Brod – Posavina County REGIONAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME
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Brod – Posavina County REGIONAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME 2005 – 2012 Funded by the Technical assistance WYG International, Agriconsulting and RegCon European Union Brod-Posavina County Regional Operational Programme CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................... IV PREFACE ..........................................................................................VII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................... IX INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................1 CHAPTER 1: THE BASIC ANALYSIS .....................................................5 1.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 5 1.2 GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION ....................................................................... 5 1.3 POPULATION .......................................................................................... 6 1.4 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES .............................................. 10 1.5 SPATIAL PLANNING ............................................................................... 12 1.6 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK................................................................. 14 1.7 THE ECONOMY...................................................................................... 16 1.8 INFRASTRUCTURE................................................................................. 33 1.9 HEALTH CARE AND WELFARE.................................................................. 40 1.10 EDUCATION.......................................................................................... 43 1.11 OTHER SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.................................................................... 44 1.12 CIVIL SOCIETY ..................................................................................... 45 1.13 CURRENT DEVELPOMENT STRATEGIES .................................................... 48 1.14 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ................................................................. 49 CHAPTER 2: OUR 2010 VISION.........................................................51 2.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 51 2.2 THE COUNTY S.W.O.T............................................................................ 51 2.3 COUNTY DEVELOPMENT VISION AND KEY OBJECTIVES.............................. 55 CHAPTER 3: THE ROP FRAMEWORK..................................................58 3.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 58 3.2 THE ROP STRATEGY .............................................................................. 58 3.3 PRIORITIES AND POLICY MEASURES ....................................................... 63 3.4 PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA .............................................................. 67 3.5 OUTLINE PRIORITY PROJECTS AND PROJECT PIPELINE .............................. 70 3.6 EU HORIZONTAL PRINCIPLES ................................................................. 74 3.7 THE DEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT OF THE ROP.............................................. 81 Page i Brod-Posavina County Regional Operational Programme CHAPTER 4: ROP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN .......................................83 4.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 83 4.2 DELIVERY INSTITUTIONS AND MECHANISMS ........................................... 84 4.3 FUNDING AND FINANCE......................................................................... 87 4.4 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ............................................................. 88 4.5 THE ROP INTO THE FUTURE ................................................................... 95 4.6 THE NEXT STEPS – IMPLEMENTING THE ROP ............................................ 96 APPENDIX 1 - THE ROP TEAM …………………………………….……..………A1 APPENDIX 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE ………………………………A3 APPENDIX 3 - COUNTY MAPS …………………………..……………………….A5 APPENDIX 4 - PARTNERSHIP REGULATIONS ……………………………….A11 APPENDIX 5 - COUNTY BUDGET, 2003 …………………………………………A16 APPENDIX 6 - THE BUSINESS SURVEY …….………………………………….A18 APPENDIX 7 - LIST OF PROJECT IDEAS ………………………………………A29 APPENDIX 8 - THE CHILDREN’S VISION...………………………………….....A44 APPENDIX 9 – PARTERSHIP BOARD’S RECOMMENDATION AND COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF THE ROP……………………………………………...A46 Page ii Brod-Posavina County Regional Operational Programme Page iii Brod-Posavina County Regional Operational Programme The Environment of Brod-Posavina County Page iv Brod-Posavina County Regional Operational Programme FORWARD TO ENGLISH VERSION: This document is based on the Croatian version, which was written by members of the County with assistance given by international and domestic consultants, and the appointed County Regional Partnership Committee. This document is not a precise translation of the Croatian version. It is faithful to strategic intent, structure, style and broad content of the Croatian version. This document differs from its Croatian version as (a) vernacular English is often used , (b) summary analyses and conclusions have been added to key sections, and (c) a range of statistics of interest to Croatian audiences, but not necessarily so to other audiences, have been condensed or excluded. It should be emphasized, however, that the County and the Regional Partnership Committee “own” and are responsible for both the Croatian and English versions of the Regional Operational Programme report. Page v Brod-Posavina County Regional Operational Programme ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Brod-Posavina County wishes to thank all the participants that have made their contribution to the development of the Brod-Posavina County Regional Operative Programme for the period of 2005. – 2012. We would especially like to express our gratitude to Ms. Branka Novosel, a consultant with the IMC Consulting, for her extraordinary effort and commitment - she had been visiting the Brod-Posavina County on an almost weekly basis during the development of the ROP. Her inexhaustible energy and desire to attain top results have been a source of inspiration for all the other stakeholders in the process. We would also like to express our gratitude to consultants Dr. Nicholas Miles, Christian Weltzien and Davor Ilijašićfor their valuable contribution in the development of this document. We extend our gratitude to the representatives of the European Commission Delegation in the Republic of Croatia, particularly to Task Manager, Mr. Florian Hauser. A significant role in the development of the ROP had been played by the expert services of the Brod-Posavina County, which, led by their coordinator within the ROP development Workgroup, Mr. Marko Pavić, took on the greatest part of workload related to the organization of the entire endeavour. We would therefore like to thank all the heads of the county administrative bodies, as well as their deputies and the representatives of the county support institutions (Centre for technological development and LEDA) for their contribution. We wish to thank the Regional Partnership Committee of the Brod-Posavina County, headed by their coordinator, Mrs. Anica Radman, for their role as advisors and their recommendations in all stages of ROP development. Their role and contribution were of immeasurable value as they have represented the entire population of the Brod-Posavina County. Last, but not the least, we would like to thank all the companies, institutions, organizations, citizens' organizations, local self-government units and individuals for putting forward project ideas and proposals, the realization of which will hopefully bring to life the vision of the Brod-Posavina County in 2012. Page vi Brod-Posavina County Regional Operational Programme PREFACE Foreword by County Prefect The Brod-Posavina County introduces its Regional Operational Programme (ROP) – a midterm development document for the period of 2005 to 2012. The preparation of this programme lasted for 10 months, and it involved contribution from numerous Croatian experts from various fields, supported by domestic and foreign consultants. Innovative feature of this document is that it has been developed in cooperation between public and private sector. Experts from county's departments and supporting institutions were working in the Workgroup (public sector) and were supported by consultancy and supervision from civil and private sector representatives assembled in the Regional Partnership Committee. The document had been revised in all the phases of its elaboration and consensually accepted, whilst the methodology and respected principles were in line with procedures usually applied in the countries of the EU for documents of this type. Upon detailed basic and SWOT analysis of the Brod-Posavina County, we have defined a vision of the county for the year 2012, as well as the goals, priorities and measures aimed at bringing this vision to life. The ROP strategy and the criteria for the selection of projects to be funded have been defined. We have received 250 project proposals from all domains of the society. The ROP implementation plan has also been prepared (institutions, implementation mechanisms and financing). Thus, everything has been prepared within the document, but the most important step is still ahead of us - the implementation of the ROP. We do not wish for the ROP to be yet another document without any effects on the realization of the real