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Underdeveloped areas of Croatia targeted for improvement From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Areas of Special State Concern or ASSC[1] (Croatian: Područja od posebne državne skrbi, PPDS) in Croatia are areas of relative underdevelopment compared to the rest of the country in which Croatian Government implements certain policies aimed at achieving balanced regional development. In addition to challenges faced by many other non-urban communities in Croatia, the ASSC areas face specific challenges which are a result of the 1991–1995 Croatian War of Independence, and include the return and reintegration of war refugees, lack of entrepreneurial capacity and support for business, destroyed or inadequate infrastructure, land under land-mines and insufficient social reintegration.[2]
| Croatian: Područja od posebne državne skrbi | |
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.png) Map of Croatia with the Areas of Special State Concern marked with shades of green | |
| Regional Development Program of the Central Government overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1996 |
| Type | Government's Regional Development Program |
| Jurisdiction | Croatia |
| Headquarters | Zagreb |
The Areas are subdivided into three categories:[3]
The Act's general provisions determine that only up to 15% of the total population of Croatia may live in the areas which are determined as the ASSC.[1] 170 units of local government in Croatia or some of their settlements are part of the ASSC and in 2001 679,657 inhabitants lived on their territory (15.3% of the total population), with 217,876 in the First, 264,031 in the Second and 197,750 in the Third Category.[1]
The legal foundation for the government's activities is the Act on Areas of Special State Concern which belongs to the group of the four regional acts, though are mostly implemented at local and municipal level.[2] The Act was enacted in 1996 which brought flexibility with municipalities and settlements entering or leaving the ASSC depending on their indicators.[1] In 2002 the Act went through a major amendment that divided the ASSC into three major categories.[1] A new law with improved measures for demographic renewal and tax benefits was passed in 2008.[3]
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