Strengthening the women enterprises within the financial implementation of European Structural and Investment Funds

U razdoblju od 2014. do 2020. godine, Republika Hrvatska ima na raspolaganju 10,676 milijardi eura iz ESI fondova. Do sada ova zemlja nikada nije imala toliko sredstava za ulaganje u rast i razvoj. Od cjelokupnog iznosa 8,397 milijardi eura se planira investirati za ciljeve kohezijske politike. Za poljoprivredu i ruralni razvoj je planirano 2,026 milijardi eura, a za razvoj ribarstva 253 milijuna eura. Kao jedna od najvećih prepreka u povlačenju ESIF sredstava za Hrvatsku je složenost procedura, kao i dugotrajnost postupka dodjele bespovratnih financijskih sredstava. Poduzetnički interes za korištenjem bespovratnih financijskih sredstava ESI fondova raste, ali postoji još mnogo prostora za informiranjem u dijelu koji se tiče važnosti planiranja i pravovremene pripreme projekata. Priprema projekta je kompleksan zadatak i dugotrajan proces. Zbog toga mnogi početnici ne znaju kako da pristupe tom procesu. Žensko poduzetništvo je i danas opterećeno mnogobrojnim preprekama. Dolazak do sredstava ESI fondova za žene poduzetnice je iznimno težak proces, a kao glavni razlog za tu prepreku se javlja usmjerenost žena na poslovanje u okviru neproizvodnih djelatnosti koje uglavnom nisu od strateškog interesa Europske Unije ni Republike Hrvatske, pa je samim tim suženo područje za dobivanje financijskih potpora za žene. Osim proceduralnih teškoća za apliciranje žena poduzetnica, problematičan je i sam stav društva prema poduzetnicama. U ovome se radu govori upravo o općoj problematici apliciranja za Europske strukturne i investicijske fondove te se poseban prostor daje položaju žena poduzetnica u tom okviru.In the period from 2014 to 2020, the Republic of Croatia has available EUR 10.676 billion from ESI funds. So far, this country has never had so much resources to invest in growth and development. Of the total amount of 8.397 billion euros is planned to invest in the goals of cohesion policy. For agriculture and rural development, € 2.026 billion is planned, and for fisheries development € 253 million is planned. As one of the biggest obstacles to the withdrawal of ESIF funds for Croatia is the complexity of the procedure as well as the long duration of the procedure of granting non-refundable financial resources. ESI funds are growing, but there is still plenty of room for information in terms of the importance of planning and timely project preparation. Project preparation is a complex task and a lengthy process. That's why many beginners do not know how to approach this process. Women's entrepreneurship today is burdened with many difficulties. The access to funds from ESI funds for women entrepreneurs is a very difficult process, and the main reason for concern is the focus of women on non-productive activities that are largely of no strategic interest to the European Union and the Republic of Croatia, thus narrowing the scope for obtaining financial support for women. Apart from the procedural difficulties of applying for entrepreneurial women, the attitude of the company towards entrepreneurs is problematic. This paper deals with the general application issue for the European Structural and Investment Funds, and a special space provides the position of women entrepreneurs within this framework