EU funding can be managed jointly by the European Commission and national authorities, directly by the European Commission or indirectly by other bodies inside or outside the EU, depending on the nature of the funding in question. Grants are awarded to specific projects related to EU policies, usually following a public announcement known as a call for proposals. Grants can be applied for by persons running a company or a related organization (business associations, business support providers, consultants, etc.) running projects that seek to promote EU interests or those contributing to the implementation of EU policies or programmes. In the financial period from 2014 to 2020, the Republic of Croatia had a total of 10.676 billion euros available from investment and structural European funds. From this amount, 8.397 billion euros are earmarked for cohesion policy goals, 2.026 billion euros for rural development and agriculture, while 253 million euros are earmarked for fisheries development. Sustainable development (balanced development, sustainable development), economic development that fully takes into account the impact of economic activity on the environment and is based on renewable resources. In 1992, the Croatian Parliament adopted one of the first documents, namely the Declaration on Environmental Protection in the Republic of Croatia, which mentions how important sustainable development is.