ZAGREB, May 14 (Hina) - Thirty-five ecological projects to be carried out by nongovernmental organisations have been granted about two million kuna from the national budget. Croatian Environmental Protection and Zoning Minister Marina
Matulovic Dropulic handed over the contracts on the government's financial support to representatives of the NGOs on Friday.
ZAGREB, May 14 (Hina) - Thirty-five ecological projects to be carried
out by nongovernmental organisations have been granted about two
million kuna from the national budget. Croatian Environmental
Protection and Zoning Minister Marina Matulovic Dropulic handed over
the contracts on the government's financial support to representatives
of the NGOs on Friday.#L#
One hundred projects were proposed after the government announced
invitations for ecological projects. An expert group selected the 35
projects for this year's funding.
The ministry will continue financing the implementation of three-year
programmes of NGOs which were approved in 2002 and 2003.
Minister Matulovic Dropulic said this years' budgetary funds for this
purpose increased twice in comparison to last year.
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