Omladina jugoslovenske asocijacije za borbu protiv side – Omladina JAZAS-a je nevladina, neprofitna, humanitarna organizacija osnovana 1994. godine sa ciljem da se bavi prevencijom HIV-a/side i pružanjem psihosocijalne pomoći ljudima koji žive sa HIV-om. Yugoslav Youth Associational Against AIDS – Youth of JAZAS, Serbia, based in Belgrade is a non-governmental organization, founded in 1994, with t
he main objective of prevention HIV/AIDS, providing psychosocial support to people living with AIDS and improving the health of young people in the territory of Serbia. Some of its donors up to date are the Government of the Republic of Serbia, UN Global Program on AIDS - UNAIDS, World Health Organization - WHO, the European Commission – EC, United Nations Development Program - UNDP, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - UNODC, the German Government Agency for International Cooperation GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH), the United States Embassy in Serbia, Canadian Agency for International Development - CIDA and many others. Seven ministries of the Government of Serbia and Yugoslavia have funded this organization. Ministry of Education enabled Youth of JAZAS to perform education classes in all primary and secondary schools in Serbia. During the 20 years of its existence JAZAS achieved a social consensus in Serbia in terms of its work and the role in Serbian society. This is a reason why, in 1998, the work of this organization was supported by leaders of all major religious confessions in Serbia, i.e. Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of the Catholic Church in Serbia, Belgrade Rabbi and Belgrade M***i. This is a unique case in the world that the organization that deals with this issue has been endorsed by religious leaders in the country of operations. Because of its recognized role in the national response to the HIV epidemic, the delegation of Youth of JAZAS on the occasion of the 1st of December, World AIDS Day, is traditionally being receives by the President of the Republic of Serbia. In 2006, Youth of JAZAS was granted special consultative status by UN Economic and Social Council – ECOSOC. Youth of JAZAS represented the Eastern Europe at the Steering Committee of Pan European Network of AIDS Service organizations - AIDS Action Europe. Also in the Board of the Global Fund it successfully represented non-governmental organizations from Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Together with Dutch Institute for International Collaboration – HIVOS, JAZAS implemented project financed by European Commission on improvement of social position of PLHIV in Serbian society from 2008-2010. Youth of JAZAS as the Primary Recipient, together with the Ministry of Health of Serbia, implemented HIV project in Round 8 of the Global Fund from 2009-2013.
