The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF) Projects
PROBAJ
The goal of the PROBAJ project (Waste Repurposing – Women Veterans in Community Action) was to encourage the collection of old furniture, textiles, and consumer goods, and to foster the acquisition of skills for processing these items for reuse through innovative design.
Project activities included the organization of collection, renovation and reuse of old furniture, textiles and consumer goods with innovative designs in the Vukovar-Srijem County with the involvement of the rural population.
Through its activities, the PROBAJ project brought together multiple generations of residents in Vukovar-Srijem County, placing significant emphasis on veterans and retirees; through workshops, they learned about repurposing and reusing materials—practices they subsequently shared with the wider community after the project concluded. An added value of the project was its social significance alongside its environmental impact, as it encouraged less active population groups to acquire new skills and knowledge, thereby enabling them to make an active contribution to the community.
PERNATURA
The Pernatura project fostered and contributed to the reuse of old furniture, textiles, and consumer goods; this included product refurbishment to restore items to satisfactory working order, as well as repairs, collection drives, and the resale or reuse of worn-out products. Project activities revitalized the Lika region's traditions regarding the use of consumer goods, textiles, and furniture—such as the crafting of rag rugs, woven floor runners, and seat pads from old textiles—practices once common in all Lika households.
The goal of the project was to inform and make the public aware of the way to renovate and reuse old furniture, consumer goods and waste wool.
PUT Lika - Ponovna Uporaba Tekstila i Namještaja u Lici
The PUT Lika project was implemented by the GTF-Initiative for Sustainable Growth from September 2022 to April 2023 in Lika-Senj County. The project aimed to encourage the collection of textiles and old furniture for reuse through innovative designs rooted in local tradition within Lika-Senj County.
KijevoNAMJEŠTAJ
The KijevoNAMJEŠTAJ project was implemented by GTF-Initiative for Sustainable Growth from March 2021 to November 2021 in Šibenik-Knin and Vukovar-Srijem Counties, with a focus on rural areas. The project lead was the association GTF-Initiative for Sustainable Growth, with the Kolarica association from Kijevo acting as a partner.
The goal of the project was to inform and make the public aware of the way to renovate and reuse old furniture, consumer goods and waste wool.
KijeVuna
The KijeVuna project was implemented by GTF-Initiative for Sustainable Growth from March 2021 to November 2021 in Šibenik-Knin and Vukovar-Srijem Counties, with a focus on rural areas. The project lead for KijeVUNA is the association GTF-Initiative for Sustainable Growth, and the partner is the Kolarica association from Kijevo.
The project aimed to raise awareness regarding the potential for reusing sheep wool items within a circular economy and to develop a local partnership model of best practices for the collection and reuse of waste sheep wool and wool products, in cooperation with local and regional self-government units and other stakeholders in areas of special state concern.
VUN(ov)A
VUN(ov)A project was implemented from June 2019 to February 2020. The objectives of the project were to raise awareness of the possibility of reusing sheep wool items in the circular economy and to prepare a local partnership model for collection and reuse practices of sheep wool and wool products. This project was implemented in cooperation with local and regional self-government units and other stakeholders in Croatian areas of special state concern.
We achieved our goals by establishing cooperation with local self-government units (mayors), local associations (Gačanka, Lika Sheep Breeders Association), educational institutions and LAGs. During the project implementation 3 workshops were held during which more than 50 users learned practical things about reuse of woolen products.
The project was implemented in Lika-Senj County, Šibenik-Knin County and Sisak-Moslavina County.
LIKA-VUNA Furniture
LIKA-WOOL Furniture project was implemented from June 2019 to February 2020. As part of the project old furniture and materials were found and collected by GTF-ISG volunteers. The selected restoration experts held 4-day workshop in February 2020. The public was informed about the possibilities and importance of reuse / recycling and about opportunities to participate in the project. In February 2020 an exhibition was held in Gospić where we exhibited renovated and decorated unique furniture.
Old furniture and materials were collected prior to the workshops, and following the workshops and restoration, an exhibition was held in Gospić in February 2020, where we displayed the refurbished and restyled unique furniture.
This announcement was made with the financial support of the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF). The content of this announcement is the sole responsibility of the GTF – Initiative for Sustainable Growth and can under no circumstances be considered to reflect the views of the Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund.