Improvement Of The National Strategic Planning System Dreams And Reality

To have the most efficient system of strategic planning and development management, it is crucial to have one overarching strategy, as opposed to having many unrelated and mismatching strategies especially if we must coordinate national with regional policies. Therefore, it is necessary to establish appropriate management mechanisms and to strengthen the management component by establishing an efficient framework for monitoring and evaluation of results. If we set up a system that will enable the monitoring of changes, we will be able to adjust future course in line with our possibilities and needs. Furthermore, it is necessary to establish links with the state budget and other sources of funding, especially EU funds and other international financial instruments, and to finally shift the focus from planning to implementation. Taking into consideration the experiences of programming strategic and program documents that represent the basis for using the European structural and investment funds, this paper 1) analyzes regional policy and strategic solutions in the light of the theory of economic sciences and 2) identifies key challenges which are important for establishing a coordinated action for achieving crucial regional development goals.