http://www.azra.hr/en/rss/ RSS feed en Info3 lux CMS http://www.azra.hr/en/643/varazdin-county-presented-future-projects-at-the-9th-open-days/ The National Association of Italian Municipalities-ANCI Foundation ANCI-CITTALIA in partnership with a network of Strategic cities that includes Potenza (IT), Venice (IT), Warsaw(Poland), Grenoble Alpes Metropole (France), Croatian Regions Office, the Region of Hanover (DE), Swietokrzskie (Poland) Varmland (Sweden), Lubuskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Poland) and Nitro in the seminar “Is there a future for multi-level cohesion policy?”  Participants at the conference presented their views on the future of cohesion policy and their best practices achieved so far. The conference was included as a part of the 9th Open Days Week of European Regions and Cities. Cohesion policy has been for some Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:00:00 +0100 http://www.azra.hr/en/638/eu-journalists-introduced-to-varazdin-county-and-the-implementation-of-crossborder-projects/  Study visit of representatives of foreign media with the support of the Directorate for Enlargement Representatives from the European Commission Directorate General for Enlargement, as well as 15 leading foreign journalists from various electronic and print media from 9 European countries visited Varazdin County on the 27. September 2011. , in order to see first hand how EU funded cross-border, and other projects conducted by Varazdin County, have positively impacted the region.  The visit was a part of study trip to Croatia organized by the EU Commission for the foreign media. The purpose of the visit Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.azra.hr/en/636/varazdin-county-certified-as-an-investor-friendly-region/ Zagreb – September 26th 2011 – The final conference for the project “Development of Investment Climate – Croatia” was held at the Hotel Esplande in Zagreb today. It was announced at the conference by the Croatian government that Varazdin County and 12 other Croatian counties were certified as “advanced” investor friendly regions. AZRA – Varazdin County Development Agency and the Varazdin County government have jointly implemented this project since February 2010. As a result of being certified, AZRA and Varazdin County are now both considered to be institutions that have the people and know-how to assist potential investors in establishing Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.azra.hr/en/630/azra--a-best-practice-example-in-regional-development/ On the 14th and 15th of September 2011, representatives from AZRA (Varazdin County Development Agency) participated in the final conference for the benchmarking component of the project “Development of Investment Climate.” This project is a part of the Advanced Investment Certification Programme for Regions (AICPR), which has been jointly implemented by MELE (the Croatian Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship) and 4 other foreign consultant groups. The purpose of AICPR is to improve the skills and knowledge of the employees of regional development agencies and Croatian county governments in order to for them to better promote their regions as foreign Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.azra.hr/en/547/azra--the-lead-partner-of-the-project-edupreneur/ AZRA (the Varazdin County Development Agency) has many years of experience in implementing projects co- financed by the EU as a project partner. As well, AZRA has implemented EU co-financed projects on behalf of Varazdin County and has participated in projects by providing technical support to various institutions. Now, for the first time, AZRA is the lead partner of a large EU co-financed project. The Project “Edu-Preneur” (Entrepreneurial Education for European pupils/students innovators) was approved for EU co-financing under the IPA (Instrument for Pre-Accession) Operational Programme Slovenia-Croatia 2007-2013. Achieving the goals of the project will be the common task of the Mon, 02 May 2011 13:40:00 +0100