Naslov
Challenges in Organizational Management of Croatian Education System Towards the EU Funds

Autori
Devčić, Anton ; Bratić, Vjekoslav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
The Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Globalization and Higher Education in Economics and Business Administration - GEBA 2011 / Dinu Airenei ; Carmen Pintilescu ; Ovidiu Stoica ; Olesia Mihai ; Daniela Viorica ; Alin Andries ; Mircea Asandului - Iași : Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press, Iasi, 2011, 902-909

ISBN
978-973-703-697-1

Skup
5th International Conference on Globalization and Higher Education in Economics and Business Administration - GEBA 2011

Mjesto i datum
Iaşi, Rumunjska, 20.10.2011. - 22.10.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
School ; project ; European Union ; funds ; project preparation

Sažetak
In each society, educational system is perceived or it should to be perceived as one of the pillars of the whole country. The way how the schools as a part of that system are financed and who is concerned with that, has been the same for many years, naturally if we are talking about state or public schools, which is the case in this paper. Namely, public schools in Croatia are primarily and almost only financed from central budget, and related to that fact, principals and the School boards of the schools, do not have to think necessarily about any other financial resource, or they do not have to care about stability of financial resources at all. However, talking about Republic of Croatia in the light of the approaching the status of full European Union membership, a very important topic is the availability of the (pre)accession European union funds. Namely, the stakeholders on the field were dealing with preparation of project proposals for various funds, from various donators, such as World Bank, European Investment Bank, UNDP and other donors, and all with the aim to get financing for their project ideas. Namely, the different funds were available from the war period, from the beginning of the 1990’s. It means that there are existing opportunities for funding, and among other stakeholders, schools are also in position to get and use money from the European union funds, so as from other available funds. Accordingly, in this paper will be no discussion about schools as institutions which have to learn and upbring pupils, there will be said more about schools as entities which have their potential and resources to prepare, get and implement an European Union funds in a proper way. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to define challenges that schools are facing while they are trying to prepare project proposals and apply them to the available EU funds. Research is based on the interview with principals of all primary and secondary schools in one of the 20 Croatian Counties, in Pozega Slavonia County. Nevertheless, in the paper there are some personal experiences in preparation of the applications for the available European Union funds. This paper presents the result of these interviews and personal experiences in the light of using the available opportunities provided by the European Union funds.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Politologija

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