On this occasion, the head of the European Commission's Delegation to Croatia, Vincent Degert, said that under the CARDS 2002 programmes, the European Commission had allocated 5.5 million euros for the enhancement of vocational training in the eastern towns of Vinkovci, Vukovar and Zupanja.
In addition, CARDS 2003 projects ensured 4.4 million euros for similar purposes, and 2.7 million euros of this amount went for vocational schools projects, Croatian official Ivan Sutalo said.