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European Economic and Social Committee. Information session on the ongoing commitments and the ratification process of the Croatian accession to the EU. Roman Haken EESC Member 10th Croatia – EU Joint Consultative Committee , Zagreb , 31 January 2012. Croatian accession to the EU. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: European Economic and Social Committee

European Economic and Social Committee

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Roman Haken

EESC Member

10th Croatia – EU Joint Consultative Committee,

Zagreb,

31 January 2012

Information session on the ongoing

commitments and the ratification process of the

Croatian accession to the EU

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Croatian accession to the EU

Congratulations for the referendum results

We strongly support the ratification of the Accession Treaty by all the 27

EU members states

Croatian membership of the EU will contribute to enhancing stability in

the Western Balkans region

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Ratification of the Accession treaty

Croatia will benefit from its EU membership

and

the EU will also become stronger with Croatia

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Implementation of EU acquis in Croatia

We strongly support the involvement of civil organisations/organized civil

society in the development of legal provisions that will complete the

process in Croatia

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Role of the partners in the process

In order to fulfil their role, civil society organisations have to -

- be supported in strengthening their organisational and human resources

capacities

- receive sufficient training

- be recognized like a respected partners for the next period of

development of Croatian state and society

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Before and after July 2013

Rule for the Partnership between government, public authorities, regional

and local representatives and social-economy partners and citizens

society organizations (social partners, NGOs, other subjects from the

organized civil society) will be necessary in involving CSOs to:

1) monitoring process (participation in the managing and monitoring

structures)

2) evaluation

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Next steps: Benefits from the membership – EU funds

• partners have to be invited to the programming period (consultations,

participation in the advisory/partnership bodies)

• methodology of the participation – Partnership principle, Subsidiarity, ...

• partnership at the national and regional levels

• technical assistance have to be used for the support of the partners

capacity, too

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Enjoy full EU membership in July 2013 !

Thank you for your attention

Roman Haken

[email protected]

For further information please contact

REX: [email protected]