Monitoring of the Innovation Programmes in Croatia

Abstract

Innovation policy in Croatia in thirty-year period of its development and implementation went through several phases. It is worth noting the large influence of EU accession on innovation policy in Croatia. Change of characteristics of innovation policy and its internationalization imply development and implementation of adequate evaluations and monitoring practice. This paper explores development of innovation policy in Croatia in the last thirty years and its impact on the development of practice of monitoring of innovation programs. The focus of the paper is on presenting S3 monitoring system of the innovation programs in Croatia. The monitoring practice in Croatia is a result of obligations to use EU structural funds on the one hand and the innovation policy practice development on the other. A very important impetus in the development of monitoring practice of innovation programs is the result of the S3 strategy implementation.