page_title: Areas of Special State Concern (Croatia)
section_title: ASSC Areas
hierarchical_section_title: Areas of Special State Concern (Croatia) / ASSC Areas
caption_attribution_description: English: Third category of the Areas of Special State Concern in Croatia. Derivative work of the File:Croatia map municipalities.png.
context_page_description: Areas of Special State Concern or ASSC in Croatia are areas of relative underdevelopment compared to the rest of the country in which Croatian Government implement certain policies aimed at achieving balanced regional development. In addition to challenges faced by many other non-urban communities in Croatia ASSC areas face specific challenges which are result of the 1991–1995 Croatian War of Independence and include return and reintegration of war refugees, lack of entrepreneurial capacity and support for business, destroyed or inadequate infrastructure, land under land-mines and insufficient social reintegration. The legal foundation for the government's activities is the Act on Areas of Special State Concern which belongs to the group of the four regional acts, though are mostly implemented at local and municipal level. The Act was enacted in 1996 which brought flexibility with municipalities and settlements entering or leaving the ASSC depending on their indicators. In 2002 the Act has passed through the major amendment divided the ASSC into three major categories.
caption: Third Category ASSC's
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