Comparative analyses of regional politics of the European Union and Serbia

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show through the comparative analysis, the basic characteristics of regional policy, or the policy of support to the development of less developed areas in our country compared to the regional policy of European Union, with an accent on the instruments for implementation of that policy. Without putting accent on different starting positions for those two development policies, what is for sure the main reason of differences in realized results, the experiences of European Union can be in any case useful and instructive for Serbia as a country with a task of rationalization and establishment of an effective regional policy being a necessity in the forthcoming period.

Cilj ovog rada je da, kroz komparativnu analizu, ukaže na osnovne karakteristike regionalne politike, odnosno, uslovno rečeno, politike podsticanja bržeg razvoja nedovoljno razvijenih područja naše zemlje u odnosu na regionalnu politiku Evropske Unije, uz naglasak na instrumentima njihovog sprovođenja. Bez obzira na različite startne pozicije u kojima su ove dve razvojne politike zaživele, što je i osnovni uzrok razlika u ostvarenim rezultatima, iskustva Evropske Unije svakako mogu biti korisna i instruktivna za Srbiju kao državu za koju afirmacija regionalnog nivoa predstavlja neminovnost i ozbiljan zadatak u periodu koji sledi.