INT. SEMINAR ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS, STATE ADMINISTRATION ENDS

ZAGREB, June 16 (Hina) - A two-day international seminar called "Non-governmental Organisations and State Administration: Prospects of Partnership in the European Integration Process", organised by the international relations institute, ended in Zagreb on Saturday. The seminar was attended by representatives of Croatian non- governmental organisations and state administration, European Union institutions, non-governmental organisations within the European Union, as well as representatives of non-governmental organisations and state administration of EU candidate countries and countries participating in the stabilisation and association process with the EU. On the second day of the seminar, a round table was held , which was attended by representatives Macedonia, Montenegro and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The addressed by head of the European Commission delegation in Croatia Per Vinther, representative of the European economic and social committee Jan Olsson, vice president of the European platform of social non-governmental organisations and president of the European association of disabled persons Yannis Vardakastanis, head of the government's office for cooperation with non- governmental organisations Cvjetana Plavsa-Matic. (hina) it