Servare et Manere
AbbreviationSeM
FounderMarek Sobola
Founded atPodhorie village (Žilina),  Slovakia
TypeNGO
Registration no.VVS/1-900/90-35334, Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic
Purposepeacekeeping, grassroots movement
HeadquartersKláštor Kapucínov, Mariánske námestie 23, Žilina, Slovakia
Secretary-General
Marek Sobola
Main organ
Servare et Manere Secretariat
Websitehttps://servaremanere.sk/

Servare et Manere[needs Slovak and Latin IPA] is a Slovak non-profit organization and grassroots activity, which was founded in 2010[1][2] and has a Special Consultative Status within the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (UN ECOSOC).[3][4]

History

UN logo of the sustainable development goals

The organization was founded with the intention of protecting and restoring the cultural heritage of Slovakia. Following the establishment of the International Tree of Peace initiative, Servare et Manere is currently focusing on spreading the message of friendship between nations and peace through the planting of memorial trees.[5][6] Servare et Manere is a strictly apolitical organization and one of its co-founders is Dr. Marek Sobola, a heraldic artist and landscape architect.[1] The organization has signed a Memorandum of understanding with the Japanese World Peace Bell Association.[7] One of the Peace Bells is also installed in front of the Secretariat Building at the United Nations Headquarters.[8] The organization also places great emphasis on protecting and maintaining the cleanliness of the environment, which is a fundamental pillar of peace.[9] In 2022, the original constitution of the organization was revised.[10][11] Through the Tree of Peace initiative, Servare et Manere also contributes to the fulfillment of the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda in Slovakia and in the partner countries.[12]

The headquarters and office in the Capuchin Monastery on Mariánske námestie in Žilina

Awards

Servare et Manere has also established two international peace awards and one honourable mention.[13] By 2022, the organization's awards had been accepted by a number of laureates, including heads of state, government officials, or members of royal families[14][15][16][17] and ecclesiastical dignitaries.[18] Servare et Manere currently grants:

Regular awards

  1. Tree of Peace Memorial Plaque (highest award)
  2. Memorial Medal of Tree of Peace Memorial Medal of Tree of Peace
  3. Friend of Peace (honourable mention)

Occasional awards

Servare et Manere Awards
Marek Sobola, current Secretary-General of Servare et Manere, the Presidential Palace in Papeete, 2022

Notable projects

Tree of Peace

Slovak international initiative. The project, created on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, was initiated by the Servare et Manere Secretary-General. The main goal of the initiative is to promote a message of peace by planting a Tree of Peace on every continent. The project is claimed to aim at planting trees around the globe to draw awareness to the global environmental issue and to enhance the solidarity of the humankind.[9] This tree of understanding and friendship among nations represents Slovakia under the official state brand “GOOD IDEA SLOVAKIA – IDEAS FROM SLOVAKIA” and is implemented by Servare et Manere with the support of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic.[5][20]

World Map of Peace

The World Map of Peace (World Peace Map) as a project joins all individual plantings of Trees of Peace in different countries of the world and gives them a clear goal: to involve as many countries as possible in the planting of Peace Trees and thus gradually supplement the World Peace Map.[21] The Map was created symbolically on Earth Day on April 22, 2021 in Slovakia by the symbolic planting of Bunge's pine in Carl Gustav Swensson Park in Žilina.[22][23]

Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Divina

Local project for the restoration of cultural heritage of Slovakia with an international dimension. The reconstructed Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Divina was uncovered by Joachim Bleicker, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Slovakia together with Emil Molko, Mayor of Divina and the author of the project, Marek Sobola.[24] Subsequently, it was blessed by Mons. Tomáš Galis, Bishop of Žilina.[25] Besides the Bishop, Ambassador of Germany and the Head of the Bishop Office, the ceremony was attended also by invited partners. In addition to Slovakia, partners from Germany, Cambodia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and the Vatican City have joined the reconstruction project.[26]

Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial in Žilina (CGS)

Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial in Žilina.
Platinum Jubilee tree planting in Žilina (from left): Michal Janiga, Peter Fiabáne, Nigel Baker and Marek Sobola. In the right in the background is the CGS Memorial.

The largest memorial dedicated to Swedish landscape architect Carl Gustav Swensson in the world and in Europe is located in the park of the same name in Žilina, Slovakia. At the initiative of Servare et Manere, the town of Žilina decided to finance the Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial, which the NGO also built.[27] The CGS is located in a park with the same name. The Memorial project was carried out under the official auspices of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Vienna.[28][29] The authors of the CGS are Marek Sobola and Michal Janiga.[30] On 3 November 2021 in Swensson Park in Žilina, Servare et Manere planted under the British Embassy in Bratislava patronage the very first Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee Tree in Central Europe. The planting was personally attended by Nigel Baker OBE MVO, British Ambassador to Slovakia. The Slovak Platinum Jubilee Tree has thus become an inspiration for similar planting initiatives outside the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.[31]

References

  1. ^ a b Servare et Manere. "About". Servare et Manere, oz. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. ^ Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic. "Non-governmental and non-profit organizations Register". ives.minv.sk. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  3. ^ UN Press. "Continuing Session, Non-Governmental Organizations Committee Recommends 2 Groups for Special Consultative Status, Defers Action on 31 Others".
  4. ^ Sobola, Marek (2022-08-10). "Servare et Manere has been granted special consultative status with the UN ECOSOC". Tree of peace / Strom pokoja. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  5. ^ a b "Slovak Initiative "Tree of Peace" planting ceremony in USA - Detail web obsahu - Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí SR". www.mzv.sk. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  6. ^ "Pflanzung eines Friedensbaumes in der Lindenallee des Völkerschlachtdenkmals". Nachrichten aus Leipzig - Leipziger Zeitung (in German). 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  7. ^ Tree of Peace (2021-07-02). "Memorandum of Understanding with the World Peace Bell Association". Tree of peace / Strom pokoja. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  8. ^ "The Peace Bell - International Day of Peace, 21 September". www.un.org. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  9. ^ a b ""Netzwerkstatt Alpen" feierlich eröffnet — CIPRA (d)". www.cipra.org. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  10. ^ Servare et Manere (2022-01-17). "Servare et Manere new organizational structure". Tree of peace / Strom pokoja. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  11. ^ Servare et Manere (2022-03-04). "Revised Constitution of Servare et Manere". Servare et Manere, oz. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  12. ^ Sobola, Marek (2022-10-13). "Servare et Manere and fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda goals". Tree of peace / Strom pokoja. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  13. ^ a b "Awards". Tree of peace / Strom pokoja. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  14. ^ "Slovacia omagiază memoria soldaților români și a Regelui Mihai I". Casa Majestății Sale. 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  15. ^ Milanovic, Stefan (2021-09-22). "SLOVAKIAN MEDAL FOR CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER". The Royal Family of Serbia. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  16. ^ "The "Tree of Peace" Award". farahpahlavi.org. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  17. ^ "Friend of Peace – House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz". Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  18. ^ "Епископ Андреј у логору Велики Међер у Словачкој | Српскa Православнa Црквa [Званични сајт]". www.spc.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  19. ^ Servare et Manere. "Awards". Servare et Manere, oz. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  20. ^ "Tlačová agentúra Slovenskej republiky - TASR.sk". www.tasr.sk. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  21. ^ Servare et Manere (2021-04-23). "World Map of Peace". Servare et Manere, oz. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  22. ^ Servare et Manere. "How better to celebrate the Earth Day than by planting a tree?". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  23. ^ Žilinak (2021-04-23). "Na Bulvári vysadili nové okrasné hrušky prezývané dokonalý pouličný strom. Zelene pribudne v Žiline výrazne viac". Žilinak.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  24. ^ "V Divine zachránili sochu s neobyčajným príbehom | Žilinský večerník". www.zilinskyvecernik.sk. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  25. ^ "V malej dedine v srdci Európy postavili most komunikácie a priateľstva - Žilinská diecéza - Rímskokatolícka cirkev". www.dcza.sk. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  26. ^ Sobola, Marek (2017). Príbeh svätojánsky, Socha sv. Jána Nepomuckého v Divine / The Story of St. John, Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Divina / ដំណើររឿងរបស់ St. John, រូបចម្លាក់ St. John Nepomuk នៅក្រុង Divina / Die Johannisgeschichte, Die Staute des hl. Johannes Nepomuk in Divina / Историята на св. Ян, Статуята на св. Ян Непомуцки в Дивина. Žilina: Servare et Manere, o. z. & Kysucké múzeum v Čadci. ISBN 978-80-972614-3-6.
  27. ^ Servare et Manere (2021-03-24). "Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial in Žilina". Servare et Manere, oz. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  28. ^ Ulfgard, Samuel. "Svensk landskapsarkitekt hyllas i Slovakien" (PDF). Sverigekontakt: 20.
  29. ^ a.s, Petit Press (2022-01-03). "Žilina names its park after a Swedish architect". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  30. ^ "CV | Michal Janiga". michaljaniga.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  31. ^ "Dub letný 'Fastigiata'". Park Carla Gustava Swenssona (in Slovak). 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
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