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Regional development in Croatia and utilization of EU programmes

In the process of negotiation and preparation of Croatia for entering in the EU, regional policy plays very important role. EU offers Croatia pre-accession programs that can help in implementation of necessary reforms towards achieving competitive market economy, institutional building, development of infrastructure, etc. The aim of the paper is to analyse characteristics of regional policy in Croatia with the meaning of institutional abilities to utilized EU programs. Questionnaire is used to get some more information about problems of less developed regions in Croatia in utilisation of EU programmes. They face with the indifference of subjects included in the project, lack of knowledge about EU procedures, own financial means, but also with the complexity of project proposal as a very important limiting factor in getting money from EU.

regional policy; regional development; pre-accession programmes

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