ZAGREB, 10 May (Hina) - The GLOBALLOCAL award has been bestowed on the eastern Croatian county of Osijek-Baranja for being successful in creating an enterprise-friendly atmosphere in Central and Southeast Europe, the county authorities reported on Monday.
The project of conferring this award is aimed at drawing attention to successful local communities and public institutions that apply original solutions and creative measures to boost sustainable entrepreneurship.
This year, 122 anonymous proposers nominated 263 candidates for this award and the award hopefuls came from seven countries.
County Prefect Ivan Anušić was quoted as saying that this prize was yet another proof of the good policies pursued in the county to boost SMEs.
The award-giving ceremony is to take place in Dubrovnik later this year.
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