Croatian National Competitiveness Council (NVK) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) presented on 23 Sept. 2008 in Zagreb research on "The Regional Competitiveness Index of Croatia 2007". This is the first time that research on Croatia produced a clear picture of the strengths and weaknesses of its three statistical regions, and 21 counties, and the reasons behind the differences between these regions. It also provided suggestions on how to strengthen economic competitiveness on the local level. The research methodologies were based on those used by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Institute of management development (IMD).