{"id":2963,"date":"2026-01-20T12:37:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/?page_id=2963"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:27:18","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/?page_id=2963&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"page\" data-elementor-id=\"2963\" class=\"elementor elementor-2963\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f49b0b3 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f49b0b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53be8f6 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53be8f6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de1e78f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de1e78f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"92\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vector.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3117\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4dd7cd e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4dd7cd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a63ca6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a63ca6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Circular Economy<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fed5d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fed5d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cA business model that saves and renews natural resources and energy,<br \/>prolongs the use of materials and products, and reduces waste\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3412fb e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b3412fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22ab5d20 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22ab5d20\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46ee19ab e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46ee19ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20dc3665 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20dc3665\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e2425f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35e2425f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over the past 50 years, unsustainable increases in energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and the amount of waste generated has quadrupled the global resource consumption.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dbb5fa4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2dbb5fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Currently, less than 9% of the world economy is based on circular principles, despite these principles are necessary for a sustainable future economy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ac809f elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37ac809f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81fcfe4643404d32a1728946fed28c47.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2967\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9cd43e e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f9cd43e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fc3bfa5 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fc3bfa5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22b30976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22b30976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3bc9b81ee3116329bb3d11f415adfc8e.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2971\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f21a21 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56f21a21\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d75a7b7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d75a7b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To encourage and promote circular economy in a local context,<br\/>the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the UNDP<br\/>are jointly implementing the project:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33071a55 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33071a55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Reducing the carbon footprint of local communities by applying the principles of the circular economy in the Republic of Serbia: Circular Communities<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6176918d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6176918d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The project is financially supported by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63530b8 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63530b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f938f7 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68f938f7\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Communities<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f84a9ff elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f84a9ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In Serbia<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf5e1e e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cf5e1e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b646d26 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b646d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">March 2022 - March 2027<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ad09f0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24ad09f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This project aims to reduce the carbon footprint of local communities in Serbia by encouraging the development and supporting the implementation of circular ideas, business models and products of public and private companies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-693bc96a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"693bc96a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"790\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cb2b57e341a0211abc52873cf25f6343.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2991\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24215d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24215d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">project focus<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39240aa9 e-con-full e-grid wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39240aa9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40ba9efd e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"40ba9efd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element-735d6c1c e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"735d6c1c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-168d81fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"168d81fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"62\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5c29f51b91c682dc65dcaed80eac0c0b.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2999\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a3cc1bf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a3cc1bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Establishing a Low Carbon Communities Innovation Platform \u2013 LCCIP<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-407de613 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"407de613\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5743210b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5743210b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/79074d487e1fce3fe31b16f2d4320103.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3003\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-451f39b2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"451f39b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Piloting investments in the area of circular economy<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-494decd4 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"494decd4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2550f5fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2550f5fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bb356b78178ff7b9cee754255e1e3d8b.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3007\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97d691c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97d691c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Spreading knowledge and raising public awareness on the importance of circular economy<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circular Economy \u201cA business model that saves and renews natural resources and energy,prolongs the use of materials and products, and reduces waste\u201d Over the past 50 years, unsustainable increases in energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and the amount of waste generated has quadrupled the global resource consumption. Currently, less than 9% of the world economy is based on circular principles, despite these principles are necessary for a sustainable future economy. To encourage and promote circular economy in a local context,the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the UNDPare jointly implementing the project: Reducing the carbon footprint of local communities by applying the principles of the circular economy in the Republic of Serbia: Circular Communities The project is financially supported by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Circular Communities In Serbia March 2022 &#8211; March 2027 This project aims to reduce the carbon footprint of local communities in Serbia by encouraging the development and supporting the implementation of circular ideas, business models and products of public and private companies. project focus Establishing a supportive public policy and institutional framework aligned with EU circular economy policies Establishing a Low Carbon Communities Innovation Platform \u2013 LCCIP Piloting investments in the area of circular economy Spreading knowledge and raising public awareness on the importance of circular economy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2963","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2963"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4687,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2963\/revisions\/4687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkularnezajednice.rs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}