The Ministry of Public Administration

Introduction

Croatian Public Administration System State administration Local and regional self-government Public services

The State Administration Two levels of the state administrative bodies: 1. Central level – ministries, state administrative organizations, central state offices 2. Lower level – state administrative departments, one in each county

Answer the following questions: What is government? What are main tasks of the government? What does it consist of?

The Government A body which shall exercise the executive powers in conformity with the Constitution and law The Government shall pass decrees, introduce legislation, propose the state budget, decide in cases of conflict of jurisdiction between government institutions, give answers to representatives’ questions and adopt strategies of economic and social development The Government consists of the Prime Minister, one or more Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers

The Prime Minister and the members of the Government are jointly responsible for decisions passed by the Government and individually responsible for their respective portfolios Currently there are 20 Ministries

Local Self-Government Local self-government units: municipalities and towns (429 municipalities – rural areas and 126 towns – urban areas)

Regional self-government Regional self-government units: counties 20 counties and the City of Zagreb - the City of Zagreb as the country’s capital enjoys a special status of both city and county County – a unit of regional self-government whose territory represents a natural, historical, traffic, economic, social whole, organized for the purpose of performing tasks of regional interest

Public services Centrally financed public services: education, health service, social security service and science Locally financed: pre-school education, libraries and museums, utility services

Ministry of Public Administration

Establishment The Ministry of Public Administration was established in December 2011 by the Act on Organisation and Scope of Ministries and Other Central State Administration Bodies (OG 150/11)

Mission Permanent enhancement of the public administration system with a view to ensuring and protecting the public interest, legality of operations and provision of services which enable citizens and business entities to exercise their rights.

Translate the following into Croatian: The Ministry performs administrative and other professional tasks related to: the system and organisation of state administration and local and regional self-government; political and electoral system; civil status; registration of political parties, trusts, foundations and other registers established by special laws; planning and supervision of employment in state administration; professional training and development, and the labour status of state administration and local and regional self-government employees; fostering scientific and professional development of state administration; tasks of the administrative and inspectional supervision of all state administration and local and regional self-government bodies; organisation – ustrojstvo civil status – osobna stanja građana trusts, foundations and other registers – fondovi, zaklade i druge evidencije labour status – radnopravni položaj fostering - poticanje

Ministarstvo obavlja upravne i stručne poslove koji se odnose na: sustav i ustrojstvo državne uprave i lokalne i regionalne samouprave; politički i izborni sustav; osobna stanja građana; registraciju političkih stranaka, fondova, zaklada i drugih evidencija utvrđenih posebnim zakonima; planiranje i nadzor zapošljavanja u državnoj upravi; stručno osposobljavanje i usavršavanje te radnopravni položaj zaposlenih u državnoj upravi i lokalnoj i područnoj (regionalnoj) samoupravi; poticanje znanstvenog i stručnog razvitka državne uprave; poslove upravnog i inspekcijskog nadzora u svim tijelima državne uprave i lokalne i regionalne samouprave

The Ministry performs administrative and professional tasks related to: the development of the state administration IT system; establishment of information technology and security infrastructure in state administration bodies; rationalisation of the use of IT resources in state administration bodies; interconnection of the IT systems of state administration bodies via a single ICT network; adoption of technical and standardisation rules for the use of IT equipment in state administration bodies; adoption of professional and normative foundations for the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union in the fields of ICT development and application; unified procurement of IT resources for state administration bodies.

Ministarstvo obavlja upravne i stručne poslove koji se odnose na razvitak informacijskog sustava državne uprave; uspostavu tehnološke i sigurnosne informatičke infrastrukture u tijelima državne uprave; racionalizaciju uporabe informatičkih resursa u tijelima državne uprave; povezivanje informacijskih sustava tijela državne uprave kroz jedinstvenu informacijsko-komunikacijsku mrežu; donošenje tehničkih i normizacijskih pravila uporabe informatičke opreme u tijelima državne uprave; donošenje stručnih i normativnih podloga za pridruživanje Republike Hrvatske Europskoj uniji u područjima razvitka i primjene informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije; te obavljanje objedinjene nabave informatičkih resursa za tijela državne uprave.

Gerunds and participles

Gerund A noun that ends in - ing

-ing ending When a verb ends in -ing, it may be a present participle or it may be a gerund. It is important to understand that they are not the same. When we use a verb in -ing form more like a verb or an adjective, it is usually a present participle: Anthony is fishing. I have a boring teacher. When we use a verb in -ing form more like a noun, it is usually a gerund: Fishing is fun.

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