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Convergence of Croatian financial and budget regulations to the framework and practices of the European Union

As a candidate country for the membership in the European Union the Republic of Croatia is the beneficiary of EU pre-accession programmes (firstly the following programmes: CARDS, PHARE, ISPA and SAPARD, and afterwards the new IPA programme), while when it becomes the member of the EU the Republic of Croatia will have the possibility to use European funds becoming a part of the implementation of European Cohesion policy. The objectives of the Cohesion policy include equal and sustainable development of all European regions (NUTS II level – statistical region), and through its implementation in member countries the following investments are financed: transport, environmental protection, power, regional competitiveness (i.e. enhancing business and society infrastructure, strengthening the economy), human resource development aiming to increase employment and employment opportunities of the labour force. The above mentioned areas, encompassed by the Cohesion policy, are part of the special interest in each country, and accordingly in the Republic of Croatia they have been recognized as development drives from the local to the central level in the country. The coordination of strategic priorities at the local, regional and national level as well as their harmonisation with the objectives of the Cohesion policy presents one of the key challenges. For this reason primarily, the new Budget Act which entered into force as of 1st January 2009 introduced the strategic planning and a three-year-budget framework. For the first time the Strategy of the Governmental programmes was adopted for the period 2010 – 2012, clearly highlighting strategic priorities related to the budget, objectives were set and manners of measuring the successfulness of accomplishing the objectives were defined. This strategic consideration at the national level in the context of the state budget constitutes the basis for the adoption of strategic documents and connection of national priorities with the objectives of the EU Cohesion policy.

ADMINISTRATIVE Convergence; Croatian financial and budget regulations; EU

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