Experience of post-war reconstruction and European integration of the republic of Croatia

The article summarizes the factors of the successful post-war recovery of the Republic of Croatia. The author characterizes the process of peaceful reintegration of territories and the role of international organizations in this process. There were identified models of reconstruction of the territories that were under occupation, which needed institutional and financial state support in the return of refugees and activation of entrepreneurship. The stages and features of reforming public administration and state institutions are highlighted. The reasons for the constitutional reform and the consequences of the implementation of the administrative-territorial reform in Croatia are revealed. The process of political democratization and liberalization of the economy is analyzed. The author also clarifies the characteristic features of the modernization of the law enforcement, judicial and anti-corruption systems, which became the key to the inflow of investments, economic growth, European and Euro-Atlantic integration. A governmental and parliamentary structure with appropriate powers was identified, which coordinated the country's European integration efforts. The author is arguing that the post-war recovery in Croatia manifested itself not only in the reconstruction of the infrastructure, but was also accompanied by a complex of institutional changes, which ultimately made it possible to significantly reduce the level of corruption, improve the quality of management decisions, and develop a strategy and priorities for the country's long-term development.