MINISTER MIMICA PRESENTS INTERACTIVE PLAN ON SAA IMPLEMENTATION

ZAGREB, July 23 (Hina) - Croatian European Integration Minister Neven Mimica on Wednesday presented an interactive plan about the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. The agreement should simplify communication among state administration bodies in charge of implementing the SAA and make the process more transparent. #L# "Implementing the SAA is the most important task Croatia must do at this moment in order to enter the next phase, namely to receive the status of a candidate (for EU membership)," Mimica told a news conference. "We wanted to inform the public, in an active and interactive way, about how state administration bodies are fulfilling their commitments from the SAA," Mimica said. "We also wanted to create an adequate data base for those participating in the implementation," the minister added. The interactive plan is comprised of a multimedia CD-ROM and a web application of the European integration ministry's data base. Users can access latest information on the status of the implementation of each measure, as well as other relevant information on measures from the plan on implementing the SAA. The CD-ROM and the data base are available in Croatian and English. (hina) it