Areas of Special State Concern

Areas of Special State Concern
Croatian: Područja od posebne državne skrbi
	; Map of Croatia with the Areas of Special State Concern marked with shades of green
Regional Development Program of the Central Government overview
Formed	1996
Type	Government's Regional Development Program
Jurisdiction	Croatia
Headquarters	Zagreb

Areas of Special State Concern or ASSC^[1] (Croatian: Područja od posebne državne skrbi, PPDS) in Croatia are areas of relative underdevelopment compared to the rest of the country in which Croatian Government implements certain policies aimed at achieving balanced regional development. In addition to challenges faced by many other non-urban communities in Croatia, the ASSC areas face specific challenges which are a result of the 1991–1995 Croatian War of Independence, and include the return and reintegration of war refugees, lack of entrepreneurial capacity and support for business, destroyed or inadequate infrastructure, land under land-mines and insufficient social reintegration.^[2]

History

The legal foundation for the government's activities is the Act on Areas of Special State Concern which belongs to the group of the four regional acts, though are mostly implemented at local and municipal level.^[2] The Act was enacted in 1996 which brought flexibility with municipalities and settlements entering or leaving the ASSC depending on their indicators.^[1] In 2002 the Act went through a major amendment that divided the ASSC into three major categories.^[1] A new law with improved measures for demographic renewal and tax benefits was passed in 2008.^[3]

ASSC Areas by County

County	First Category ASSC Area^[1]^[3]	Second Category ASSC Area^[1]^[3]	Third Category ASSC Area^[1]^[3]
Bjelovar-Bilogora	* X	Daruvar (part-2 settlements) Đulovac Grubišno Polje Sirač Velika Pisanica Veliki Grđevac	Zrinski Topolovac Berek *Ivanska
Brod-Posavina	Dragalić Stara Gradiška	Gornji Bogićevci Okučani	Bebrina Gundinci Klakar Oprisavci Sikirevci Slavonski Šamac
Dubrovnik-Neretva	Dubrovačko Primorje Župa Dubrovačka	Dubrovnik (part-25 settlements) Konavle *Ston	Pojezerje Kula Norinska *Zažablje
Istria	* X	* X	Grožnjan Lanišće *Oprtalj
Karlovac	Cetingrad Rakovica Slunj Vojnić	Barilovići Josipdol Karlovac (part-33 settlements) Krnjak Lasinja Plaški Saborsko Tounj	Bosiljevo Generalski Stol Netretić Ribnik
Koprivnica-Križevci	* X	* X	*Gornja Rijeka
Krapina-Zagorje	* X	* X	Kraljevec na Sutli Zagorska Sela
Lika-Senj	Donji Lapac Plitvička Jezera	Gospić Lovinac Otočac Udbina *Vrhovine	Brinje Perušić
Međimurje	* X	* X	Dekanovec Podturen
Osijek-Baranja	Antunovac Beli Manastir Bilje Čeminac Darda Draž Erdut Ernestinovo Jagodnjak Kneževi Vinogradi Osijek (part-4 settlements) Petlovac Popovac Šodolovci	* X	Levanjska Varoš Podgorač Podravska Moslavina Punitovci Satnica Đakovačka Semeljci Trnava Vladislavci
Požega-Slavonia	* X	Brestovac Lipik Pakrac Velika	*Čaglin
Primorje-Gorski Kotar	* X	* X	*Brod Moravice
Šibenik-Knin	Civljane Kijevo	Biskupija Drniš Ervenik Kistanje Knin Promina Ružić Skradin *Vodice (part-3 settlements)	*Unešić
Sisak-Moslavina	Donji Kukuruzari Dvor Gvozd Hrvatska Dubica Hrvatska Kostajnica Jasenovac Majur Topusko	Glina Novska Petrinja Sisak (part-5 settlements) *Sunja	* X
Split-Dalmatia	*Vrlika	*Hrvace	Cista Provo Proložac Lećevica Lokvičići Otok Runovići Zagvozd Prgomet
Varaždin	* X	* X	Cestica Donja Voća *Bednja
Virovitica-Podravina	* X	Čačinci Mikleuš Slatina (part-3 settlements) Virovitica (part-1 settlement) *Voćin	Gradina Sopje Suhopolje Crnac *Čađavica
Vukovar-Syrmia	Bogdanovci Borovo Ilok Lovas Markušica Negoslavci Nijemci Nuštar Stari Jankovci Tompojevci Tordinci Tovarnik Trpinja Vinkovci (part-Mirkovci) *Vukovar	* X	Babina Greda Drenovci Gunja Vođinci Vrbanja Otok
Zadar	* X	Benkovac Gračac Jasenice Lišane Ostrovičke Novigrad Obrovac Polača Poličnik Posedarje Stankovci Škabrnja Zadar (part-2 settlements) *Zemunik Donji	Galovac Pakoštane *Starigrad
Zagreb	* X	* X	Pisarovina Pokupsko *Žumberak