OSIJEK OSIJEK, April 12 (Hina) - US government assistance programmes were presented on Thursday to business people from Osijek-Baranja County in the presence of US Ambassador to Croatia Lawrence Rossin and his associates. The US
diplomat said the purpose of his visit to Osijek was the promotion of Croatia-US economic cooperation and the presentation of programmes which could be useful to eastern Slavonija. The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Croatia, Pamela Baldwin, spoke about the programmes of decentralisation of public finances and tax fund management and the improvement of the commercial courts' performance the Agency has been implementing in cooperation with the Croatian finance and justice ministries and the World Bank. The USAID has been cooperating with the Croatian Privatisation Fund within programmes on privatisation as well as with the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry within prog
OSIJEK, April 12 (Hina) - US government assistance programmes were
presented on Thursday to business people from Osijek-Baranja
County in the presence of US Ambassador to Croatia Lawrence Rossin
and his associates.
The US diplomat said the purpose of his visit to Osijek was the
promotion of Croatia-US economic cooperation and the presentation
of programmes which could be useful to eastern Slavonija.
The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Mission to Croatia, Pamela Baldwin, spoke about the programmes of
decentralisation of public finances and tax fund management and the
improvement of the commercial courts' performance the Agency has
been implementing in cooperation with the Croatian finance and
justice ministries and the World Bank.
The USAID has been cooperating with the Croatian Privatisation Fund
within programmes on privatisation as well as with the Agriculture
and Forestry Ministry within programmes of privatisation of
agricultural plants, and it has been assisting the Croatian
National Bank in controlling the operation of banks, Baldwin said.
The USAID has initiated a programme of development of
entrepreneurship in Croatia which is aimed at making loans more
available, facilitating adjustment to international standards and
improving market competition, Baldwin said.
Osijek County business people were today also informed about USAID
programmes for the promotion of commerce in Central Europe, the
ECOlinks programme for reducing environmental pollution and the US
chamber of commerce and economy ministry's programmes for the
promotion of economic cooperation and US investments in local
communities and the establishment of ties between US and Croatian
companies.
Ambassador Rossin and his associates are to visit Osijek's
"Saponija" toiletries industry, after which he and the USAID
representatives will sign a memorandum of understanding with the
Osijek town leadership on the reform and strengthening of the
municipal administration and drawing up of a plan of development of
the local economy.
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