So far, 22 tenders have been announced from the pre-accession fund IPA, 16 from the first component (assistance in transition and strengthening institutions), two from component III a, and four from III c (regional development-regional competitiveness). Additionally, two tenders have been announced from the Phare 2006 program and two from ISPA.
According to the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, projects are currently being implemented for small and medium-sized enterprises under the EU program Improving Information for the Croatian Business Community from the CARDS 2004 program worth 1.5 million euros, then Institutional Strengthening of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Development of Policies for Alignment with the EU (PHARE ESC 2005), worth 1.8 million euros, and the grant support project from PHARE ESC 2006 Support for Competitiveness and Export of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Croatia worth 2.7 million euros. For this year, 6.7 million kuna is planned for the CARDS 2004 project (BIZIMPACT), 7.9 million kuna for PHARE ESC 2005, and for PHARE ESC 2006 Grant Scheme – pilot project support for competitiveness and export 7.3 million kuna. (Bojana Božanić)
