Implementation of the “European Charter for Small-sized Enterprises” in Croatia

Ref 3	Project title		Implementation of the “European Charter for Small-sized Enterprises” in Croatia
Name of candidate	Country	Overall project value (EUR)	Proportion carried out by candidate (%)	No of staff provided	Name of client	Origin of funding	Dates (start/end)	Name of partners if any
Informest (implementing body on behalf of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia)	Croatia (Counties of Istria, Primorsko-goranska and Dubrovnik-Neretva	259,312.80	87	5	Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia	Law No. 84/01 Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs	January 2005 – December 2005	County of Istria (HR)- County Primorsko-goranska (HR)- County of Dubrovnik-Neretva (HR)- Region of Veneto(I) Euro Info Centre Veneto (I)
Detailed description of the project						Type of services provided
Project objectives: ● Promotion and diffusion of the European Charter for small-sized enterprises among stakeholders, entrepreneurs, public administration at County level ● Implementation of the Charter principles by the local administration in 3 beneficiary Counties through the innovation of policies in support of SME development ● Spread of the importance of SMEs for the local socio-economic development ● Generation of innovative projects also on the basis of public-privat partnership ● Support to Croatian regional authorities in the process of innovating their policies for the local development Project Activities: ● Project management, co-ordination and monitoring ● Definition of a communication strategy about the principles and the purposes of the Charter ● Technical assistance in the activity of verifying existing Croatian legislation with the principles of the Charter ● Presentation of the relation between the principles of the Charter and the &qout;acquis communautaire&qout; relevant to SMEs with the organisation of workshops and seminars ● Formulation of innovative proposals for the policies relevant to SMEs ● Creation of partnerships between private and public bodies for the generation of innovative projects in support of SME development ● Realisation of study seminars and exchange of best practices between Croatian and Italian entrepreneurs and civil servants on the relationship between SMEs and public administration						● Project preparation, planning, budgeting and transnational implementation. ● Technical assistance in the activity of comparing Croatian legislation with the principles of the Charter. ● Organisation of workshops and seminars. ● Organisation of qualified training for the beneficiaries. ● Organisation of study tours. ● Monitoring activity during the whole implementation of the project. ● Coordination of activities. ● Overall responsibility for project management.