Naslov
The impact of EU fonds on increasing the standard of services in preschool education institutions in the area of Požega-Slavonia conuty
(The impact of EU funds on increasing the standard of services in preschool education institutions in the area of Požega-Slavonia county)

Autori
Neven Garača, Zrna Garača, Anamarija Blažević

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
2nd International Conference on Renewable Economics / Dejan Tubić, Irena Bosnić - Virovitica : Virovitica University of Applied Sciences, 2022, 21-21

ISBN
978-953-8028-16-8

Skup
ReECON.2

Mjesto i datum
Biograd na Moru, Hrvatska, 20.09.2022. - 22.09.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
labor market, grants, preschool education, local government budgets
(labor market, preschool education. local government budgets)

Sažetak
The use of European funds in the Republic of Croatia has been on the rise in recent years. Grants contribute to the implementation of numerous projects that raise living standards and expand the range of existing services and directly contribute to regional development. This paper will deal with the impact of EU funds on increasing the standard of services in preschool institutions in the Požega-Slavonia County, which were realized through the call "Improvement of services for children in early and preschool education" funded by the European Social Fund within the Operational Program Effective Human Resources 2014-2020. Through this call, numerous local self-government units raised funds to finance additional services within the kindergartens and adjusted working hours to the labor market, ie the needs of employed parents, with extended working hours of kindergartens. In addition, the employment of experts (speech therapists, pedagogues, psychologists, sociologists) was financed with the aim of establishing professional teams to monitor the development of children, which raised the preschool standard. The impact of EU funds on the budget of local governments (founders of these institutions) and the expansion of existing services will be investigated for the purposes of this paper using available relevant professional literature, legislation, reports of regulatory bodies and agencies, which represent secondary research. Practical cases in Požega-Slavonia County, that will gain insight into the direct impact of EU funds, will be made from available data on websites of cities and municipalities that have implemented such projects and will be extremely useful for this work. In addition to the above, the paper uses empirical methods of observation and comparison. The results will be processed for analysis in addition to gain the aim of the research – prove the impact of EU funds on the budget of local governments, its connection with the labor market and its contribution to expansion of existing services in preschool institutions and they will serve as a guideline for future analyzes.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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