The agreement was signed by Croatian Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic and Flemish minister for administrative affairs, foreign policy, media and tourism Geert Burgeois, who is in a working visit to Croatia.
Burgeois said that of all Balkan countries Croatia progressed the most on the path towards EU membership, adding that by signing the agreement, Flanders supported Zagreb on that path.
Thanking the Flemish official on the assistance so far, Grabar-Kitarovic said a Croatian-Flemish commission would soon be set up to draw up two-year programmes for joint projects.
The Flemish government has been financing projects in Croatia for the past three years. In 2006, Flanders allocated a total of 495,000 euros for six projects in Croatia.
Grabar Kitarovic said the most successful project was Plato Croatia, implemented last year, which included the transfer of knowledge of the Flemish chamber of the economy and industry to the Croatian partners in Zadar, Karlovac, Otocac and Sibenik.