The Republic of Croatia

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The Republic of Croatia The Region of Istria
International Cooperation and European
Integration (presentation) Varadin, September
2005
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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• International and regional cooperation
• Membership in international organisations
• International and inter-regional cooperation
  programs
• European integration
• Cooperation with Istrian émigrés

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• Cooperation with the regions of foreign
  countries
• Tuscany (Italy, Statement of Friendship, 06
  October 1994)
• Liguria (Italy, Letter of Intent)
• Veneto (Italy, Statement of Intent 21 February
  1995)
• Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy, Cooperation
  Protocol 22 February 1999)
• Somogy (Hungary, Cooperation Accord 29 April
  1998)
• Carinthia (Austria, Letter of Intent 21 April
  1998)
• Hargita (Romania, Statement on the Future
  Cooperation Accord 10 May 2000)
• Vojvodina (Serbia and Montenegro, 2001)
• The Zenica-Doboj Canton (Bosnia and Herzegovina,
  2004)
• County Kerry (Ireland, 2004)
• Yunnan Province (China, 2004)
• Trencin (Slovakia, 2004)

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• Membership in International Organisations
• The Assembly of European Regions (ARE, since
  1994, Eurodyssée a youth exchange program 64
  young people from The Region of Istria have
  participated since 1996 )
• The Conference on Peripheral Maritime Regions of
  Europe (CRPM, since 2001)
• The Association of European Border Regions (AEBR)
• The Adriatic Euroregion (2005)
• The Institute of European Regions (2005, a
  foundation for the promotion and research on
  regionalism, with its headquarters in Salzburg)
• The Assembly of Wine Producing European Regions
  (AREV)

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• Programs for International and Inter-regional
  Cooperation
• INTERREG III A
• INTERREG III B
• INTERREG III C
• BILL 84/2001, REPUBLIC OF ITALY
• CARDS 2003 for the local development of border
  regions
• Other programs

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• INTERREG III B, first application, approved
  projects
• ADRI. FISH (Promotion of a Sustainable FISHery in
  the Northern ADRIatic Sea, lead partner the
  Region of Veneto (Italy), total of 6 partners.
  Financial contribution of The Region of Istria
  130 701,61 of which 71 701,61 in kind and 59
  000 in cash)
• www.adrifish.com

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• L.O.T.O. (Landscape Opportunities for Territorial
  Organisation, lead partner The Region of Lombardy
  (Italy), total of 9 partners. Financial
  contribution of The Region of Istria 111 900
  in kind)
• www.loto-project.org

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• CONSPACE (Common Strategy Network for Spatial
  Development and Implementation, lead partner the
  Region of Carinthia (Austria), total of 9
  partners. Financial contribution of The Region
  of Istria 18 000 in kind)
• www.conspace.info

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• I-LOG (Industrial LOGistics, Logistic and
  intermodal transportation for sustaining small
  and medium enterprises (SMEs) development, lead
  partner the Region of Marche (Italy), total of 23
  partners. Financial contribution of The Region
  of Istria 96 270 in kind).
• www.i-log.org

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• INTERREG III B, second application, approved
  projects
• GO NETWORK (Guarantee Organisations Network, lead
  partner the Region of Veneto (Italy), total of 11
  partners. Partner representing The Region of
  Istria IDA (The Istrian Development Agency).
  Financial contribution of The Region of Istria
  33 030.00 in kind).
• INTERREG III B, third application, candidate
  project
• OLIVE OIL ROADS (The Agency for the Development
  of Rural Tourism in Istria AZZRI)

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Medunarodna suradnja i europske
integracijeDosadanje aktivnosti

• INTERREG III C, first application, approved
  projects
• ECOTOURISM (Places and Traditions, lead partner
  the Province of Abruzzo (Italy), total of 12
  partners. Financial contribution of The Region
  of Istria 14 638 in kind).
• www.interreg-ecotourism.net

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Medunarodna suradnja i europske
integracijeDosadanje aktivnosti

• INTERREG III A, first application, approved
  projects
• ADRI.BLU (ADRIatic BLUe table for the
  sustainable management of the fishing activities
  and of the fishing resources in the Adriatic Sea,
  total of 7 partners and budget of 3 087 576.96 ,
  lead partner the Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
• www.regione.emilia-romagna.it/industria/Pesca/Pro
  getti/adriblu.htm
• GALILEO (Growing Adriatic Laboratory in
  Locating Economic Organisations, lead partner the
  Region of Marche, Italy)
• www.interregadriatico.it

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• REPUBLIC OF ITALY, BILL 84/2001 from 21 October
  2001
• FISH-LOG (the organisation of workers of the
  fishing industry, the construction of wholesale
  fish markets in Pula and Rijeka, the construction
  of logistical infrastructure. Lead partner the
  Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, total of 8
  partners. Project budget 1 843 847.61 , with
  The Region of Istria contributing 107 382.13
  and the Istrian Development Agency contributing
  647 250.00 )
• www.regione.emilia-romagna.it/industria/Pesca/Pro
  getti/fishlog.htm

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• CONNECT (to promote the development of small and
  middle sized fishing enterprises along the
  Adriatic coast, as well as the creation of a
  network on the Adriatic, networking the wholesale
  fish markets in Pula and Rijeka into the
  electronic system of European wholesale markets,
  the promotion of development of cooperatives in
  the fishing industry as a good way of networking
  fishing enterprises. Lead partner the Region of
  Emilia Romagna, total of 7 partners. Project
  budget 1 180 000.00 , financial contribution of
  The Region of Istria 137 327.46 , Istrian
  Development Agency 11 088.58 ).
• www.regione.emilia-romagna.it/industria/Pesca/Pro
  getti/connect.htm
• Rural Development indigenous products from The
  Region of Istria (lead partner the Region of
  Tuscany ARSIA, partner AZZRI and IRTA,
  currently being prepared).

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• CARDS 2003 for the local development of border
  regions
• PRO.SME (integrated actions for the cross border
  promotion of Croatian SMEs and economic
  integration with border regions of Slovenia and
  Italy, IDA applicant, 2 partners, total of 150
  000 ).

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• Other Programs
• SEENET (local government as a development
  initiator renewing the bridges of dialogue
  between the countries of southeast Europe. Lead
  partners the Region of Tuscany and The Region of
  Istria, The Ministry of External Affairs of the
  Republic of Italy, other partners from The
  Republic of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro,
  Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia).

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Medunarodna suradnja i europske
integracijeDosadanje aktivnosti

• CARDS 2002
• Providing services in the non-profit sector for
  social welfare, health protection, upbringing
  outside of institutions, education and family
  protection
• Assisting drug abusers
• A holistic approach to the improvement of quality
  of life
• Grinjak a program for the wards of the Home
  for the Upbringing of Children and Youth

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationInitiatives

• Opening an office in Brussels
• ROP The Regional Operative Program
• Euro Info Point in Pula
• EU Pre-Accession Programs
• The continuation of the cooperation process on
  the Adriatic
• Office in New York
• Founding the Institute of European Regions (IRE)
• Continuing the initiatives in INTERREG III
• Other Programs

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationInitiatives

• Opening an Office in Brussels
• In cooperation with AR Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  (Italy)
• Over 300 regional representative offices
• The first in Croatia
• Support for citizens, public administration and
  business sector
• Accessibility to information (EU funds)
• Lobbyist role

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationInitiatives

• Euro Info Point in Pula
• Informing citizens about European Integration
• Education
• Information
• EU team

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationInitiatives

• ROP Regional Operative Program
• Strategic socio-economic development
• Requirement for EU fund financing

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationInitiatives

• Pre-Accession Programs (ISPA, SAPARD, PHARE)
• the merging and modernisation of the waste
  management system in The Region of Istria (value
  of the planned investment 45 000 000.00 ).
• The organisation of the construction and
  maintenance of a water drainage and purification
  system for lechate for small settlements
  encompassed by water protection zones in The
  Region of Istria (value of the planned
  investment 132 000 000.00 )
• Parenzana revitalization of the landscape
• Restoration of the breakwater in Pula (total cost
  of the investment 7 772 500.00 )
• Railway traffic
• Ferry, international shipping of passengers and
  cargo
• Connecting the coastal cities in Istria with the
  sea line
• Construction of fishing harbours, a wholesale
  market for fish, fishermens associations and
  other infrastructure for the fishing sector
• Revitalization of the commercial breeding of
  Istrian cattle
• The construction of a system for the production
  of indigenous regional agricultural products
  (wine, olive oil, prosciutto ham, truffles, meat
  products, etc.)
• Revitalisation of the cooperative sector in the
  Istrian Region (The Istrian Regional Co-op
  Association)
• An irrigation system for agricultural land

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Medunarodna suradnja i europske
integracijeInicijative

• Continuation of the initiatives from INTERREG III
• INTERREG III A, a program for cross-border
  cooperation between Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia
• INTERREG III A, Adriatic cross-border cooperation
• INTERREG III B, transnational cooperation

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International Cooperation and European
IntegrationActivities to Date

• INTERREG III A Cross Border Cooperation between
  Slovenia-Hungary-Croatia
• PARENZANA (Route of Health and Friendship
  revitalisation of the old Parenzana railway line
  through an integrated (Croatian and Slovenian)
  tourism program and long-term cross border
  cooperation, as well as an increase in the number
  of sports events in Istria. Project carrier The
  Region of Istria, partner the Township of Kopar,
  total value of the project 174 374.00 ).
• HEART of Istria (Heritage and Art of Istria the
  formation of cross border tourist itineraries and
  the scientific valorisation of cultural heritage,
  intended to strengthen and form new tourism
  destinations in the cities and rural areas of
  Istria. Project carrier The Region of Istria,
  partner the Univerza na Primorskem (formed by the
  Townships of Kopar, Izola and Piran), total value
  of the project 90 000.00 ).