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The Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds, in cooperation with the European Commission, organised in Zagreb from 5 to 7 June 2023 a meeting of the members of the INFORM EU network led by the European Commission and comprising communicators on EU funds from all EU Member States. The visit takes place each time in another Member State and this time Croatia was elected as host country, i.e. the city of Zagreb.<\/p>\n
Visits to successful EU projects were organised as part of the event, with 100 INFORM EU members visiting Karlovac. As part of their visit to Karlovac, they visited Aquatic \u2013 the freshwater aquarium Karlovac, Nikola Tesla Experience Center and Meduza, Logo, as examples of successfully implemented EU-funded projects.<\/p>\n
These projects were visited by Monika Hencsey, Director-General for Regional and Urban Development of the European Commission, followed by a visit to Europe Direct Karlovac, where she also met with local media.<\/p>\n
\u201eI am happy to be here today in Karlovac on behalf of the European Commission in a special year in which Croatia will celebrate 10 years of EU membership and where you joined the euro and the Schengen zone. I think that Croatia has proven its European heritage and how important it is for the European Union. Karlovac is the great place we are witnessing\" said Hencsey to journalists.<\/i>.\u201c, rekla je Hencsey novinarima\u00a0.<\/p>\n
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It reiterated that Croatia has EUR 9 billion at its disposal in the new financial period until 2027, which will continue to invest in development with a greater focus on green energy, digital and on reducing the gap between poorer and richer regions, thus focusing on mountainous regions, but also on demography and creating conditions for increasing the population especially in rural areas.<\/p>\n
She also put forward an interesting idea to further promote Karlovac in the European Union: \u201cyou would need to film Netflix\u2019s Nikola Tesla film. Some of us did not know that he lived here and was trained. You have a great story to tell the EU. In addition, you have many rivers and clean and drinking water is very important. Today, we are struggling with a lack of energy, it is costly and scarce. I believe that in the future, water will be what is today\u2019s energy. Managing your rivers in a clean and sustainable way is what will give you even more visibility in Europe. I really hope you will use more renewable, geothermal energy when I arrive next. These are long-term investments that the Cohesion Fund can finance\" said Hencsey. \u201eTrebali biste snimiti Netflixov film o Nikoli Tesli.\u00a0Neki od nas nisu znali da je on ovdje \u017eivio i \u0161kolovao se. Imate izvrsnu pri\u010du za ispri\u010dati u EU. Osim toga imate mnogo rijeka, a \u010dista i pitka voda je vrlo va\u017ena. Danas se borimo s nedostatkom energije, skupa je i oskudna. Vjerujem da \u0107e u budu\u0107nosti voda biti ono \u0161to je dana\u0161nja energija. Upravljanje va\u0161im rijekama na \u010dist i odr\u017eiv na\u010din je ono \u0161to \u0107e vam dati jo\u0161 vi\u0161e vidljivosti u Europi.\u00a0<\/i>Stvarno se nadam i da \u0107ete, kada do\u0111em idu\u0107i puta, koristiti vi\u0161e obnovljive, geotermalne energije<\/b><\/i>. To su dugoro\u010dne investicije koje kohezijski fond mo\u017ee financirati\u201c<\/i> rekla je Hencsey.<\/p>\n
At the end of the visit, we walked through the Star so that our guests could see projects in implementation and where EU funds go.<\/p>\n
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Ministarstvo regionalnoga razvoja i fondova Europske unije u suradnji s Europskom komisijom organiziralo je u Zagrebu u razdoblju od 5. do 7. lipnja 2023. godine, sastanak \u010dlanova mre\u017ee INFORM EU koju vodi Europska komisija i obuhva\u0107a komunikatore o EU fondovima iz svih zemalja \u010dlanica EU. Posjet se odr\u017eava svaki put u drugoj zemlji \u010dlanici te […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vijesti"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n