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Legal basis of regional development of eastern croatia from european and croatian perspective and the question of its effectiveness

The paper analyses the legal basis for regional development of Eastern Croatia and its effectiveness. The research methodologies used include following methods: normative method, secondary researches, comparative method, historical and statistical methods. The research results show that there is legal basis for regional development of Eastern Croatia. The economic, social and territorial cohesion, aimed towards balanced regional development, the Lisbon Treaty lists as: a) as fundamental objective of the Union, b) as shared competence between the Union and the Member States and as the fundamental European policy, institutionalized in Articles 174-178 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Lisbon Treaty stipulates that in order to promote the overall harmonious development, the Union develops and implements its actions leading to strengthening of economic, social and territorial cohesion. The Croatian Constitution provides: the State's responsibility for the economic development of all its regions, the State's responsibility for the areas of interest to the Republic of Croatia and the areas of special state concern, the responsibility of the State to assist financially the weaker units of local government, as well as the responsibility of the Republic of Croatia for the implementation of the objectives and the Union law. The Act on Regional Development in 2014 defined the goal of Regional development policy of the Republic of Croatia: contribute to the socio-economic development of the Republic of Croatia, in accordance with the principles of sustainable development, creating conditions that will allow all parts of the country to strengthen the competitiveness and the implementation of their development potential. However, the accent is placed on actual ineffectiveness of legal norms. The key problem is that the region of Eastern Croatia states decreased economic and social development. One of the major reasons of the development fall is that the region of Eastern Croatia is not complete European region with self-governing status. This area consists of five counties: Osijek- Baranja, Vukovar-Brod-Posavina, Virovitica- Podravina and Pozega-Slavonia County. Therefore, with necessary implementation of the regionalization of the Croatian territory, as well as possible solutions to development problems, the authors in particular propose efficient use of the EU funds and greater responsibility and effectiveness of the government institutions.

Slavonia, the Lisbon Treaty, regional development, the Constitution, the Law on Regional Development

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