Within USAID's project called Entrepreneural Croatia, that is 19 million dollars worth, the agency will in the next three years offer technical assistance to Croatian small and medium-sized entrepreneurs so as to increase their profitability and create 20,000 new jobs. Besides HIZ, there are some 15 Croatian partners in this project.
The partnership agreement was signed in Zagreb by HIZ Secretary-General Dubravko Miholic and Paola Lang, the director of the USAID project, which is being carried out in Croatia by consulting companies DAI and Nathan Group.