Establishment and organization of regional development in Macedonia. Challenges and perspective.

July 2012 | #25

Abstract

The establishment of the regional policy in Macedonia was needed mainly for two reasons. Firstly, the high level of disparities between the regions i.e. between the capital and the rest of the country plus the lack of integral approach aiming towards improvement of the development indexes of the less developed regions and secondly, the country received the EU candidate status and needed to synchronize its regional development priorities with the European standards as well as with the strategic goals provided by the Lisbon strategy. This strategy mainly consists of raising the long-run growth potential, improvement of the competitiveness between and within regions, development of close partnership by involving the authorities at the central, regional and local level and the social partners and civil society.

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