Public administration, justice and state assets

Strengthening of the State, whose role has proven to be irreplaceable amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and devastating earthquakes in Croatia, is one of the key segments of recovery and resilience. In building a more resilient and just state, the focus will be on the implementation of reforms and investments aimed at creating an efficient, digital and competent public administration. Furthermore, it is of utmost importance to continue with the development of an impartial, effective and universally accessible judiciary and quality management of state assets.
 
It is therefore the purpose of all the envisaged measures in the field of public administration to enhance the efficiency of the State in the implementation of EU funded reforms and projects. In that regard, the Recovery and Resilience Plan envisages measures for increasing service quality in state and public administration through functional integration of specific business processes and their digitalisation. Enhancement of court processes in judicial proceedings and strengthening of electronic communication in courts are among those measures, as well as improvement of the anti-corruption system at all levels of government.

The Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation is responsible for implementing reforms and investments under component C2 Public administration, justice and state assets, sub-components C2.2 Further improving the efficiency of public administration, C2.5 Modern justice fit for future challenges, and C2.6 Preventing and combating corruption.

Croatia submitted its 5th payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) in April 2024, and in June Croatia became the most successful EU Member State in implementing reforms and investments from the RRF, as it is the first country to which the European Commission has given a preliminary positive assessment of the 5th instalment request. So far, Croatia has met 157 of the 157 planned reform and investment indicators.

Reforms and investments under the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation

C2.2 Further improving the efficiency of public administration

• C2.2 R1-I1 Centralised selection system
• C2.2 R1-I2 e-State Exam 
• C2.2 R2-I1 Improving the public sector wage system, HRM and Central Payroll systems
• C2.2 R2-I2 Introduction of a hybrid workplace model - Smartworking
• C2.2 R4-I1 Further optimisation and decentralisation of local and regional government units through support for functional integration

C2.5 Modern justice fit for future challenges

• C2.5 R1-I1 Enhancing the Court Case Management System (eSpis)
• C2.5 R1-I2 Improvement of the Land Registry and Cadastre Information System 
• C2.5.R1-I3 Development of a toolkit for the publication and search of court decisions
• C2.5 R1-I4 Design and implementation of the Zagreb Justice Square project to improve access to justice and efficiency of commercial procedures and administrative disputes
• C2.5 R1-I5 Implementation of energy efficiency measures to renovate obsolete facilities of judicial authorities
• C2.5 R1-I6 Stable and resilient IT infrastructure of the Justice Information System  

C2.6. Preventing and combating corruption

• C2.6 R1 Increasing the efficiency, coherence and openness of authorities in the fight against corruption through digitalisation, enhancing transparency and improving coordination
• C2.6 R1-I1 Engaging the general public in the fight against corruption by raising public awareness about the harmfulness of corruption, the necessity of prevention and legal protection of reporting persons 
• C2.6 R1-I2 Digitalisation of the Civil Service Ethics System 
• C2.6 R2 Improving the implementation of the  Right of Access to Information Act 
• C2.6 R3 Improvement of corporate governance in companies majority-owned by local and regional self-government units
• C2.6 R4 Strengthening judicial redress capacity in public procurement procedures