January 2012 Annual Review 2011 on Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe: Croatia By Ana Milicevic Pezelj* Content Summary Socio-economic developments Governmental policies and legislation Industrial relations Tripartite social dialogue Forecasts Annex- Information about: Collective bargaining, social dialogue, social security, education& vocational train­ing, employment, wages Trade unions and employer organizations * Ana Milicevic Pezelj, Head of Education Department in the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia © Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regional Project for Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe Tadeusa Koscuska 8/5 11000 Belgrade, Serbia E-Mail: fes@fessoe.de Internet: www.fessoe.de The text is available online: www.fessoe.de The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Friedrich-Ebert­Stiftung or of the organization for which the author works. 1. Summary Despite all the warnings by the independent and other experts, in 2011 the Govern­ment continued its Economic Recovery Programme from the previous year, which however has not yielded the promised results. The GDP growth for 2011, despite the excellent results in tourism, lower than the expected(projection: a little above zero),