HRVATSKA UDRUGA POSLODAVACA

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CROATIAN EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION Chemical
Industry Association
REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS INTERESTS
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CEA History

• Founded in the first half of 1993
• since 1993, member of the International
  Organization of Employers (IOE -Geneva)
• since 1994, takes part in the activities of the
  International Labor Organization (ILO Geneva)
• since 1997, member of European Confederation of
  Associations of Small and Medium Enterprises
  (CEA-PME, Brussels)
• since 1999, observer member of the Union of
  Industrial and Employers' Confederations of
  Europe (UNICE, Brussels). The status has been
  changed to full membership in 2004, when Croatia
  became the candidate for the membership in the
  EU.

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CEA Mission

• Croatian Employers Association is a voluntary,
  non-profitable independent employers association
  protecting and promoting its members rights and
  interests
• Protection and promotion of member companies
  rights and interests in the field of labor-social
  legislation and competitiveness
• Representation of member companies in relations
  with State institutions, regional and local
  authorities and trade unions,

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Organization

• CEA Bodies are
• General Assembly,
• Council of Members,
• Executive Board,
• President,
• Supervisory Board
• Committees founded within the Council of Members
• Committee for support to SMEs,
• Development Committee and
• Regional Development Committee
• CEA Offices in Croatia Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek
  and Split

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Membership

• Around 5,000 of entrepreneurs and employers from
  all sectors of Croatian economy, employing
  300,000 workers.
• Membership fees are the core source of finance of
  CEA activities.
• Member companies are active through over twenty
  sectoral associations

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CEA Sectoral Associations

• CEA Chemical Industry Association
• CEA Wood and Paper Industries Association 
• CEA Electrical Industry Association 
• CEA - Textile and Leather Industry Association
• CEA Metal Industry Association 
• CEA Financial Services Association 
• CEA ICT Association 
• CEA Pharmacy Association
• CEA Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
  Association 
• CEA Publishing Printing Association 
• CEA - Non-metal Industry, Construction Materials
  and Mining Association
• CEA Newspapers Publishers' Association 
• CEA Construction Association 
• CEA Humanitarian Mine-Clearing Association

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CEA Sectoral Association (cont.)

• CEA Food Industry and Agriculture Association
• CEA Transport Association
• CEA - Oil and Oil Products Trade Association
• CEA Trade Association 
• CEA Catering and Tourism Association
• CEA Protection Association 
• CEA Health Care Association 

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CEA guiding principles

1. Dynamic sustainable growth generated by private
   sector
2. Effective tax system supporting economic growth  
3. Rule of law 
4. Efficient public administration and public
   sector 
5. Protection of fair market competition 
6. Flexible labor market and competent labor force
7. Partnership in the EU accession
8. Good governance and corporate social
   responsibility

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Key directions of CEA in 2006.

• Promotion of economys interests in the process
  of accession to the EU
• Activities related to assistance in applying for
  finance for the Pre-Accession Funds
• Promotion of economys interests through the
  clusterisation process
• Promotion of economys interests in cooperation
  with Croatian Government and in Croatian
  Parliament
• Cooperation and relations with trade unions
• Cooperation with sister associations and
  institutions
• Cooperation and relations with regional
  authorities and trade unions representatives
• Promotion of international cooperation

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CEA Strategic projects 2006-2010.

• NATIONAL CENTER FOR CLUSTERS
• CENTER FOR NATIONAL PRE-ACCESSION PROGRAMS (CEPP)
• MEDIATION CENTER

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Chemical Industry in Croatia

• Chemical industry share was 8,11 , it ranked
  second in the manufacturing industry following
  the food industry
• Share of employees in chemical industry amounts
  to 5,1
• The biggest increase in chemical industry
  registers the manufacture crop protection
  products, industrial gases and in segment of
  plastics processing leads the manufacture of
  packing materials and other plastics products

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Organization of CEA Chemical Industry
Association

• General Assembly
• Executive Board
• President
• Mr. Krunoslav Covic

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CEA Chemical Industry AssociationStructure of
CEA Chemical Industry Association members
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Results of CEA Chemical Industry Association in
2005

• 12 membership increase in 2005, in comparison
  with 2004
• Participated in drafting legislation Public
  Procurement Act, Energy Act, Investment
  Incentives Act
• Delegated 3 CEA CIA members in the team for
  negotiations with EU
• We started initiative with objective to establish
  Strategic Alliance of social partners at the
  Chemical Industry level

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Results of CEA Chemical Industry Association in
2005

• Round tables Legal and legitimate ways of
  protection of domestic producers against illegal
  imports (February, June) Grey labour market in
  Croatian industry
• Support in projects and applications to
  international programmes for boosting the
  members competitiveness (USAID, CEI, FP6, PHARE)
• Public relations a number of statements of the
  Director in the media about the topics defined in
  the Business Plan of CIA and about the projects
  initiated by CIA
• Constructing of the Croatian Office Furniture
  Cluster (including CIA members)

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Goals of CEA Chemical Industry Association for
2006.

• 12 membership increase in 2006, compared with
  2005
• CIA aims to include 30 of the member companies
  in the clusterization pilot projects of the
  National Center for Clusters
• Constructing of the Industrial Expertise Cluster
  as the support to Chemical Industry through
  creation of the network of institutes, technical
  faculties and faculties of economics
• Agreement on Social Sectoral Dialogue and
  Strategic Partnership conclude the Agreement on
  the level of Chemical Industry together with the
  Trade Union of Energetics, Chemical and Non-metal
  Industry of Croatia till October 2006

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Goals of CEA Chemical Industry Association for
2006.

• We will suggesting all changes to laws and
  regulations in accordance with the needs of
  member companies, until Croatia enters full EU
  membership laws and regulations bills and
  amendments
• Establishing the program co-ordination,
  Co-ordination for industrial strategy,
  Co-ordination CRO REACH, Co-ordination for RD
  and Co-ordination for renewable sources of energy

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Contact

• Croatian Employers Association
• Chemical Industry Association
• Mr.sc. Vladimir Kovacevic, director
• Pavla Hatza 12, ZagrebPhone 385 1 48 97
  555Fax [phone]
• e-mail vladimir.kovacevic_at_hup.hr
• www.hup.hr
• Entrepreneurs interests representative!