Completed projects

  • "ePIC - Electronic Public Identification Croatia"
 
  • "CISUR – Enhancing Judicial Cooperation on the Implementation of the Succession Regulation in Croatia and Slovenia“
 
  • ​Transition facility “Enhancing the quality of judicial training – by upgrading EU Law and on line trainings”

Total project value: 800,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 1
Twinning: 800,000 EUR 
Project objective: upgrading and enhancing the quality of continuous training for judges, state attorneys and judicial advisors. In particular, the focus was on the upgrading of the curriculum of the Judicial Academy in the field of European Union law and e-learning.

  • Transition Facility „Support to further development and strengthening of the Probation Service in Croatia“

Total project value: 1,000,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 3
Twinning: 700,000 EUR
Equipment procurement: 150,000 EUR
Technical assistance: 150,000 EUR
Project objective: further improvement of the institutional capacity of the Probation Service, implementation of an electronic surveillance pilot project in Croatia, and procurement of 12 official vehicles for 12 probation offices in Croatia.

  • "Language Training in the Field of Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters" (JUST/2013/JPEN/AG/4603)

The Project aims at improving professional English knowledge and skills of the participants (judges and state attorneys) in the area of judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The project coordinator is the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary, and other partners of the project are the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution of Poland, the Judicial Academy of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia. The Project is co-financed by the European Union (80%).
The Project consisted of 4 seminars, one each in Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia and Poland, each in the duration of 5 days. 
English is the sole official language of the Project. The English language focused on the general legal terminology related to criminal justice and the general terminology on European Union (EU) law, and especially on the legal terminology related to the field of judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU. Thus, the Project aims at providing for the opportunity of acquiring thorough knowledge related to EU law in the field of judicial cooperation in criminal matters. 
Each Partner country was responsible for selecting 5 legal practitioners (judges and state attorneys) with an adequate level of knowledge of English (B2 or C1 level) who apply EU law on judicial cooperation in criminal matters on national level to participate in the 4 seminars. One of the outputs of the Project was an English language glossary containing the main terms, expressions and legal institutions (including EU institutions) dealt with during the seminars.


IPA

  • IPA 2012 “Support to the prison system of the Republic of Croatia” 

Total project value:  4,976,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 5
Twinning: 700,000 EUR
Equipment procurement: 725,000 EUR
Technical assistance: 2,000,000 EUR
Works: 1 410 000,EUR
Works supervision: 141,000 EUR
Project objective: improvement of infrastructure and lifelong learning process for the staff of the prison system within the Ministry of Justice, improvement of rehabilitation conditions in the Turopolje Reformatory, informatisation of prison administration within the Ministry of Justice.

  • IPA 2012 “Support to the Prison System of the Republic of Croatia ”

Project value: 700,000 EUR
Project objective: improvement of the lifelong learning system for civil servants working in the prison system and reformatories, improvement of professional and management skills of civil servants in the Croatian prison system, and support to the implementation of the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms with regards to the prison systems.

  • IPA 2012 “Strengthening the capacity and efficiency of SAO/USKOK”

Total project value:  3,300,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 2
Technical assistance: 1,900,000 EUR
Equipment procurement: 1,400,000 EUR
Project objective: The project aims at increasing the efficiency of the judiciary through capacity building of the State Attorney Office/USKOK, specifically, at strengthening business processes, improving the management system and IT infrastructure, and building modern, efficient and effective capacities of USKOK for combating corruption and organised crime.

  • IPA 2012 “Further improvement of case management system”

Total project value:  6,600,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 2
Technical assistance: 2,000,000 EUR
Equipment procurement: 4,600,000 EUR
Project objective: to increase the efficiency of the judiciary and productivity of judicial officers by establishing a reliable and efficient case management system at Croatian Courts - optimising business processes as well as upgrading the integrated case management system.

  • IPA 2011 “Support to the Rationalization of Court Network”

Total project value:  11,031,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 2
Works: 10,031,000 EUR
Works supervision: 1,000,000 EUR  
Project objective: to increase the efficiency of courts by improving work conditions and consolidation of the court network, and renovation and adaptation of court buildings in Osijek, Sisak ,Valpovo, Benkovac and Ivanić Grad.

  • IPA 2011 FFRAC “Strengthening the work of the Judicial Academy through curriculum development and training in the use of expert witnessing”

Total project value:  188,889 EUR
No. of agreements: 1
Twinning light: 188,889 EUR
Project objective: Strengthening the work of the Judicial Academy through curriculum development and training in the use of expert witnessing for trainers, judges and state attorneys.

  • IPA 2010 “Improvement of the enforcement system in the Republic of Croatia”

Total project value: 1,302,989.08 EUR
Project objective: to develop an efficient and effective enforcement system in the Republic of Croatia and to improve the enforcement system in order to further contribute to the reduction of the court backlog, and contribute to Accession the Programme of the Government of the Republic of Croatia for the Adoption and Implementation of the Acquis Communautaire.

  • IPA 2010 ˮSupport to the sporadic transformation and establishment of digital archive of Land Registry in purpose of the implementation of the Integrated Land Administration System) (ILAS)ˮ

Total project value: 1,661,600.00 EUR
No. of agreements: 1
Project objective: accelerating the efficiency of business processes in the land register and cadastre. The project is divided in 2 components. The purpose of component 1 is to enable implementation of sporadic  transformation (harmonisation of land registry and cadastre data). The main purpose of component 2 is digitising of land registry books (scanning) and establishment of the central  database for the land registry digital archive.  The land registry and cadastre staff will also receive relevant training.

  • ​IPA 2010 “Development of International Legal Assistance (ILA) IT System”

Total project value: 267,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 1
Technical assistance: 267,000 EUR
Project objective: to develop and install an international legal assistance (ILA) IT system that will increase the efficiency and transparency of overall case-handling in the Sector for International Legal Assistance within the Ministry of Justice..

  • IPA 2010 “Strengthening the efficiency of judiciary in the Republic of Croatia”

Total project value: 1,790,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 2
Twinning: 1,200,000 EUR
Equipment procurement: 590,000 EUR
Project objective: increasing support to court's rationalization process; analysing the status of court clerks and preparing recommendations for its improvement; improvement of court delivery system; establishment of the recording system of court hearings; training of employees involved in audio recording system of court hearings; strengthening judicial cooperation in civil, commercial and criminal matters; improving legal certainty through recognition and enforcement of judgments and decisions of EU member states by educating judges and/or court advisors.

  • IPA 2009 FPP RAC “Improvement of the Free Legal Aid System”

Total project value:  230,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 1
Twinning light: 230,000 EUR
Project objective: analysis and improvement of the legal framework for free legal aid, more efficient implementation of the system in practice, and staff training.

  • IPA 2009 FPP RAC “Strengthening the Administrative Capacities of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia“

Total project value: 230,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 1
Twinning light: 230,000 EUR
Project objective: development of a managerial competency model in the Ministry of Justice, and development of training modules and materials for training of all management levels on the application of managerial competencies.

  • IPA FPP RAC 2009 “Roll-out of ICMS (eSpis) on Selected Municipal Courts”

Total project value:  520,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 1
Technical assistance: 520,000 EUR
Project objective: implementation of a reliable, efficient and sustainable system for management of cases in 33 municipal courts; preparation of the Ministry of Justice and court employees for effective and efficient usage of ICMS; establishment of functional internal and external ICMS Web services.

  • IPA 2009 “Further improvement of institutional capacity and development of ICMS compatible modules at Misdemeanor Courts”

Total project value: 2,154,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 6
Twinning: 900,000 EUR
Equipment procurement: 750,000 EUR
Technical assistance: 419,000 EUR
Project objective: business processes re-engineering at selected misdemeanour courts; centralisation of business processes in line with EU practices; development of mutual cooperation and information exchange within misdemeanour justice chain; upgrade of the existing IT system (JCMS); user training on JCMS; procurement of equipment necessary to implement JCMS.

  • IPA 2009 “Professional development of Judicial Advisors and future Judges and State Attorneys through establishment of Self Sustainable Training System”

Total project value:  1,110,838.69 EUR
No. of agreements: 4
Twinning: 1,028,193.59 EUR
Equipment procurement: 82,645.18 EUR
Project objective: analysing the existing and defining the new role of judicial advisors; training needs assessment and training strategy for lifelong education of judicial advisors; delivery of training of trainers; delivery of training for judicial advisors; developing and implementing E-learning methodology for lifelong education of judicial advisors through a pilot project; strengthening the current training system for future judges and judicial advisors; procurement of equipment for the Judicial Academy.

  • IPA 2008 FPP RAC “Development of “One stop shop” for Joint Information System of Land Registry and Cadastre and consolidation of land register data”

Total project value:  553,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 1
Technical assistance: 553,000 EUR
Project objective: establishment of the 'one stop shop' (OSS) subsystem and its integration in the overall joint information system (JIS) environment (providing information to stakeholders and external users), consolidation of land register data in digital form, and delivery of training courses on the usage and administration of the established OSS subsystem and the overall JIS.

  • IPA 2008 FPP RAC “Support to the establishment of a State School for Judicial Officials”

Total project value:  230,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 1
Twinning light: 230,000 EUR
Project objective: Support to the Ministry of Justice in the establishment of a new State School for Judicial Officials.

  • IPA 2008 FPP RAC “Strengthening the work of the State School for Judicial Officials through upgrading its professional training programmes and work flow”

    Total project value:  200,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 1
    Twinning light: 200,000 EUR
    Project objective: increasing the professionalism and efficiency of the judiciary by enhancing the quality of professional training programmes for future judges and state attorneys.

  • IPA 2008 “The Development of Probation Services in Croatia”

    Total project value:  1,800,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 3
    Twinning: 1,200,000 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 300,000 EUR
    Technical assistance: 300,000 EUR
    Project objective: strengthening the institutional framework and capacity of the Directorate for Probation, development of instruments for risk and needs assessment of offenders, development and application of a national register for the probation system and a central IT system to support the business processes related to probation, procurement of necessary IT equipment for the probation system.

  • IPA 2008 “Support to the Reform of Criminal Proceedings”

    Total project value:  2,224,562 EUR
    No. of agreements: 2
    Twinning: 1,157,895 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 1,066,667 EUR
    Project objective: provision of support to the courts, the State Attorney’s Office of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of the Interior in the implementation of the new Criminal Procedure Act.

  • IPA 2007 “Strengthening Anti-Corruption Inter-Agency Co-operation”

    Total project value:  2,235,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 3
    Twinning: 800,000 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 250,000 EUR
    Technical assistance: 1,500,000 EUR
    Project objective: support to the organisation and operation of the Anti-Corruption Sector of the Ministry of Justice; raising awareness on corruption among citizens through development and implementation of a PR campaign, organizing round table discussions for civil servants in state administration and local governments and representatives of NGOs, and organising workhshops for journalists; improvement of interagency cooperation by development of modern information system with central database application and secure Internet/Intranet access of involved parties; procurement of IT and multimedia equipment.

  • IPA 2007 “Strengthening Capacities of USKOK”

    Total project value:  1,270,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 3
    Twinning: 1,000,000 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 70,000 EUR
    Technical assistance: 200,000 EUR
    Project objective: further support to institutional strengthening of USKOK; procurement of analytical software to be used for detailed case analysis at USKOK, procurement of IT and multimedia equipment.

  • The Ministry of Public Administration implemented the following IPA projects: 
  • IPA 2008 “Support to the Implementation of the General Administrative Procedure Act (GAPA)“
  • IPA 2007 Technical assistance for the Managing Authority of the Operational Programme “Administrative Capacity Development” (MA OP ACD)
  • IPA FFRAC 2010 “Support to strengthening administrative capacity through development of the competency framework in civil service”
  • IPA 2012-2013 “Support to the enhanced functioning of the Public Administration“
  • IPA 2008 “Support to the Implementation of the General Administrative Procedure Act”
Project implementation started in November 2011 and lasted 2 years.
Total project value: 1,601,000 EUR.
Project objective: to ensure sustainable institutional and professional capacities for timely implementation and efficient application of the new General Administrative Procedure (GAPA) on all levels of public administration, and raising public awareness of issues related to GAPA. More information is available at www.zup.hr
  • IPA 2010 “Support to Strengthening Administrative Capacity through Development of the Competency Framework in Civil Service”
Total project value: 188,889.00 EUR.
Implementation period: March 2014 – September 2014
The overall objective of the project was to improve the efficiency and professionalism of the state civil service by enhancing human resources management, and the purpose of the project was to develop a competency framework for all managerial and non-managerial posts in the state civil service.
 

Ministarstvo uprave sudjelovalo je  u provedbi sljedećih projekata unutar IPA programa:
  • IPA 2008  “Ex-ante evaluation of programming documents and strengthening evaluation capacity for EU funds post-accession”
  • IPA TAIB 2008 “Enhancement of capacity for effective management of EU Cohesion policy funds“
  • IPA 2009 “Support to the social welfare sector in the process of further de-institutionalisation of social services”
     

PHARE

  • PHARE 2006 “Harmonisation and Publication of Case Law“
    Total project value: 1,464,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 2
    Technical assistance: 931,000 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 533,000 EUR
    Project objective: improving access to the national case law of 50 pre-selected courts (municipal, county and commercial) for all interested parties (domestic and foreign).

  • PHARE 2006  “Support to Court Administration and Case Management Improvement“
    Total project value: 2,867,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 1
    Technical assistance: 2,867,000 EUR
    Project objective: enhancing the Court Case Management System (eSpis) and implementation of the eSpis system in 60 pre-selected courts, adjustment of the regulatory framework to the eSpis system (Rules of Court Procedure), training for users of the eSpis system in the pre-selected courts.

  • PHARE 2005 “Support to the Judicial Academy of Croatia: Developing a Training System for Future Judges and Prosecutors“
    Total project value: 1,093,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 1
    Technical assistance: 1,093,000 EUR
    Project objective: development of a system of training and selection of future judges and prosecutors.

  • PHARE 2005 “Enhancement of Mediation as an Alternative to Court Based Dispute Settlement“
    Total project value: 1,048,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 2
    Technical assistance: 963,000 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 85,000 EUR
    Project objective: enhancement of dispute resolution in Croatia and its adjustment to EU practices; development of the system of court and out-of-court dispute resolution for natural and legal persons.

  • The Ministry of Public Administration benefited from technical assistance by experts under:
     
    • PHARE 2006 “Development of Institutional Capacity for the management of EU Structural Funds".

CARDS

  • CARDS 2004 “Improving Court and Case Management at the High Misdemeanour Court and Selected Misdemeanour Courts“
    Total project value: 2,444,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 2
    Twinning: 1,000,000 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 1,444,000 EUR
    Project objective: support to and strengthening of the Case Management System at the at the High Misdemeanour Court and Selected Misdemeanour Courts, and IT training of judges.

  • CARDS 2004 “Support to More Efficient, Effective and Modern Operation and Functioning of the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia“
    Total project value: 1,000,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 2
    Twinning: 850,000 EUR
    Project objective: support to and strengthening of the operation and functioning of the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia by improving the implementation of administrative legislation and strengthening the decisions of the Administrative Court through involvement of other administrative authorities; drafting of the new Administrative Disputes Act and improvement of Case Management.

  • CARDS 2004 “Support the Development of a Probation System in Croatia“
    Total project value: 250,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 1
    Twinning light: 250,000 EUR
     Project objective: Elaboration of a professional study on the existing types of probation systems in EU Member States as a basis for recommendations for the adoption of legislation on the probation system in Croatia, and development of a probation system reform strategy for Croatia.

  • CARDS 2003 “Training and Education of Prosecutors“
    Total project value: 1,028,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 2
    Twinning: 800,000 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 228,000 EUR 
    Project objective: to support the integration of the project within the current institutional structure of the Judicial Academy and its regional centres, strengthening the managerial capacities of the General State Attorney’s Office representative and administrative staff; to develop a selfsustainable training delivery system for prosecutors including programme design, curricula development, ToT and carry out training courses, workshops, seminars and study visits.

  • CARDS 2003 “Preventing and Combating Money Laundering“
    Total project value: 925,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 2
    Twinning: 840,000 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 85,000 EUR (iz proračuna RH)
    Project objective: ensuring institutional support for specific  anti-money laundering institutions in Croatia through, inter alia, structural consultations among those institutions; improvement of international cooperation and optimizing the processes of handling money laundering cases and revision of the legal framework (strengthening the management – establishment of interministerial/interagency collaboration and information sharing between the ministries competent for justice, interior and finances, and establishment of the National Supervisory Authority; analysis of legislation and proposal for amendments, and international cooperation), procurement of IT equipment.

  • CARDS 2003 “Support to the Reform of the Croatian Court System – phase II“

Total project value:  2,972,000 EUR
No. of agreements: 2
Twinning: 1,376,000 EUR
Equipment procurement: 1,596,000 EUR
Project objective: to further enhance the operation and functioning of the Courts as a whole and the pre-selected Courts in particular (county courts in Zadar, Split, Bjelovar, Čakovec, Sisak, Koprivnica, Virovitica, Zlatar, Vukovar,Gospić, Karlovac, Varaždin, Pula and Velika Gorica, as well as municipal courts in Vukovar, Pula, Split, Zadar, Donji Lapac, Đakovo, Županja, Bjelovar, Varaždin, Makarska, Krk, Čakovec, Sisak, Karlovac, Virovitica, Crikvenica, Rovinj, Pazin, Opatija, Ogulin, Metković, Pag, Knin, Đurđevac, Koprivnica, Krapina, Križevci) through improving the management and information system, supporting rationalisation of court networks in Croatia, developing standards in court produced documents, and ensuring modernisation/computerisation of courts.

  • CARDS 2003 “Support to the Changes of the Pre-trial Proceedings in Criminal Matters“
    Total project value:  250,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 1
    Twinning light: 250,000 EUR
    Project objective: reform of the re-trial proceedings in criminal matters in Croatia.

  • CARDS 2002 „Support to a more efficient, effective and modern operation and functioning of the Croatian Court System“
    Total project value:  3,533,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 2
    Twinning: 1,000,000 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 2,533,000 EUR
    Project objective: improvement of the efficiency of the Croatian courts.

  • CARDS 2002 „Capacitiy Building for the Office for the Prevention of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK)“
    Total project value:  1,000,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 2
    Twinning: 650,000 EUR
    Equipment procurement: 350,000 EUR
    Project objective: to contribute to more efficient prevention and fight against corruption and organised crime in Croatia by developing and upgrading the institutional capacities of USKOK.

  • CARDS 2001 “Support to the Judicial Academy of Croatia – Training System for Judges and Public Officials”
    Total project value:  1,500,000 EUR
    No. of agreements: 1
    Twinning: 1,500,000 EUR
    Project objective: establishment of the Judicial Academy and of the future training system for judges and judicial officials.

  • The Ministry of Justice used the funds and assistance under the CARDS programme for the purpose of state administration reform, strengthening of its capacities, decentralisation and implementation of reform programmes in the following projects:
    • CARDS 2001 "Public Administration Reform: Support to the reform of the Civil Service"
    • CARDS 2003 "Further Support to the Reform of Public Administration and Implementation of the Civil Service reform Programme"
    • CARDS 2003  "Capacity Strengthening for Administrative Decentralization".