@book{401eaa938f4c4176a870d0f06dfbf974,
title = "Strategic development plan for the Croatian meteorological and hydrological services",
abstract = "This publication describes the strategic development plan for the Croatian hydro-meteorological services (DHMZ). The development strategy contains the following elements: i) vision for 2020, ii) strategies until 2010 supporting the vision, and iii) action plans for implementing the strategies. The strategies are formulated to cover the following areas: - Observation network and infrastructure - IT and its architectural cornerstones - Production process of hydro-meteorological service products - Organisational structure - Human resources and capacities - Physical facilities - Economy, budgeting and finance. The plan is motivated by the goal of increasing the competitiveness and customer-orientation of DHMZ. During the course of drafting the plan, numerous interviews and two major workshops were held in Finland and Croatia. This project was part of a larger research effort into information services (EVASERVE). EVASERVE is coordinated and managed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.",
keywords = "Croatia, meteorology, hydrology, strategy, restructuring",
author = "Pekka Levi{\"a}kangas and Raine Hautala and Martti M{\"a}kel{\"a}",
note = "Project code: 3403 ",
year = "2007",
language = "English",
series = "VTT Working Papers",
publisher = "VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland",
number = "76",
address = "Finland",
}