| Project title: | Saaremaa wool for making yarn |
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| MEASURE: | Leader |
| Measure name: | Leader measure |
| Theme: | cooperation |
| Keywords: | cultural heritage; handicraft |
| Start year: | 2010 |
| Local action group: | LAG West-Estonian Islands Partnership |
| Name of the beneficiary: | Ltd Saare Rätsep |
| Sum of support: | 114 631 EUR/ 1 793 581 EEK |
| Backround of the project: | Sheep breeding is an important part of Saaremaa culture heritage. Saaremaa has over 11 000 sheep, but unfortunately the acknowledge and skills about wool processing and traditional handicraft are vanishing. |
| Objectives of the project: | The aim of this project is to use all the resources by maximal way. This would bring on the need for product-development. The aim of follow-up project (which applicant is NGO Saaremaa Wool) is to use the resources on a maximum way which will create a need for a product-development to find some kind of outlook as a finished product for wool of Saarema lambs. |
| Main activities: | It is planned to build a wool-industry, buying the devices and product-marketing (NGO Saaremaa wool project). Building a wool-industry and creating (NGO Saaremaa wool project) a product-marketing center is different projects and applications by their form, but they are joined to fulfil a common aim. |
| Output and results indicators: | The results of this project are mostly raising the benefit of sheep breeding, broadening the product assortment and hence positive impact for tourism, commerce and community. |
| Additional information about the project: | An extract from Leader Summer Seminar print about the project, July 2010 - http://www.maainfo.ee/public/files/2010.07.21_Leader_suveseminar_Saarema_vill_info_bukletist.pdf |
| Contact person : | Tuuli Kotka |
| County: | Saare county |
| Project inserted into database: | 2010-09-28 |