Croatian Social and Economic Recovery Project (CSERP)

Name of client
Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction and Construction

Origin of funding
World Bank

Dates (start/end)
September 2003 – May 2004

Name of partners
IMC Consultants

Description of project - Main objectives of the project:

  • to develop a more sophisticated profile of the ASSC than is available at present
  • to facilitate better targeting of war-affected and/or the most marginalised population
  • to identify priority geographic locations for project activities, define criteria for the eligibility of such areas for support and establish the basic outlines of specific interventions
  • to provide inputs for the overall CSERP design
  • to develop selection and evaluation criteria for each subcomponent of the project
  • to explain how to position the CSERP in the complex environment in Croatia and how it can be implemented in the multi-donor environment and numerous other Croatian government policy initiatives to ensure consistency with ongoing and other planned programmes
  • to assess the needs for capacity building and change in governmental and non-governmental institutions
  • to highlight key project interventions that can maximise sustainable economic and social impact.

Type of services provided

  • Consultancy services
  • Scientific research
  • Overall project design and management
  • Elaboration of three Assessments: Territorial, Socio-Economic and Institutional
  • Elaboration of the Final Integrated Assessment