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EU grants to Croatian counties, cities and municipalities, 2011-14

This paper aims to provide basic information on the grants received by Croatian counties, cities and municipalities as holders or partners in the implementation of the programs and projects (co)financed by the EU in the period 2011-14. Also available is a downloadable database in Excel for further, more detailed analysis by readers. Despite the growing use of EU grants, the amounts used are relatively modest and it is astonishing that as much as 85% of the municipalities and more than half of the cities have never used grants. There were, of course, some excellent examples of the use of EU grants, but the percentage of local units (counties, cities and municipalities) that were willing and able to use grants was very low. Hence, if no fiscal and territorial reorganisation of the state is planned in the near future, it is at least necessary to strengthen the local units' capacity and the central government's commitment for better use of EU funds, as well as to create the basic accounting prerequisites for timely and efficient tracking of their utilisation.

EU grants ; local units

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