Limitations of Agronet system in e-projects: Case study of Croatia

Croatia joined the EU two years ago and as a member of the EU has at disposal significant resources of European funds that can be used. The fact that there are significant funds available means, that there have to be necessary capacities for use of that funds such as: management, administrative, financial and technical capacities. Regarding these circumstances, the Republic of Croatia or its applicants are in a period of great challenges. Here we present the results of a research conducted in 2013 in Croatia. The research was made by online survey, among various potential users of EU funds (100 of them). A research topic was seeing the procedure of preparation and implementation of projects financed from European Union funds by the (potential) users of funds. Furthermore, this paper will give an overview of Agronet system, which is a new platform in the system of application to the EU funds, with which applicants may submit their applications in virtual, electronic way. The whole Agronet system has aim to make applications of projects and use of funds, more efficient and more effective, and consequently, to achieve successful projects and withdrawn funds as much as possible.