Cultural Institutions In Eastern Croatia In The Fuction Of The Cross-Border Cooperation

Along with the accession into the European Union, Croatia gains substantial chances for gaining the financial aids from the European Funds. The importance of the human and institutional resources the Croats can modulate, apply for and conduct the projects is rather big both for the individuals, institutions, as well as the whole society. The cultural institutions, whose main consumers are the national budget users or which depend on the donations of private companies, as well as business subjects, with the accession into the European Union are getting new opportunities for financing, consequently, the boost of their own potentials, as well as they getting their projects started. It is well know that the advantage of cultural institutions lies in the ability of popularization of the crucial social subject, as well as expanding the communication forums and the dialogues where there is a lack of cooperation, or where it's rather insufficient. So having in mind the new potential sources of financing the cultural institutions on the one hand, and the advantages of culture in initiating the cooperation, networking different subjects on the social scene on the other, culture can contribute to the cooperation in the border areas where it is either non-existent or insufficiently developed, with the obvious difference compared to the know practices used to date. It would not depend on the state's or local sources of financing. This paper will show the potential areas of cooperation where culture can achieve results in the cross-border cooperation, alongside the possibilities of networking both the cultural institutions, and other active participants on the social scene; from the business people, to the civil institutions. It will also elaborate on the results in the cross-border cooperation to date together with the advantages that such projects offer. Finally, the steps in initiating the collaboration between the cultural institutions and the legislative framework that is necessary to accomplish as the pre-condition of such form of cooperation.