NORMATIVNI OKVIR RAZVOJA PODUZETNIŠTVA U RH, S POSEBNIM OSVRTOM NA LOKALNU SAMOUPRAVU (GRAD IVANIĆ-GRAD)/ THE NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CITY OF IVANIĆ-GRAD)

Abstract

In this paper the authors have tried to show the normative framework for the development of entrepreneurship in the Republic of Croatia, with special emphasis on the normative acts of the local government within their self-government jurisdiction encourage the development of entrepreneurship at the local level with various measures. In the first part of the paper the authors have tried to present the view of the provisions of the Law on Incentive Development to Small Business (NN 29/02, 63/07, 05/12 and 56/13) and the Law on the promotion of entrepreneurial infrastructure (NN 93/13, 114/13 and 41/14) with regard to compliance with the Strategy of development of entrepreneurship in the Republic of Croatia for the period 2013-2020 and support which development agencies in Croatia provide to the development of this branch of economy. In the second part of the paper the authors sought to show which concrete measures, expressed through the normative acts adopted by the local government in Croatia, seek to encourage the development of entrepreneurship in the Republic of Croatia with a special emphasis on the criteria that must be fulfilled in order to individual subvention would be granted. In the summary of their paper the authors show that one the key elements of the development of entrepreneurship in the Republic of Croatia is quality normative framework, compliance with the Strategy of development of entrepreneurship in the Republic of Croatia for the period 2013-2020 and insisting on transparent criteria for granting aid to entrepreneurs at the local level.