Analiza kapaciteta hrvatske javne uprave za povlačenje fondova EU na primjeru Europskog socijalnog fonda

master's thesis

• Title (english): Analysis of Capacities of Croatian Public Administration for the Absorption of EU Funds: The Case of European Social Fund
• Author: Matea Filipović
• Mentor: Igor Vidačak (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-09-24, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Ovaj rad se bavi analizom kapaciteta hrvatske javne uprave za povlačenje sredstava iz fondova Europske Unije, prvenstveno na primjer Europskog socijalnog fonda i Operativnog programa Učinkoviti ljudski potencijali. Apsorpcijski kapacitet se pokazuje kao vrlo važan fenomen koji utječe na efikasnost zemalja članica da što bolje iskoriste sredstva koja dobivaju svojim punopravnim članstvom u Europskoj Uniji.
Glavna pretpostavka ovoga rada je da je Hrvatska ima vrlo loše apsorpcijske kapacitete, te da je na začelju u Europskoj Uniji po povlačenju sredstava iz EU fondova. Nedovoljno informatiziran čitav sustav EU fondova, prijava projekata zahtijeva brojne napore, opsežne dokumentacije, nejasne Smjernice,veliki broj Posredničkih tijela, slaba koordinacija, slaba razvijena komunikacija s korisnicima, su samo od nekih problema s kojima se susreću korisnici EU fondova ali i sami djelatnici. Cilj rada je što bolje prikazati nedostatke ovoga do sada manje istraženog problema u Hrvatskoj. Bolja iskorištenost sredstava Europske Unije može dosta utjecati na prosperitet jedne zemlje članice Unije, te samim time i povećati njezin BDP.
Rad je sastavljen od nekoliko cjelina, u prvom dijelu je riječ o konceptualnom okviru te samom statusu Hrvatske u Europskoj Uniji u odnosu na druge novije zemlje članice. U tom primjeru koristimo Češku, Rumunjsku i Bugarsku, njihova iskustva s apsorpcijskim kapacitetom. Glavni dio čini Europski socijalni fond i rezultati evaluacije Operativnog programa Učinkoviti ljudski potencijali. Na tom samom primjeru prikazani su sve pozitivne i negativne strane ovoga programa. Posljednji dio pokazuje preporuke za poboljšanje učinkovitosti korištenja Europskog socijalnog fonda.

Abstract (english)

The focus of this MA thesis will be the analysis of the Croatian public administration for the absorption of EU funds. This analysis will be conducted on the example of the European Social Fund and on the Operational Programme "Efficient Human Resources". Absorption capacity is proving to be a very important phenomenon that affects the efficiency of Member States to make the best use of the resources they receive through their full membership in the European Union.
The main hypothesis of this MA thesis is that Croatia has poor absorption capacities and is at the back in fund withdrawal from EU funds in the whole European Union. The whole EU fund system being inadequately informatized, the project application itself requires lots of effort, extensive documentation, vague guidelines, a large number of mediation bodies, poor coordination and poorly developed customer communication are just some of the problems encountered by EU fund users but also by the employees themselves.
The aim of this paper is to illustrate shortcomings of this problem in Croatia. Better use of EU funds can greatly affect the prosperity of a member state of the Union and thus increase its GDP. This paper is composed of several parts. The first part is a conceptual framework and the status of Croatia in the European Union in relation to other new member states. For this purpose, I used the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria as examples, and their experiences with the absorption capacity. In the main part I wrote about the European Social Fund and the evaluation results of the Operational Programme Efficient Human Resources. Using this example, I showed all the positive and negative aspects of this program. In the final part I listed recommendations for improvement of efficiency of the use of the European Social Fund.

• Keywords: Europska Unija; EU fondovi; apsorpcijski kapacitet; koordinacija; sredstva; projekat; program; vlada; korisnici; BDP; administracija; članice
• Keywords (english): European Union; funds; absorption capacity; resources; project; program; coordination; government; users; GDP; administration; members
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:351118
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2018-10-10 08:27:56