Juzni Jadran FLAG

Official name:

LAGUR Južni Jadran

Country:

Croatia

Code:

HR214

Programming period:

2014-2020

Area

FLAG Juzni Jadran (South Adriatic) is situated in the southern part of the Croatian coast in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. The FLAG’s territory covers a surface area of 791.42km2 and consists of 11 local authority units, nine municipalities and two cities. The area has a population 36 315 inhabitants accounting for approximately 28% of total inhabitants of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. The main source of income in the area is tourism.

There are 152 fishermen, 75 shellfish producers and three fish farms. The fishing boats are on average 40 years old, and they catch mainly bluefish, primarily sardine, anchovy and mackerel. The fisheries infrastructure (fishing ports, landing places, access roads, as well as infrastructure for shellfish production) is insufficient and requires infrastructural development.

Challenges include the need to add value to locality caught fish and diversification into non-fishing activities, strengthening linkages between the fishing sector and tourism, as well as preventing the pollution of water and beaches.

Type of area:

Coastal

Sea Basins:

Mediterranean

Protected areas:

The FLAG territory has a total of 24 protected areas including Mali Ston Bay, Lastovo Islands Natural Park, the Ornithological Reserve in Neretva and the Mljet National Park.

Population

36 147

Surface area (km²)

792

Population density

Total employment in fisheries

230

Fishing:

152

Aquaculture:

FLAG strategy

The FLAG intends to promote the economic development of the area using local assets, maintain the natural environment and improve quality of life. It intends to respond to the challenges by:

Increasing the competitiveness of the fishing area.
Creating adding value for fisheries and aquaculture products.
Revitalisation and development of tourism in the fishing area.
Diversification from and within fisheries and aquaculture.
Animation of the community.

Themes:

Objective:

Adding value, creating jobs, and promoting innovation along the fisheries chain

Priority:

% of the budget allocated:

53%

Supporting diversification

35%

Enhancing and capitalising on the environmental assets

Promoting social wellbeing and cultural heritage

Strengthening the role of fisheries communities in local development

Funding

Total public budget allocated to the FLAG for 2014-2020:

1 796 054

EMFF:

1 526 646
MS co-financing:

269 408
Sources of co-funding:

National

Project examples

Project for the FLAG will be focused on the following ideas:

Developing short supply chains for fish and aquaculture products.
Building small fish markets.
Branding of local fish and aquaculture products.
Developing fishing and aquaculture tourism.

Calls for proposals

There will be periodic calls for projects, published on the FLAG website

Website:

https://flagjuznijadran.hr/natjecaji/

Expertise & cooperation

FLAG Juzni Jadran is new FLAG and therefore has relatively little experience in cooperation.

The FLAG is interested in national and international cooperation on innovative approaches to promotion and marketing, selective forms of tourism based on tradition and natural assets such as Natura 2000.

Links with LEADER or other CLLD groups

FLAG Južni Jadran partially overlaps the territory of the LEADER group ‘LAG 5’ and the two groups cooperate informally. The FLAG and LAG also share certain board members. The FLAG is a member of the Croatian National Network of FLAGs.

Partnership

Accountable body:

Južni Jadran FLAG

Members of the partnership:

FLAG members include the territorial units from the nine municipalities, several fisheries businesses and local NGOs.

Number of individuals/organisations in partnership/general assembly:

% of fisheries actors:

68%

% of public authorities and other:

25%

% of other (non-fisheries) private / NGO sector actors:

% of environmental actors:

Number of individuals on main decision-making body/board:

% of public actors:

43%

Number of contracted staff in FLAG:

3,00

Map

FLAG Contacts

flagjuznijadran.hr/natjecaji/