The 9th Meeting of the Operational Programme Monitoring Committee

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Zagreb, December 11, 2017 - The 9th meeting of the Monitoring Committee for the Competitiveness and Cohesion Operational Programme was held in Zagreb. One of the topics was presenting, discussing and voting on  the change of criteria and methodologies for selecting the operations within Investment Priority 2a,  the specific Objective 2a1 Broadband Infrastructure Development for Next Generation Networks in the areas without Broadband Infrastructure of Next Generation Networks and without commercial  interest in order to maximize social and economic benefits. The Ministry of Regional Development and EU funds reported on change proposal. HAKOM was represented by Ivana Madžar, Committee Member and EU Department and Deputy Commissioner Josipa Đerek, Senior Expert for EU Financed Projects.

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ABOUT HAKOM: HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary competencies in market regulation.