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Cohesion and coherence of strategic development documents in Istria County

This research is based on the analysis of existing strategic document related to the four dominant and interrelated sectors within Istria region – tourism, culture, transport and environment. The aim of research is to offer some insights into the problem of inter-sectoral and inter- ministerial cooperation in Croatia by studying the example of Istria County and City of Varaždin. The research seeks to find out about structures employed and their relationships as well as the role of different actors and functions within the four sectors and their level of coordination. Special emphasis is given to each of three level of governance - national, county/regional and municipality/city governments. The main findings are related to the lack of coordination structure especially on the national level as a result of political situation and partial presence of network type of coordinative mechanisms on all governance levels.

Strategic development documents; inter-sectoral analysis; multilevel governance

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