Croatia’s Ministry of Finance reported on the government’s adoption of the 2025–2030 Strategic Framework for Capital Market Development, positioning a deeper capital market as a contributor to economic resilience, productivity and long-term growth. The ministry also highlighted regional cooperation as a central element of the strategy. State Secretary Davor Zoričić pointed to regional integration work tied to a 2024 Memorandum of Understanding with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development involving eight Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe exchanges: Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and North Macedonia. A first formal meeting in May 2025 focused on integration activities, with the creation of a single regional index identified as a key step to increase investor visibility, address existing inconsistencies and level conditions across participating exchanges. The framework runs to 2030 and lists regional integration as one of its five strategic directions, with the regional index initiative positioned as a core building block in the integration process.

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