Entrepreneurship financing throuogh the EU programmes and funds

U ovom radu opisane su mogućnosti financiranja poduzetništva putem programa i fondova Europske unije. Poduzetništvo je djelatnost koja postoji otkad su se pojavile prve civilizacije i sam čovjek kako bi se stvorla odreĊena vrsta profita. U današnje vrijeme EU putem svojih programa i fondova sve više novaca izdvaja za poticanje poduzetništva, s naglaskom na mala i srednja poduzeća koji čine glavni izvor zapošljavanja. Najvaţniji fondovi su Europski socijalni fond (ESF), Europski fond za regionalni razvoj (ERDF), Europski poljoprivredni fond za ruralni razvoj (EAFRD), Europski fond za pomorstvo i ribarstvo i Kohezijski fond. Najvaţniji programi su: Horizon 2020 zajedno s FP7, COSME zajedno s CIP-om, Kreativna Europa i program EU za zapošljavanja i inovacijeThis paper discusses the financing of entrepreneurship through programmes and funds of the European Union. Entrepreneurship is an activity that has existed since the beginning of mankind and first civilizations with the aim of creating a certain kind of profit. Nowadays, through its programmes and funds, the EU allocates an ever growing amount of money to the promotion of entrepreneurship, with a special emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises as the main source of employment. The main funds are the European Social Fund (ESF), European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), European Fund for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and the Cohesion Fund. The most important programmes are: Horizon 2020 together with FP7, COSME together with CIP, Creative Europe and the EU Programme for Employment and Innovation