US ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Hina) - A Washington association called "Croatian Democracy Project" (CDP) has become a major co-operator to "America's Development Foundation" (ADF) in a three-year undertaking in assistance to Croatia's non-governmental societies in the field of legal advice and human rights of refugees, displaced persons and minorities. The ADF works under control of US Administration's "Agency for International Development". The head of the CDP office in Zagreb, Ms. Tia Pausic, is appointed also as the ADF representative in the Croatian capital. The three-year project is devised for offering help to the society of Croatian lawyers, Documenta Croatica, the Croatian anti- war association, the society of mothers of the missing persons from Vukovar and others. The offices for direct aid are to open in Croatian cities of Zagreb, Osijek, Rijeka and Split. The project is a first direct step of US Administration in supporting development of democratic institutions in Croatia. Since the first democratic elections in Croatia the CDP had been a pioneer in programmes on human rights, high education, establishing civil society, market reforms and humanitarian aid, the head of the CDP, Mr. Max Primorac, said. (hina) mm 151932 MET oct 94