SIGMA and Croatia

SIGMA works with Croatia within the EU's overall policy framework for the Western Balkans, the Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP).  The EU opened accession negotiations with Croatia in October 2005.

 

Current Activities

 

SIGMA currently supports Croatia through projects in the following areas:

  • Public Administration Reform Strategy and Civil Service Reform
  • Administrative Justice
  • National Anti-Fraud Strategy
  • PIFC for Ministry of Finance
  • Public Procurement System
  • Regulatory Impact Analysis
  • Real Property Rights

 

Information on past SIGMA projects with Croatia can be found here.

 

Publications & Documents

 

Assessments Reports

 

SIGMA prepares annual assessment reports at the request of the European Commission and as a contribution to its annual Progress Reports on EU candidate and potential candidate countries. The reports also provide countries with inputs to their reform activities. The following reports are available for Croatia.

 

Administrative Reform Capacities

2004

External Audit

200620072009

Governance and Public Administration

2004

Public Integrity System

20062008

Policy-Making and Co-ordination

20062008

Public Expenditure Management

200720082009

Public Financial Control

200720082009

Public Procurement

200720082009

Public Service and Administrative Framework

200720082009

Tax

2002 

Trade

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assessments

 

EC Governance Overview for Croatia  (2008)

Public Administration in the Balkans (2004)

Balkans Public Administration Reform Assessment - Croatia (2004)

Public Management Profiles of Western Balkans Countries - Croatia (2003)

 

 

SIGMA Papers translated into Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian

 

No. 43: Organising the Central State Administration: Policies & Instruments (2007)

No. 38: Political Advisors and Civil Servants in European Countries (2007)

No. 35: Co-ordination at the Centre of Government: The Functions and Organisation of the Government Office (2004)

No. 31: Improving Policy Instruments through Impact Assessment (2001)

No. 30: Public Procurement Review Procedures (2000)

No. 27: European Principles for Public Administration (1999)

No. 26: Sustainable Institutions for European Union Membership (1998)

No. 23: Preparing Public Administrations for the European Administrative Space (1998)

No. 21: Promoting Performance and Professionalism in the Public Service (1997)

No. 16: Public Service Training Systems in OECD Countries (1997)

No. 14: Civil Service Legislation: Checklist on Secondary Legislation (1997)

No. 12: Country Profiles of Civil Service Training Systems (1997)

No. 5: Civil Service Legislation Contents Checklist (1996)

No. 3: Training Civil Servants for Internationalisation (1996)

No. 1: Top Management Service in Central Government: Introducing a System for the Higher Civil Service in Central and Eastern European Countries (1995)

 

 

Other Translated Publications

 

Drafting a Concept Paper on the Organisational Structure of the Executive's Public Administration (2008)

Performance Related Pay in the Public Service in OECD and EU Member States (2006)

Federalism and the Balance of Power in European States (2006)

Checklist for a General Law on Administrative Procedures (2005)

Liabilities and Discipline of Civil Servants (2003)

Building a Civil Service System (2002)

Managing Public Expenditure: A Reference Book for Transition Countries (2001)

Structural Elements for Recruitment in European Civil Service Systems (1998)

 

Translations may be used by individuals for reference purposes only. The copyright holder of each translated version is the organisation that carried out the translation. The translated material may not be copied, transmitted or redistributed for commercial purposes without the written permission of the organisation holding the copyright. SIGMA and the OECD cannot take responsibility for the quality of the translations.

For questions on using this copyrighted material or to request permission to translate a SIGMA publication, please contact the OECD Publications Rights Unit.

The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe is a source of financing for the translation of SIGMA publications into CEE national languages. Information on the application procedure for a translation grant can be found here

 

Links

 

EC Delegation to Croatia

EU Relations with Croatia

Govermnent of Croatia

Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs & European Integration


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