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The Role of Osijek – Baranja County in EU Accession

According to the amended Act on the Area of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (that came into force on 30 January 1997), 47 municipalities attained the town status, 63 settlements attained the municipality status, and 13 municipalities became settlements. Thus, there are currently 122 towns and 416 municipalities in Croatia. The Osijek-Baranja County was established in 1993 by the act defining the new territorial organization in the Republic of Croatia, and the county seat is the city of Osijek. The Osijek-Baranja County is connected to a number of regions, countries and associations by means of different forms of cooperation. Sometimes it is based on a formal relationship governed by a signed agreement or some other document, and sometimes it is a matter of daily interaction and complementary activities of international character. With such cooperation and activities, the County has been establishing bilateral and multilateral relationships for years. Some of the most important associations that the County belongs to are as follows: Croatian Association of Counties, Euro-regional Cooperation Danube-Drava-Sava, Working Association of Danube-Basin Regions , European Campaign for Sustainable Cities and Communities, Conference of European Regions, Croatian Network of Healthy Cities. In addition to being a member of these important associations, the County also boasts close and friendly relations with the County of Baranya in the Republic of Hungary, Autonomous Province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the Republic of Italy, as well as the Vincenza Province, also in Italy. The paper will give an overview of different projects, their implementation, results and effects, which are primarily based on successful cooperation with the stated partners.

project; EU; Osijek-Baranja County; cooperation

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