Center for local economic development Faculty of Economics University of

Prof. Saša Drezgić, PhD Sveučilište u Rijeci Ekonomski fakultet [email protected] www.cler.hr (www.cler.uniri.hr)

Basic information - EFRI

• Postgraduate doctoral study in Economics and Business Economics • Postgraduate specialist studies (Specialized Master's Degree in Energy Economics; E-business Intelligence; Controlling; Marketing Management, Public Sector Management; Doing Business with the EU; Accounting; Business Success Management… • Scientific research • Lifelong learning • Cooperation with other public entities and private sector – foundation of CLER in 2013

Argumentation for founding CLER I

Coordination and Analysis of local Managing local financing of local economy; development development projects

Promoting high Promote local Promote private level of public government sector investment service standard transparency

Promote stabile and invetment friendly business environment Arguments for founding CLER II

• Research capacity in the field of local economic development: local government finance, public sector accounting, management, organisation marketing… • Traditional international cooperation – Maxine Levine Goodman College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University; Sveučilište Humboldt; London School of Economics and Political Sciences; brojne druge institucije… • Postgraduate studies • Social capital – Government of the Republic of , Croatian Chamber of Commerce, FINA, HUP, UORH, UGRH, companies • Access to donors and EU funding – USAID, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellshaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit) • Lifelong learning • Expertise in providing strategies of development, budget planning documents, special anylsis etc… The goals of the CLER HOLISTIC APPROACH • Big data provider • Scientific research , dissemination and transfer of science to practice • Special scientific and practical studies in the field of LED • : Conferences, seminars and workshops • Wider education issues: journal, newsletter • Financing inovative and applicative research by EU funds • Setting up international and national cooperation • Development of ICT application by interdisciplinary approach • Key development institution – champion of analyiticaly based political decisionmaking • Active role in development

Why cooperate with us?

Domain knowledge

Development of new methodologies and applications

Joint ad(venture)

Inclusive model of growth ENT UGRH FINA UORH

HGK AJPP EFRI-CLER

KONČAR INEM Ministarstva

KONČAR KEV DZS Međunarodne institucije i donori EFRI-CLER

1.Promotion • Newsletter • Web page • Journal

• Scientific conference in Rijeka 2. Education • Conference for practitionares in Šibenik

• BFC SEE • EFRISTAT/EFRIGIS 3. Ongoing projects • Metodology of planning, organising and financing local public infrastructure

• Investment matchmaking platform 4. Development of • Investiment calculator new projects • Development index • Competiveness index Center for local economic development Faculty of Economics

Prof. Saša Drezgić, PhD Sveučilište u Rijeci Ekonomski fakultet [email protected] www.cler.hr (www.cler.uniri.hr)