HUP and APIU Signed Cooperation Agreement

The Director of the Agency for the Promotion of Exports and Investments, Slobodan Mikac, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Croatian Employers’ Association, Đuro Popijač, today signed a business cooperation agreement at a ceremonial event held at the premises of the Agency for the Promotion of Exports and Investments.

The purpose of this agreement is to further encourage and deepen mutual cooperation between the Agency for the Promotion of Exports and Investments and the Croatian Employers’ Association. This agreement does not mark the beginning of cooperation between these two long-standing partners but rather formalizes it, emphasized the Chief Executive Officer of the Croatian Employers’ Association, Đuro Popijač. As problems in the Croatian economy multiply and are influenced by a range of external and internal factors, from the global economic crisis to, more recently, the gas crisis, such cooperation serves to create better conditions for employers and investors. In the desire for the Croatian Employers’ Association to take a more proactive role in the Croatian economy, such initiatives will always be supported by the association, Popijač pointed out.

In order for Croatia to more easily navigate the time of the global crisis, the signing of this agreement should ensure that domestic investors are not neglected and encourage good and capable companies to become even better. HUP and the Agency have common interests and recognize the importance and significance of developing and expanding Croatian entrepreneurship and capital, and thus the entire economy, and in this sense, the signing of this agreement is a logical step for two institutions with a common goal, explained the Director of the Agency for the Promotion of Exports and Investments, Slobodan Mikac. By the end of the first quarter of this year, the first results of the signing of this agreement should be visible, including work on projects of mutual interest, the exchange of information related to joint projects, the alignment of joint projects, cooperation in the area of attracting and promoting investments, and the preparation of sectoral analyses. (Tomislav Vidaković)