The Region of Istria was established by the Law on the Territory of Counties, Towns, and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia as one of 21 Croatian counties. The constitutive meeting of the County Assembly of the Istrian County was held on 16 April 1993 in Pazin. In accordance with regulations of the Law on Local and Regional Self-Government (the official bulletin of the Republic of Croatia "Narodne novine" no. 33/01, 60/01, and 106/03), the region is a unit of regional self-government whose territory represents a natural, historical, traffic, economy, social, and self-governing unit, and it is established for reasons of performing works of regional interest. In its self-governing domain, the Istrian County performs works of regional significance, and especially works related to: education; health;physical and town planning: economic development; planning and development of the network of educational, health, social, and cultural institutions, protection of the environment.

Description of Personnel Involved in the Project

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Through 10 years experience in EU and other international projects regional civil servants has develop good management capacities in EU funds in particular within the Department for international affairs. Related to this call the Region of Istria can be supported by Regional Institute for physical planning and its experts.

Contact Details

Official address: Dršćevka 3, 52000 Pazin, Hrvatska
T: (+385) 52 372 101, F: (+385) 52 372 123, E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., W: http://www.istra-istria.hr

Contact person responsible for the organisation of the project’s work (the coordinator):Name: Patrizia Bosich, E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

About Us


ADRIPLAN aims to deliver a commonly-agreed approach to cross-border MSP in the Adriatic-Ionian region, considered as a whole and more specifically through two Focus Areas (Northern Adriatic Sea; Southern Adriatic / Northern Ionian Sea).