{"id":15598,"date":"2022-10-25T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/?page_id=15598"},"modified":"2024-09-02T08:40:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T06:40:28","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/about-sunce\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Sunce is a non-governmental, non-party and non-profit organization founded in 1998, which today, in addition to <\/mark><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/about-sunce\/members\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">members<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong> <\/strong>and <\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/about-sunce\/volunteers\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">volunteers<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">, also has a <\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/about-sunce\/sunce-team\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"><strong>team of<\/strong> <strong>employees<\/strong><\/mark><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">, experts from various fields, united in achieving environmental and nature protection goals.<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/about-sunce\/success-stories\/\"><strong>achieved successes<\/strong><\/a>, Sunce is nationally and internationally present as <strong>one of the leading organizations for nature and environmental protection in Croatia.<\/strong> We base our activities on current scientific indicators and examples of good practice, expertise and many years of experience in the field of nature and environmental protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We are here to protect the interests and the public&#8217;s right to a healthy environment, and create solutions to conservation and rational use of natural resources for the benefit of all citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SUNCE_Statute.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>STATUTE<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUR VISION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Croatia is a country with preserved natural values, marine and coastal environment and local communities, whose development depends on the principles of sustainability and circular economy.<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Association Sunce is a place of creative ideas, mutual support and respect.<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUR MISSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunce is one of the leading civil society organizations in Croatia that advocates, educates and informs about environmentally responsible solutions based on professional and research work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It raises awareness and fosters communities and individuals to participate in environment and nature protection on local and national levels. It works in collaboration with national and international organizations and networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In achieving our mission and vision, we are assisted and guided by strategic goals that we set by participatory development of multi-annual strategic plans, taking into account the results, experiences and knowledge gained during previous periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The strategic objectives set for the period 2021.-2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"list-style-type:1\">\n<li>Contribution to establishment of sustainable waste management system on land and sea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased level of environmentally responsible behavior of wider public and target groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased impact of Sunce on public policies and court practices in the area of nature and environment protection, and sustainable development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contribution to increased efficiency of nature protection sector with focus on coastal and marine ecosystems conservation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Stategic_plan_2021-2026.pdf\"><strong>Strategic Plan of Association Sunce 2021. &#8211; 2026.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/strateski_plan_2016_2020_FINAL.pdf\">Strategic Plan of Association Sunce 2016. &#8211; 2020. <\/a><\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;<em>available in Croatian only<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunce_strategic_plan_2011-16.pdf\">Strategic Plan of Association Sunce 2011. &#8211; 2016<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunce is a non-governmental, non-party and non-profit organization founded in 1998, which today, in addition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":33830,"parent":3056,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15598","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15598"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27657,"href":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15598\/revisions\/27657"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunce-st.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}