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Sustainable Tourism

Regional Development Forum

Before the start of the main tourist season in 2025, the KAS Office Croatia and Slovenia, together with the Croatian County Association (CCA), held a conference on the development and future of Croatian tourism. Croatia is one of the most important tourist destinations in the Mediterranean, attracting around 20 million foreign tourists annually. The country has numerous natural treasures and is very popular among tourists from all over the world. Accordingly, tourism is the most important economic sector in the country, accounting for nearly 20 percent of GDP. Around two-thirds of Croatia’s GDP comes from the service sector. However, Croatian tourism has recently faced major challenges due to ongoing inflation and the enormous rise in prices, mass tourism, a shortage of workers, and new tax policies. Therefore, sustainability was highlighted as a priority for tourism development in Croatia. Only sustainability could provide answers to the current challenges by creating a balance between economic and social growth, as well as caring for all aspects of the environment. Croatia’s Minister for Tourism and Sports, Tonči Glavina, emphasized that sustainability should be based on a stable pricing policy and that an organized system must be established to support and adjust this policy. He reminded that the Croatian government has made fundamental changes in the tourism sector, but that the challenges in tourism cannot only be solved through tourism policy but also through housing, tax, and labor market policies. The first systemic approaches aimed at providing solutions were introduced through amendments to five laws, according to the minister. The goal is to improve the quality of life of the local population and create affordable housing through the implementation of reforms. This is how the housing shortage caused by the short-term rental of apartments to tourists in tourist regions is to be counteracted.

Juro Avgustinović
March 14, 2025
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Political Academy SDS -

Young Leaders Seminar – Leadership in state, economics, party

Dr. Klaus Schüler, former Federal Director of the CDU, met with the SDS party leader Janez Janša over the weekend as part of the seminar "Political Academy" of the SDS in Cadenabbia. The seminar focused on the importance of training and further education for leaders in politics and business. Dr. Schüler shared his experiences from his time as the coordinator for the federal-state coordination in several Union election campaigns. Janša emphasized the qualities of a good leader, particularly highlighting the importance of values, time, and money. The speakers also included Dr. Norbert Eschhorn, head of the KAS Office Croatia and Slovenia, who analyzed the political situation in Germany following the federal elections.

Juro Avgustinović
March 10, 2025
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Women in Politics of the NSi

Seminar

On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Institute Dr. Janez E. Krek (IJEK), in collaboration with KAS Office Croatia and Slovenia and the Women's Association of the NSi in Bled, organized a seminar on the topic "Women in Politics." The event highlighted key challenges and opportunities for women in politics and society. The importance of women's participation in political processes and the influence of the media on their societal role were emphasized. Among the speakers was Dr. Klaus Schüler, former political chief strategist of the former German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, who shared his insights and extensive experience. For the first time, Dr. Norbert Eschborn participated as the new head of the KAS Foreign Office Croatia-Slovenia.

Juro Avgustinović
March 10, 2025
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Project handover to Dr. Norbert Eschborn

New Head of the KAS Office for Croatia and Slovenia

On March 6th, Jakov Devčić handed over the directorship of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung's office for Croatia and Slovenia to Dr. Norbert Eschborn. The latter succeeds Holger Haibach, who had represented the Foundation in Zagreb for the past few years and left in December 2024. Eschborn thanked Haibach, who is now taking on another important role in the region, for his successful work, and also offered words of appreciation to Devčić for his committed interim management of the office since the beginning of the year. The new director expressed his excitement about his future role and promised to devote all his energies to promoting the interests of both countries and deepening their bilateral relations.

Juro Avgustinović
March 6, 2025
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Women in Politics of the ZHDZ

Seminar, Modul 2, 6th Generation

Together with the Croatian Statehood Foundation (ZHDZ), the Konrad Adenauer Foundation organized the second Module of the series "Women in Politics" for the 6th Generation of young female politicians of the HDZ from February 7th to 9th, 2025 in Tuheljske Toplice. Participants of the seminar discussed with politicians, and communication and political science experts the significance of leadership in politics, the EU, and the protection of national interests, characteristics of effective organizational management, as well as the challenges of political communication.

Juro Avgustinović
February 10, 2025
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Political academy: Interim evaluation

Winter School

Together with the Croatian Statehood Foundation (ZHDZ) the Konrad Adenauer Foundation organized an event "interim evaluation" of the 18th generation of the ZHDZ's junior political education program from January 31st to February 2nd, 2025, in Rovinj. This weekend seminar always takes place at the end of the first semester of the one-year training course, offers lectures by political stakeholders and serves above all to evaluate the training success achieved so far as well as the preparation of the second half of the course. During the seminar, participants discussed with the Acting Head of the Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for Croatia and Slovenia, Jakov Devčić, and representatives of Croatian universities on topics such as language and cultural identity of a nation, emotional intelligence, morality and authenticity as values in politics, the relationship between religion and politics, the foundations of the family and Christian-democratic values in politics and society, the influence of informal groups on the international order, and the political situation in the Federal Republic of Germany ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Juro Avgustinović
February 3, 2025
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Political Academy PLUS

Workshop, Module 6, 4. Generation

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation, together with the Croatian Statehood Foundation (ZHDZ), organized a workshop for the 4th generation of participants of the "Political Academy PLUS" project from January 17th to 19th, 2025, in Slavonski Brod. During the workshop, representatives from Croatian universities discussed with the participants the importance of political leadership in politics, Human resource management in management, elements of effective organizational management, and the presentation of political content in political communication.

Juro Avgustinović
January 20, 2025
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Christian Democratic Values and the Future of the EU

12th Congress on Values

This year's Congress on Values on the subject "Christian-Democratic Values and the Future of the EU" was organized in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Croatian Statehood Foundation (ZHDZ), and the Catholic University of Croatia on December 5th in Zagreb. In the presence of numerous representatives from the KAS partner organizations, as well as prominent guests from politics and society, Holger Haibach, the head of the KAS office in Zagreb, bid farewell to his position by thanking the partners for their long-standing successful cooperation and summarizing the foundation’s work in Croatia and Slovenia over the past five years. His successor, Dr. Norbert Eschborn, the designated head of the KAS office in Zagreb, expressed his gratitude to his predecessor for the work done and looked forward with confidence and anticipation to his upcoming role and time in Zagreb. The Congress on Values concluded with a panel discussion in which the Member of Parliament Zdravka Bušić, former MEP, the Rector of the Catholic University of Croatia, Prof. Dr. Željko Tanjić, the Chairman of the Slovenian SLS Party, Marko Balažić, and Dr. Norbert Eschborn, the designated head of the KAS office in Zagreb, discussed the significance of Christian-Democratic values in modern politics, as well as the challenges facing Europe and the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Middle East conflict between Israel and Palestine, and the ongoing migration waves in Europe.

Juro Avgustinović
December 6, 2024
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RACVIAC

Neue Sicherheitsherausforderungen für Europa – Strategischer Wandel

12. Regionale Sicherheitskonferenz

ZAGREB - Vom 3. bis zum 4. Dezember 2024 veranstaltete die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Zusammenarbeit mit dem "Zentrum für Sicherheitskooperation" (RACVIAC) die zwölfte Konferenz zu „Sicherheitsherausforderungen für Europa“. Unter Beteiligung des stellv. Parlamentsvorsitzenden der Republik Kroatien, Prof. Dr. Željko Reiner, des Ministers für Auswärtige und Europäische Angelegenheiten der Republik Kroatien, Gordan Grlić Radman, des Botschafters der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in der Republik Kroatien, Dr. Christian Hellbach, der Botschafterin der Vereinigten Staaten in Republik Kroatien, Nathalie Rayes, und des designierten Leiters des KAS-Auslandsbüros für Kroatien und Slowenien, Dr. Norbert Eschborn diskutierten Sicherheitsexperten mit Kollegen aus Europa und der Region in Rahmen von vier Podiumsdiskussionen über den Russischen Krieg gegen die Ukraine und die Instrumentalisierung des Krieges, die Ökologie, Technologie und Energie in Südosteuropa, die Herausforderungen und Einflusse von außerhalb sowie über den Prozess der EU-Erweiterung.

Juro Avgustinović
December 4, 2024
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Women in politics of ZHDZ

Alumni Congress

In cooperation with the HDZ Foundation (ZHDZ), the Konrad Adenauer Foundation organized the 2nd Alumni Congress of the participants of the seminar "Women in Politics" for young female politicians of the HDZ from November 8th to 10th, 2024, in Rovinj. In the presence of the Honorary President of EPP Women and Chairwoman of the Robert Schuman Institute, Dr. Doris Pack, and the Secretary General of the HDZ, Mr. Krunoslav Katičić, the participants discussed the role of women in the development of democracy, the role of women in politics, the challenges facing contemporary society with regard to morality, identity, and social progress, as well as the role of women in the media, exemplified by a case study on the portrayal of the documentary about Angela Merkel and Kamala Harris. Prior to the Alumni Congress, certificates were handover to the participants of the 5th generation of the seminar "Women in Politics". Additionally, following the Congress, the first module of the new 6th generation of the participants of the seminar took place. During the seminar, representatives from Croatian universities and media experts taught about the relationship between media and politics, politics and rhetoric, political communication, media manipulation, and crisis communication.

Juro Avgustinović
November 11, 2024
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