Croatia Hrk Development Tender

A HRK 15.2 billion development agreement for the north of Croatia was signed in Varadin on Monday with speakers at the event saying that support to investments in the countrys north was unprecedented underlining its regional and national development dimension in the next decade.The agreement was signed at the proposal of Varadin Meimurje Krapina-Zagorje Bjelovar-Bilogora and Koprivnica-Krievci counties. Of the HRK 15.2 billion to be used for the implementation of 38 projects in the five counties common infrastructure projects amount to HRK 9.2 billion while the total value of county projects including back-up projects is 5.9 billion. The cost of project documentation is HRK 65.5 million.The agreement was signed by Deputy PM Davor Boinovi and ministers Marija Vukovi Nataa Tramiak Nina Obuljen Korinek Nikolina Brnjac Oleg Butkovi Darko Horvat Vili Bero and Radovan Fuchs and the heads of the five northwestern counties - Anelko Striak of Varadin County Matija Posavec of Meimurje County eljko Kolar of Krapina-Zagorje County Darko Koren of Koprivnica-Krievci County and Marko Marui of Bjelovar-Bilogora County.Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi said the agreement was part of the governments programme and was important both regionally and nationally.We have democracy the state and its institutions and after EU membership our goal is to contribute to the economic development and higher living standards of our citizens across Croatia Plenkovi said adding that using national and EU funding and public companies money would be a priority in the period to come.Recalling the adoption of the National Development Strategy and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan as well the adoption of the development programme for northern Croatia in the current time of the coronavirus pandemic Plenkovi said it proved that despite the crisis the focus was on the future.The development average of the five counties is between 41 and 57 of the EU average. Varadin County is the most developed and the biggest. That is why we are here to underline the central role of that northern Croatian county Plenkovi said.Regional Development and EU Funds Minister Nataa Tramiak said that the agreement defined clear strategic and capital projects that were expected to significantly enhance competitiveness as well as the quality of life of people in the north of Croatia and that over the past few months it had been determined that most of those projects referred to transport and mobility.There are also projects concerning educational infrastructure health infrastructure and the restoration of cultural heritage to enable development of sustainable tourism as well as other economic projects that will certainly change the quality of life in the north of Croatia the minister said.She added that the plan for the industrial transition of the countrys north had already been completed and that a framework for the green and digital transition of economy was being planned so that along with large public and strategic projects local businesses too could have access to funding from European sources.Varadin County head Striak said that projects in his county were worth close to HRK 1.5 billion.Significant funds amounting to 100 million are envisaged for the regional economy under the Industrial Transition Plan as well he said.