Association for promotion of culture and art JA BIH
Strategic plan of the Association for promotion of culture and art JA BIH… The Association for promotion of culture and art JA BIH… has integrated into the contents of its work and its activity the friendship and love between the two cities and the two countries, with friendly communication with common programmes in the spirit of multi-ethnicity.
The association was established at the beginning of 2010 by Ismet Efendić, Ivica Propadalo and Đelo Hadžiselimović, and it was derived from a number of realized projects intended for connecting Zagreb and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.
Since 2012 the association JA BiH…has been bringing together, under organisational and artistic leadership of Mr. Efendić and Mr. Propadalo, artists and friends of arts from both milieus and is open for all good and meaningful contents and ideas. It started with the film, whereby the Sarajevo Film Festival was a great motivation, so we have managed to establish ourselves with respect to the term and location of manifestations (beginning of June, Kino Meeting Point, official cinema of the Sarajevo Film Festival, a month or two before the Sarajevo Film Festival is held); as regards the programme in Zagreb, we are a part of ZgKUL, in its finishing period by the beginning of September.
The most important issue in our strategy is to keep the already established friendly relationships among our artists, through high quality programmes, to initiate contacts of film makers from both milieus and to combine it with musical, art and theatre programmes. The only thing that remains is to honour our public each year with something new and attractive. We shall gladly integrate all proposals for musical, theatre and art programmes into the days of our programme, wih the emphasis on the fact that they need to be within the realistically sustainable financial framework.
To put it in the simple way, our strategic plan has been made without loud political slogans referring to culture, however, with optimism and with a message how good neighbourly, friendly and international relationships are built through simple solutions in the area of the region and in Europe. In Zagreb, 15.08.2014 Association for promotion of culture and art Ja BiH…
Ismet Efendić, Chairman of the Association Ja BiH…
Ivica Propadalo, Art director of the Association Ja BiH…