The government on Thursday defined operational programmes for the European Union 2014-2020 financial period which is a precondition to absorb funds from the Union's financial instruments.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and European Union Funds Branko Grcic reported that the government had opted for three programmes - competitiveness and cohesion; efficiency in human resources; and technical assistance.
Most funding from European funds for Croatia should be allocated to competitiveness and cohesion.
Minister Grcic said that all three programmes would be prepared by the end of the year and submitted to the European Commission at the very start of 2014.
According to his outlook, Croatia will open a new investment cycle based on grants from European funds where investments in water management will be prevailing until 2016 and then greater investments may be expected into railways.
Croatia has EUR 8.3 billion from EU funds at its disposal in the period 2014-2020.
