Analytical base for Regional Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia

Commissioned by: Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds 
Project duration: September, 2014 – December, 2014 
Project manager: Nenad Starc, PhD
Collaborators: Irena Đokić, PhD, Željka Kordej-De Villa, PhD, Ivana Rašić Bakarić, PhD, Sunčana Slijepčević, PhD

• collecting and assessment of available development documentation and available statistical sources;
• defining and collecting data needed on all levels (EU, national, regional and local) selected on the basis of common indicators defined within legislative framework of ESI funds;
• preparation of analytical base for the Regional Development Strategy;
• preparation of recommendations for situation analysis in planning on levels lower than national.  

• economic situation and trends (GDP, competitiveness, key development sectors, personal income);
• demographic situation and trends (key demographic changes derived from the last population census, urbanization);
• employment and human resources – situation and trends (employment and unemployment rates, education level, skills and qualifications, housing policy, social exclusion and inclusion, social care, quality of life, health care, energy sources, crime rate); 
• regional development potentials (transport connections, environment, touristic potential, agricultural land, energy sources);
• development of public infrastructure (condition and quality of communal, economic and social infrastructure).

• list of documents relevant for analitic base for regional development planning prepared;
• list of data to be collected for the purpose of calculating key indicators prepared;
• data for analytical base prepared;
• analitical base draft delivered to the Ministry;
• additional indicators and analytical base prepared and delivered to the Ministry; 
• recommendations for situation analysis on levels lower than national prepared.