Učinkovitost europskih fondova u regionalnom razvoju Središnje Hrvatske

master's thesis

• Title (english): The effectiveness of the European funds in the regional development of Central Croatia
• Author: Valentina Galijan
• Mentor: Aleksandar Lukić (mentor)
• Committee member: Aleksandar Lukić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Zoran Stiperski (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Petra Radeljak Kaufmann (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Science; (Department of Geography); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-02-19, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: INTERDISCIPLINARY AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE; Geography

Abstract

Cilj je ovoga rada analizirati učinkovitost europskih fondova u regionalnom razvoju Središnje Hrvatske analiziranjem prostorne distribucije europskih projekata, odnosno ugovorenih sredstava na županijskoj razini u petogodišnjem razdoblju članstva Hrvatske u Europskoj uniji. Daje se kratki uvid u postignuća Hrvatske i regije Središnja Hrvatska u navedenom razdoblju te se analizira novi indeks razvijenosti, kao i potencijali i mogućnosti jedinica lokalne i regionalne samouprave. Prema Operativnim programima „Konkurentnost i kohezija“, „Učinkoviti ljudski potencijali“ te Programu ruralnog razvoja, analiziraju se područja koja su najviše i najmanje iskoristila svoje potencijale, odnosno promatra se njihova prostorna diferenciranost u aspektu iskorištavanja fondova, a najznačajniji projekti koji su pripomogli razvoju na lokalnoj ili regionalnoj razini, kao primjeri dobre prakse, detaljnije su analizirani. Kako bi se upotpunila metodologija obrade statističkih podataka, obavljeni su intervjui s regionalnim koordinatorima županija Središnje Hrvatske kao lokalnim stručnjacima kako bi se unaprijedilo znanje o iskorištenosti, učinkovitosti te kako bi se uključili njihovi stavovi, mišljenja i savjeti za planiranje budućega razvoja. Motivacija je za pisanje ovoga rada svijest o nedovoljnoj iskorištenosti europskih fondova i potencijala prostora, što se proučava s ciljem povećanja iskorištenosti fondova i njihova pozitivnoga učinka na razvoj promatrane regije.

Abstract (english)

This thesis aims to analyse the effectiveness of European funds in the regional development of Central Croatia by analysing the spatial distribution of the EU projects, i.e. contracted funding on the county level during the first five years of Croatian membership in the European Union. The economic achievements of Croatia and Central Croatia in the given period are described as well as an analysis of the newly devised Development index, as well as potentials and opportunities of the development of the local and regional administrative-territorial units. Based on the Operative programmes “Competitiveness and Cohesion”, “Efficient Human Resources” and the Rural Development Programme, areas with the highest and lowest usage of respective potential are analysed, and spatial variability of funding utilisation is investigated. Special attention is given to those projects that significantly fuelled local or regional development. To supplement the statistical data analysis and improve our understanding of the EU funding utilisation, regional coordinators of the counties of Central Croatia were interviewed and asked for their opinions and suggestions for future development. This research is motivated by awareness regarding insufficient utilisation of EU funding and potentials of the area with the primary aim of increasing the utilisation of EU funds and, consequentially, their positive effect on regional development of Central Croatia.

• Keywords: europski fondovi; regionalni razvoj; indeks razvijenosti; Središnja Hrvatska
• Keywords (english): European funds; regional development; Development index; Central Croatia
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:217:428903
• Study programme: Title: Geography; specializations in: Physical Geography with Geoecology, Spatial Planning and Regional Development, Heritage and Tourism, Geographic Information Systems; Course: Spatial Planning and Regional Development; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra geografije (magistar/magistra geografije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2019-03-04 10:20:34