdf)
- EARTH HAS A HEART (a bookguide of ecology for all generations; created by literati and photo artists, children and ecology experts - http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/118.pdf)
- GENTLE HEART (a dramatic story about a girl Neža who is fair and responsible; she is constantly knocking on the conscience of classmates and adults and is gradually changing them - this suggests the possibility of changing the world http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/135.pdf)
- SOUL OF SLOVENIA (beautiful features of the Slovenian nation through literary works of the best writers: from Primož Trubar and other literary giants as Prešeren, Cankar, Kocbek, Gregorčič, Kosovel … to a contemporary women-poet Maja Vidmar – and thirty living art painters. The book is truly a personal card of Slovenia's soul. It is also translated to English by expert literary translators - http://www.onezimosvet.si/files/original/109.pdf)

Contacts:
Jasa Association - Društvo Jasa
Kopitarjeva 1
2000 Maribor
Slovenia

PIC code: 934292749

e-mails:  jasa@onezimosvet.si  ;  jasa.association@gmail.com
website: www.onezimosvet.si
Project manager: Mateja Jamnik, M.Sc.
Tel: 00386 41 767 228