NOVI VINODOLSKI, April 7 (Hina) - Representatives of county authorities convened in the Croatian coastal town of Novi Vinodolski on Saturday to discuss their possible cooperation with European institutions in relation to Croatia's
bids to join the European Union. The meeting, organised at the proposal of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, drew secretaries or chairpersons of assemblies of 12 counties (out of 21 Croatian counties), representatives of the assembly of European regions (which include five Croatian counties), and officials of the EU and Croatia's ministries of justice and European integration. Commenting on the role of county self-government in bids to come closer to European integration processes, Croatia's Minister in charge of European integration, Ivan Jakovcic, said his ministry asked counties to be included on a larger scale in the process of Croatia's integration in the EU. Croatia is
NOVI VINODOLSKI, April 7 (Hina) - Representatives of county
authorities convened in the Croatian coastal town of Novi
Vinodolski on Saturday to discuss their possible cooperation with
European institutions in relation to Croatia's bids to join the
European Union.
The meeting, organised at the proposal of Primorje-Gorski Kotar
County, drew secretaries or chairpersons of assemblies of 12
counties (out of 21 Croatian counties), representatives of the
assembly of European regions (which include five Croatian
counties), and officials of the EU and Croatia's ministries of
justice and European integration.
Commenting on the role of county self-government in bids to come
closer to European integration processes, Croatia's Minister in
charge of European integration, Ivan Jakovcic, said his ministry
asked counties to be included on a larger scale in the process of
Croatia's integration in the EU. Croatia is the first country in
transition to transfer a part of those efforts (about the
accession) to lower levels, Jakovcic explained.
The Union is a community of projects rather than political
programmes, and the elaboration of programmes is our first task in
the process of submitting the application for the entry and for
receiving the financial assistance from Europe, Jakovcic added.
The meeting will end this evening.
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