The AWERES Project

The overall goal of the AWERES (AWareness and Education in Renewable Energy Sources) project is improvement of environmental protection and sustainable development by enhancing renewable energy sources use in Croatia, through improving renewable energy market functioning.

The renewable market demand side will be promoted by rising awareness in local community on RES issues, through project public events and other visibility actions, while the renewable market supply side will be stimulated by enhancing vocational education in the field of RES, enabling graduates’ involvement in RES field and creating a path to be followed by other vocational schools.

Main activities are

1. RES training for schools’ and civil society organizations (CSO) representatives
2. RES inclusion in vocational education
3. Public awareness rising
4. Wide information dissemination.

It is expected that partner schools and CSO’s representatives will be fully trained in RES, a new course on RES will be developed and proposed to educational authorities, and local population awareness on energy issues will be raised. Based on the experience gained in the project implementation, a novel model for local RES market enhancement will be developed and acknowledged.

The project is being implemented by the following partners

The AWERES project is implemented with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this web site are the sole responsibility of the implementing partners and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the
European Union.