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The IPA Adriatic Cross-border Cooperation Programme is the result of joint programming work carried out by the relevant participating countries and is part of the cooperation process in the Adriatic area. The Programme draws its strength and incisiveness from the wide experience, gained during the previous Programme period producing concrete results from the studies and analysis financed in the past.
Many factors make cooperation in the Adriatic area important today, particularly from a political and economic point of view:
Factors connected to geographic and cultural proximity which make possible the intensification of multilateral relationships among Adriatic coastal regions to support local processes of harmonious growth, sustainable development and unity among peoples.
Factors connected to the political stability of the area. Following ten years of conflict, the area is now moving towards progressive integration both "vertical" (within European and International institutions) and "horizontal" through the creation of a free trade area;
Umberto Vattani - President of Italian Trading Organization

CROATIA: ICE-CROINVEST; DEAL TO PROMOTE TRADE EXCHANGE

MILAN - In 2009, Italy exported to Croatia for a value of 2.2 billion euros, of which only 512 million came from Lombardy, while imports reached 1.4 billion. With the aim of further developing trade between the two countries, the Institute of Foreign Trade today signed... (more…)
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ALTERENERGY - THE JOINT MONITORING COMMITTEE WELCOMES THE STRATEGIC PROJECT ON RENEWABLE ENERGIES

POREĆ – A meeting of the Joint Monitoring Committee of the CBC IPA Adriatic Programme 2007-2013 was held in Poreć, Croatia, last 27 and 28 July. The Vice Minister of Regional Development of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Karlo Gjurasić, opened the... (more…)

Operational Programme amended

With the Commission Decision n. C(2010)3780 of 30.06.2010, the Operational Programme (OP) has been amended. The new OP can be downloaded here.

Annual Report 2009

Please check the Summary of the Annual Report for the most important episodes in the IPA Adriatic CBC Programme in 2009.