Council of Europe

COUNTRY SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
 

Activities in 2011

The Technical analysis on IMC was published in January 2011 and the final IMC manual was prepared
The Croatian Association of Municipalities attended a training (18-20 April) on the Leadership Academy Programme and on the European Label of Governance Excellence – ELOGE, in the context of the Centre’s activities in Turkey and Austria
Croatian Association of Municipalities attended a meeting on ELoGE, 5-6 December

Activities in 2010

Intermunicipal Co-operation

Funding:
Supported by a voluntary contribution the Open Foundation Society Institute (OSI-ZUG).

Activities
Publication and dissemination of the Toolkit on Inter-Municipal Co-operation (IMC)

Implementation of the IMC project in Croatia by the Croatian Association of Municipalities in co-operation with the Association of Towns and the Ministry of Public Administration (the Ministry).
   - preparation of a comprehensive technical analysis on the current environment for IMC in Croatia.
   - setting up of A national Working Group of experts on IMC from the Associations of Towns and Municipalities, the Ministry and
     the Council of Europe to support the project implementation.
   - first meeting of the Working Group, 2 July, Zagreb, to prepare the framework of the technical analysis of the IMC environment,
     identify relevant information and material, and discuss the framework of the Croatian Toolkit on IMC.
   - outline for the analysis developed and agreed upon and the research launched.
   - technical analysis completed and a comprehensive report prepared (includes a review of the institutional, legal and financial
     framework for IMC, identifies challenges and opportunities for IMC and provides case studies of IMC in Croatia)

Previous activity

Series of Capacity Building projects

In co-operation with:
Croatian Associations of Municipalities
 

International Training of Trainers, November 2009, Strasbourg

Theme:
Inter-municipal Co-operation (IMC)

Participants:
Croatian representatives

Date
November 2009, Strasbourg.
 

Programme on IMC

Description
A detailed programme on IMC was devised by the National Association of Municipalities to be implemented in Croatia in 2010.