IPA

Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance is a new instrument for pre-accession assistance for the period from 2007 to 2013 and it replaces the existing programmes CARDS, PHARE, ISPA and SAPARD. Financial value of IPA programme for the period of seven years amounts to € 11, 468 billion.

The Republic of Croatia is the beneficiary of the IPA programme since 2007 until the moment of the accession to EU. In charge of the overall coordination of the IPA program in Croatia is the Central Office for Development Strategy and Coordination of EU funds, while in charge of overall financial management is the Ministry of Finance.

IPA I- Transition Assistance and Institution Building

IPA II - Regional and Cross-Border Cooperation

IPA III - Regional Development - finances infrastructure projects of larger scale in the area of protection of environment and transport. It also finances programmes for encouragement of national competitiveness and balanced regional development.

IPA IV - Human Resources Development

IPA V - Rural Development

Activities that promote economic and social development and those financed under the components III and IV of the IPA programme are defined according to specific strategic and operational documents, so called Operational Programmes (OP).

Hrvoje Dolenec, State Secretary

tel: + 385 (0)1 4569 205

fax: + 385 (0)1 6303 216

e-mail: hrvoje.dolenec@strategija.hr

Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and InfrastructuREDirectorate for Strategic Infrastructure Objects