 State administration  Local and regional self-government  Public services

 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

 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

 Central Bureau of Statistics  Meteorological and Hydrological Service  National Protection and Rescue Directorate  State Bureau of Metrology  State Geodetic Directorate  State Office for Nuclear Safety  State Intellectual Property Office

 In closest relation with the Prime Minister  Central Office for e-Croatia  Central Office for Development Strategy and Coordination of EU Funds  Central Office for State Property Management

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

 Regional self-government units: counties  20 counties and the City of Zagreb (twofold status) - 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

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

 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)

 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;

 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.