Aspects of local and regional development Tímea Drinóczi, Jelena Legčević (eds.) Pečuh – Osijek 2013 © Edited by Dr. habil. Tímea Drinóczi, PhD, associate professor, Department of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pécs Doc.dr.sc. Jelena Legčević, associate professor, Department of Economic Sciences, Faculty of Law, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek 2013 © Authors Zsuzsanna Horváth, Attila Pánovics, Kornelija Mlinarević, Marko Šostar, Tihana Petrović, Mario Marolin, Gergely Czoboly, Dario Vračević, Sara Mikrut, Anton Devčić, Barnabás Novák, Péter Fülöp, Ivan Sarić, Igor Gavranović, Kristina Glumac, Balázs László, Katarina Marošević, Sanja Ivanović, Jadranka Stantić, Damir Štokovac, 2013 Reviewed by Prof.dr.sc. Rajko Odobaša, associate professor at Department of Economic Sciences, Faculty of Law, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek Dr. Ágoston Mohay, PhD, senior lecturer, Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pécs © Faculty of Law, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek and Faculty of Law, University of Pécs, 2013 Published by Faculty of Law, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek S. Radića 13, Osijek, Croatia and Faculty of Law, University of Pécs 7622 Pécs, 48-as tér 1., Hungary ISBN 978-953-6072-79-8 (print) 978-953-6072-80-4 (online) Responsible for publishing: Dr. Igor Bojanić and Dr. László Kecskés Graphic preparation: Krešimir Rezo Publisher: Grafi ka d.o.o. CIP zapis dostupan u računalnom katalogu Gradske i sveučilišne knjižnice Osijek pod brojem 130927044 Foreword The collection of papers ‘Aspects of local and regional development’ is the result of a successful cooperation between the Faculty of Law at the University of Osijek and the Faculty of Law, University of Pécs within the project DUNICOP (Deepening UNIversity Cooperation Osijek-Pécs) approved as part of the IPA cross-border cooperation Croatia-Hungary. The collection presents the research results of Croatian and Hungarian PhD students who are trying to create a common research space, which was one of the main project goals. The scientifi c results were presented at an international interdisciplinary conference which was held on the 4th and 5th of October at the Faculty of Law in Osijek. With its content the collection encompasses a wide range of current topics from the regional development and environment protection fi elds and the number and quality of doctoral theses are worth attention and are of crucial importance for the development of the European Higher Education Area. With the Lisbon Declaration the European Union has set the goal of becoming the most competitive and dynamic economy based on knowledge. The promotion of a society of knowledge which strives to learn is only worth as much as that knowledge and learning is aimed at the critical observation of existing circumstances and the recognition of what is to come. Everything that was achieved is treated as potentially out of date. That is the reason why the search for improvement always continues and achieves results. It is why knowledge has to be ever more comprehensive, complex, complete and encouraging for the critical examination of the existing reality and the introduction of those components that will enrich a better future. An international cooperation of this kind can help PhD students to acquire knowledge and competence by conducting scientifi c research but also this kind of cross-border cooperation can prepare doctoral students for the new challenges of society and the economy, and the new challenges in the development of their scientifi c or professional career. 5 The achieved results, including this collection of papers, are encouraging and represent an excellent basis for our European path of promoting and confi rming future scientifi c undertakings. Prof.dr.sc. Željko Turkalj Rector of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Osijek, 18 November 2013 6 Contents FOREWORD ........................................................................................... 5 CONTENT ............................................................................................... 7 PREFACE ................................................................................................ 9 ZSUZSANNA HORVÁTH: Principles and priorities of the Seventh Environmental Action Programme of the European Union ........................................................11 ATTILA PÁNOVICS: The European Code of Conduct on Partnership .................................... 33 ANTON DEVČIĆ: Regional development based on EU funds: Opportunity and challenge for absorption capacities ............................53 BALÁZS LÁSZLÓ: Privileges of the ‘Hospes’ Communities on the territory of Croatia during the Middle Ages .......................................... 71 BARNABÁS NOVÁK: Sustainable development and the right to a healthy environment – a linguistic approach ........................................ 91 DAMIR ŠTOKOVAC: Interregional cooperation program ......................................................115 DARIO VRAČEVIĆ: Wine roads without borders ................................................................ 135 GERGELY CZOBOLY: Reforms of civil procedure in Central and Eastern Europe ................ 147 IGOR GAVRANOVIĆ: Possibilities of the development of border area (Questions and issues concerning the Donji Miholjac area) ...............161 IVAN SARIĆ: Foreign direct investments in Osijek-Baranja County as a prerequisite for regional development ......................................... 187 JADRANKA STANTIĆ: Developing regional development capacities in the cross-border area through the innovative network ..............................207 7 KATARINA MAROŠEVIĆ: The role of human capital in regional development ........................... 235 KORNELIJA MLINAREVIĆ: Is regional development just an abstract EU policy – or does it live at the regional and local level: experiences of the key regional stakeholders in the cross-border region of Croatia and Hungary? ..................................................................... 263 KRISTINA GLUMAC: Strengthening small and medium-sized entrepreneurship and institutional entrepreneurship support in the cross-border area through the IPA funds .......................................................................... 287 MARIO MAROLIN: Renewable sources of energy fi nanced by EU funds as an opportunity for regional development ................................................ 303 MARKO ŠOSTAR: Regional development of Hungary and Croatia: The importance of EU structural funds ................................................327 PÉTER FÜLÖP: Could the management of higher education be electronised? ............ 353 SANJA IVANOVIĆ: The young individual as the key element of regional capacity development ...........................................................................363 SARA MIKRUT: Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs as an important element of regional development .........................................................379 TIHANA PETROVIĆ: Impact of social cohesion on regional policy with special reference to Osijek-Baranja County ....................................................389 8 Preface International doctorate conference entitled ‘Aspects of local and regional development’ is organized for doctoral students by the Faculty of Law, J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek with the Faculty of Law, University of Pécs and held in Osijek on the 4-5 October 2013. The Conference is one of the events of the DUNICOP project (Deepening UNIversity Co- operation Osijek - Pécs project; HUHR/1101/2.2.1/005). DUNICOP is a one-year long common research and curriculum development project be- tween the Universities of Pécs and Osijek in the fi eld of law. The project is co-fi nanced and supported by the European Union through the Hungary- Croatia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Program and by the two partici- pating law faculties. The DUNICOP project is operated in various inter- related areas and through various activities and is regarded as a successful continuation of previous EUNICOP and SUNICOP projects. Among the activities one can fi nd joint regional research, focusing on the fi eld of re- gional development and environmental protection, enhancing cooperative teaching activity and curriculum development, exchanging good practices in tendering and project management as well as quality assurance, and promotion of joint results. The conference ‘Aspects of local and regional development’ is a new ac- tivity of the co-operation between the faculties and it offers for the fi rst time a possibility for doctoral students to share their own individual re- search results and participate in an international conference. To attract the widest possible audience who can benefi t from the research results, the conference papers are collected and published in an edited volume. The Faculty of Law, J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek is much privileged to host the conference. the editors Osijek – Pécs, 11 November, 2013 9 Zsuzsanna Horváth* Principles and priorities of the Seventh Environmental Action Programme of the European Union I. Environmental Action Programmes of the European Union The environmental policy of the European Union – formerly the European Community – has been guided by environmental action programmes since its inception, the early 1970s. The First EAP was adopted in 1973, when the European Community has not formal competence in environmental