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Efficient use of EU funds for the development of Eastern Croatia

The aim of this paper is to explore the efficiencyand implications of the implementation of the Slavonija, Baranja and Srijem Project launched by the Ministry of Regional Development and EU funds in order to spend EUR 2.5 billion (HRK 18.75 billion) or 23.42% of the total allocation of EUR 10.6 billion from European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI) for the 2014-2020 period on projects run in five counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja, Požega- Slavonia, Virovitica- Podravina and Vukovar- Srijem. The study investigates the justification for such a decision and whether it is based on the poverty map designed by World Bank in 2016 upon the request oftheMinistry of Regional Development and EU funds. The paper analyses data on contracted funds for the period between October 18, 2016 and January 19, 2018 by operational programmes (OP) and other EU sources:Competitiveness and Cohesion OP, Efficient Human Resources OP, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries OP, Rural Development Programme, European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) and by five counties participating in the Programme in order to see which of the above operational programmes and other sources sparked the interest of most users and which of the five counties has been the most successful.The paper also explores the impact of the implementation of the Slavonija, Baranja and Srijem Programme on the efficiency of using funds from European Structural and Investment Funds and other EU sources at disposal to the Republic of Croatian in the EU 2014-2020 planning and financial period. The central question this paper seeks to answer is whether the implementation of the Slavonija, Baranja and Srijem Project slows down or accelerates contracting and using EU sourced funds in Croatia, whether the existing division of Croatia into two NUTS II levels is a good solution or whether the implementation of the Slavonija, Baranja and Srijem Project, as a sign of the decentralization of the system governing the use of EU funds, may serve as a modality of and path towards more efficient use of EU funds.

the Slavonija ; Baranja and Srijem Project ; poverty map ; efficiency of the use of EU funds, NUTS II level ; decentralization of the system governing the use of EU funds

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