AS - Center for the Empowerment Youth of people who are living with HIV and AIDS

We have a unique association in Serbia, which contributes to democracy, the rule of law and build a unified support system through the active participation of people living with HIV (PLWHA) in the process adoption, approval and implementation of decisions and policies in all areas and at all levels of management.

 Our vision is to AS Center and persons with HIV infection or AIDS, active dedicated and responsible part in the contemporary social trends, enjoy all the rights of full capacity, without stigma and discrimination and therefore have an efficient support of the community.

 Our mission is to empower youth people living with HIV and AIDS, promotion of Pozitive prevention, healthy lifestyles and the protection of fundamental human rights in line with the Serbian, European and international legislation, through scientific research and professional rights and status of persons with HIV infection or AIDS, educating the public, professionals, parents and young people and raising awareness about human rights.

 The purpose of our existence is to raise public awareness about sexual and reproductive health, human rights, health security, the prevention and suppression of corruption, violence, stigma, discrimination, torture, sexually transmitted infections and HIV in society. Exchanging personal experiences with young people and informing the public of the social position of people with HIV, leading to the National Strategy for HIV and AIDS of the Republic of Serbia (2011-2015) , and GIPA principle (Greater Involvement of People with HIV/AIDS) .

 AS Center promotes solidarity, motivate and encourage the community, people with HIV, their families, friends, people who are affected by prejudice and increased risk for HIV infection, to join forces to build healthy lifestyles, tolerance and equality, to provide respect for human rights and freedoms, to create a tolerant environment in which to accept and appreciate diversity and to provide high quality and universal access to social, legal and health protection.

Main topics and activities are primarily aimed at re-socialization and people living with HIV, to actively participate in addressing the challenges they face every day, to explore the causes of the violation of their rights to make comments and suggestions and take coordinated actions to remedy these problems by insurance substantiated evidence of human rights violations to the competent institutions are unable or is their responsibility to solve these problems. Joint planning and actions, we encourage each other to activism, volunteerism and encourages team work with a creative and artistic expression by emphasizing our own preferences, resources and talents. Everyday working together that can meet our needs, enables us to develop programs and implement them in accordance with their interests.

Services AS Centre include organizing psychosocial support and counseling, self-help groups, legal advice support, home and Hospital visits, practical help and support, training to improve life skills, discussions, debates, round tables, theater and creative workshops, exhibitions, festivals, concerts, members birthdays, get-togethers, trips, sports activities, services for the most vulnerable, lodging, food. Visibility on the internet social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Google+, Linkedin, Blogger.

Main target group of activities are young people with HIV/AIDS, LGBTI, health care and social welfare workers, CSOs in region of Western Balkan.

Geographical coverage of activities is Republic Serbia and region of Western Balkan.

Information on effectiveness of operations is reflected in the fact that German Agency for International Cooperation GIZ Serbia, Project Office SoSYEP/SPPHT, Office of the Commissioner for Equality, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Civic Initiatives and International Aid Network IAN, and other CSO and institution, recognized and has supported the AS Center as an important resource who has access to a large number of young socially marginalized people. AS Center has so far implemented five projects and two public campaigns and as subrecipients of National Programme "Strengthening HIV prevention and care for the most vulnerable groups of HIV" in the Round 8 GFATM funds from Geneva. The primary recipients of Phase 1 and Phase 2 are the non-governmental sector: Youth of JAZAS for government institutions: the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia.

 Protect love - save the future - Software support by Microsoft Corporation (USA) allows the establishment of new modern internet communication technologies in the AS Center by ASovci.

 Internship program in collaboration with the Center for Career Development, Faculty of Philosophy, is a practical student work in real business environment in order to complete the theoretical knowledge and the establishment of relations with the practical skills and experience necessary to carry out future work.

 ASovci - Global initiative in cooperation with Association of Hestia have aim to collect the necessary assistance, to assure that the basic conditions for overcoming the challenges after the flood, to enable a dignified life in the flood-affected population and provide assistance in the rehabilitation of flooded areas.

 Improving the prevention and care of people most at risk of HIV, is supported by the Ministry of Health and the GFATM from Geneva, as a continuation of the programDo not judge misconceptions.

 SPAS - Aiming to Sustainability AS Centre in collaboration with the Municipal Public Prosecutor from Novi Sad

 Who is a hero? - Pan-European action "HIV testing week - Talk about HIV, Get Tested for HIV" is a volunteer project in cooperation 35 CSO and institution, which is supported by the Office of the SoSYEP/SPPHT project the German Agency for International Cooperation GIZ.

 AS in the soul - "Encouraging positive action community discriminated social groups" support civic initiatives in the framework of" My Community", the Ministry of Youth and Sports;

 Either you or STI - Maintaining and improving the health of young high school students in Belgrade through peer education on sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and reproductive health", in the framework of the program "My Community," which is financially supported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

 SPAM - "Making the initial mechanisms of situation testing discrimination on the territory of Serbia" , supported by the Office of the Commissioner for Protection of Equality.

 Do not judge misconceptions - (SDA - 3.2) Support for people living with HIV is supported by the Youth of JAZAS from Belgrade and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, GFATM, Geneva.

 Strengthening civil society and increasing institutional capacity of people living with HIV (SDA - 2.2) "Support for people living with HIV is supported by the Youth of JAZAS from Belgrade and the GFATM, Geneva;

 PROTECT YOUR LOVE - SAVE THE FUTURE! is the independent project in order to begin the process of establishment of a national day dedicated to people who have HIV or AIDS;

AS Center is a member of national and international networks, and Council: EU HIV/AIDS Civil Society Forum (CSF) - European Commission, The Board of Directors in SUPS - Federation of Associations of patients Serbia, and KOMS - Serbian Youth Umbrella Organization. We is a member of AAE - European Network of AIDS - AIDS Action Europe, National Convent on the EU NKEU on Consumer Protection and Public Health, FENS - Federation of NGOs of Serbia, C:E:T: Platform, SECO - sector- civil society organizations in the areas of: civil society, media and culture; rule of law, justice, home affairs, human and minority rights, and the like. AS The center has a representative in Council to monitor the implementation of projects GFATM CCM , which is financed by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, GFATM, Geneva; RNNPM - Regional Network for the Prevention of Torture.

Type of organisation Non profit (OCS)
Date of establishment: 26.04.2010, BU 4808/2010 Code: 5000031439874
Change agent: 18.10.2011, BU 27886/2011 - Code: 5000051476651
ID number of associations - RB:28013973
Tax Identification Number - TIN:106621877
PADOR number of European-based organizations: RS-2010-BDO-1808337938
PIC number of European Grant Program: 945828377
Serbian bank account number: 145-18285-22
Name and adress bank: Marfin Bank, Dalmatinska 22, Belgrade
Account Holder name: AS - Centar za osnaživanje mladih
IBAN: RS 35145007080000085660
SWIFT Code: SDEUTDEFFXXX
Number of members is 74

Outputs of the organisation and our previous work was crowned manual for peer educators „Or You or STI“ with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and done First situation testing discrimination by private dentists with the support of the Commissioner for Protection of Equality. In this way, AS Center is the first CSO in Region who has filed 64 complaints of discrimination based on health status people with HIV.

 AS Center has stable operation and is entered in the database: the Agency for Business Registers APR where water data on financial performance for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 year, the Register of members and records of the association of employers, records of the Ministry of Youth and Sports 212 electronic register of associations ERU base CSOs and institutions, the TACSO base of CSOs and networks and e-Atlas Global Map of CSOs in the area of HIV.

 Our participation in social processes is reflected in the writing, design and implementation of national and other documents such as: Strategy against discrimination; 2013 EC Report for Serbia, Research Stigma Index and quality of life of people living with HIV in 2012 and the 2013th, Policies for youth participation created within the Working Group, GAP analysis of the national response to HIV in 2012, the National Strategy for HIV and AIDS 2011-2016, M & E Plan for monitoring and evaluation of strategic responses to HIV from 2011 to 2016, the Declaration of persons living with HIV a Platform of cooperation between CSOs within the NPM; annual report on the human rights of LGBT in 2011 and 2010th, Strategic plan SECO, Research Silencing of gay sexuality in Serbia, Dehumanization and oppression in the Balkans, Quality of life of people living with HIV in 2012 and 2013, Stigma Index of persons living with HIV.

 Participate in writing, creating, supporting documents for the Initiative to establish a National day of persons with HIV. Request for drafting the Law on Free Legal Aid. Melbourne Declaration 2014, The Belgrade Declaration was signed under the number 279, forthe development of social entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans and Turkey. Declaration on the joint platform of the civil society to monitor the process of negotiations on Serbia's EU accession "negotiations for negotiations', Declaration "Participation of NGOs and experts in the performance of NPM,"Initiative to amend Article 85 Code of Civil Procedure, Budapest Declaration NELP, a Platform for young, Amendment of the Law on the protection of patients' rights and petition for the site, "What 's the doctor?".

 Memorandum on cooperation and mutual understanding was signed with the aim of full social support for people with HIV. Signatories: Memorandum on cooperation and mutual understanding was signed with the aim of full social support for people with HIV. Signatories: Arti craft, France, COD, International AID Network IAN, NGO Leskovac, JP tourism, Youth of JAZAS, Career Development Center, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade, YO Belgrade, Serbia on the move, GO Surin, Woman+, Soul, Center Hepatitis-Hilfe, Centre for the promotion of positive living Q-Club, ALOHA, Nike,

Gender and Equal right

During the Sustainability support, implementing partners will strive towards gender mainstreaming as one of the criteria for participants selection. Implementing partners will create all the preconditions so that equal rights will be fully respected - equal opportunities will be given to all potential participants to apply regardless of their gender, physical ability, nationality and religion, or any minority status. All the requirements of participants during the project implementation rising from their needs, religious believes and social attitudes will be fully respected and secured. We adopted 2010 year Policy for gender equality in the fight against HIV.

Management

In our work, we apply the provisions of the Law on Public Procurement , Guide GFATM procurement , the EU Directive on procurement , and other rules and procedures for the efficient planning, management and reporting as well as the Code of Ethics of Civil Society, Business Ethics; Code of Ethics; The basic code management; Business correspondence; Archiving of electronic data; Recruitment and Employment of Consultants; Policy for Gender Equality; Job classification; Handbook for employees; Confidentiality; Statement of work in an environment free of tobacco abuse, Statement of work in an environment free of tobacco smoke ; Notice of the prohibition of harassment ; Financial - accounting operations; Procedures for reporting to management; Rules of Procedure on the basis of the work ; Regulations on procurement policy and guidance for business trips, Instructions for use of official telephones, conflict of interest policy, voluntary policies and other procurement.

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting of the entire work process provides immeasurable success, the possibility of comparison with the previous state of the work of the Centre AS and quality of communication and transparency. Plan evaluation and monitoring of the principle of participation of the school guidance provided by the professional staff to monitor and analyze data PIU Ministry of Health. The methods and techniques used for monitoring the implementation of activities and evaluation results of the AS Center are the following:

•Meetings;
•Daily conversations with customers and co-workers;
•questionnaires, statements, surveys, evaluation of the work of the Association;
•Monitoring and counting Evaluation;
•Taking pictures and recording;
•Analysis documentation.