Overview of use of EU Funds in the area of Koprivnica-Križevci county

Ulaskom Republike Hrvatske u Europsku uniju, država je dobila niz financijskih mogućnosti za rast, razvoj i ulaganje. Koprivničko-križevačka županija je isto tako dobila mogućnost da ulaže u svoje najkritičnije grane gospodarstva, poboljša perspektivu ljudi koji žive tamo, te da se zaustave negativni demografski procesi na njezinom području. U radu će se objasniti osnove svakog fonda i operativnog programa pošto su fondovi raspodijeljeni u pojedine operativne programe. Objasnit će se detaljnije u što i koliko se ulagalo kroz tih pet raspoloživih fondova i tri operativna programa, zatim njihove pripadajuće alokacije, prioritetne osi i ciljevi. Najviše je iskorištavan Europski poljoprivredni fond za ruralni razvoj, što je i razumljivo s obzirom da je poljoprivreda jedna od prevladavajućih djelatnosti na području županije, koja je ujedno i pretežito ruralna. Ulagalo se najviše u već najrazvijenije jedinice lokalne samouprave, one sa statusom grada (Koprivnica, Križevci i Đurđevac). Upravo gradovi imaju najviše projekata. Najmanje projekata imaju, nažalost, najmanje razvijene jedinice lokalne samouprave, odnosno najmanje se u njih ulagalo.With the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, the country gained a number of financial opportunities for growth, development and investment. Koprivnica-Križevci County has also been given the opportunity to invest in its most critical branches of the economy, improve the prospects of the people living there, and to stop the negative demographic processes in its area. The paper will explain the basics of each fund and operational program as the funds are allocated to individual operational programs. It will be explained in more detail what and how much was invested through these five available funds and the three operational programs, as well as their associated allocations, priority axes and objectives. The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development was used the most, which is understandable considering that agriculture is one of the predominant activities in the county, which is also predominantly rural. Investments were mostly in the most developed units of local self-government, those with the status of a city (Koprivnica, Križevci and Đurđevac). It is the cities that have the most projects. Unfortunately, the least developed local self-government units have the fewest projects, so the least was invested in them