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On 15 September 2019, at the premises of the Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning, the first round of assessment of entries submitted for the Ždrijac settlement in Nin was held. The entries for the preparation of the conceptual urban planning and architectural design for the site of the Ždrijac settlement in Nin were received under the international urban planning and architectural competition announced by the Ministry in March 2019.

(HINA) Construction and Physical Planning Minister Predrag Stromar said on Tuesday that a new round of applications would be invited on Wednesday for home loan subsidies for people aged under 45 who do not own a house or a flat and that it would be possible to submit applications from September 10, while two more rounds of applications would be invited in March and September 2020.

Housing construction under the POS programme is a programme, recognised long ago, of housing provision to young families that obtain, for a price lower than the market price per square meter, security and quality construction of their home. To date, under the POS programme, more than eight thousand apartments have been built, with four billion kuna invested.

In early September the young will again have an opportunity to apply for subsidised housing loans – an aid measure by which citizens are facilitated in housing provision through the repayment of part of the housing loan during the first five years of loan repayment. To date, by this housing provision measure, more than 5300 families have secured their home, and in these families almost 700 children have been born.

On 23 July 2019, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Predrag Štromar received on inaugural visit H.E. Xu Erwen, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, accompanied by Mr Liu Kai, Economic and Commercial Counsellor and Ms Zhang Ping, second secretary of the Embassy. Besides the Minister, the meeting was attended by Ms Jelena Zrinski Berger, General Secretary of the Ministry. 

During early July in London, as part of the London Climate Action Week 2019, “Building a better and more sustainable future for cities” conference was held, organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

In early June 2019, as part of the Sustainable Construction Energy Week, City Office for Environmental Protection of Velika Gorica in cooperation with Croatian Green Building Council organized the conference: “Sustainable energy development in Velika Gorica City”.

Once again Croatia is celebrating May 9, Europe Day, and central event took place at the European square in Zagreb, organized together by the Commission representation office in Croatia and the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds.

The delegation of the Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning (MCPP) headed by Assistant Minister Assist.Prof. Maja-Marija Nahod, Ph.D., M.Sc.CE, participated from 4 to 6 June 2019 at the meeting of The Concerted Action on the Energy Performance Buildings Directive (CA EPBD V) in Riga.