1. MOF (CROATIA) AND GIFT
MoF of the Republic of Croatia is an active participant of GIFT and GIFT steward from 2017
MoF participated in drafting:
Principles of Public Participation in Fiscal Policy and
Guide on Principles and Mechanisams of Public Participation in Fiscal Policy
MoF is engaged as one of the pilots for the GIFTs Open Fiscal Data Package (OFDP)
push for increasing fiscal transparency, participation and accountability in our area of responsibility in our country

2. REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC WITH TECHNOLOGY
Internet - main tool for reaching out to the public and other stakeholders outside the government
All documents concerning main stages of the budgetary process can be accessed online in open data format
Citizen’s guides - key budget documents are being prepared and published on the web page of the MOF in the easy and understandable way for the wider public
Web based applications – easy way to give specific answers to the public (they search directly what they want)
Overview of the state budget execution by suppliers
In the new Action Plan for implementation of the OGP initiative it is enviseged to upgrade the application in line with the comments from NGOs and wider public so that it has additional features
thanks to the new technologies significant progress was made in the past period concearning fiscal transparency

3. MOTIVATING CITIZENS ON BUDGETS
One of the most demanding tasks for the MoF
Lack of administrative capacities at the MoF who could devote more time on this issue
Not so much interest at the demand side after launching some of the solutions for increasing transparency
Dialogue with NGOs (mostly through OGP) and other partners like Institute of Public Finance help in this area
Participative budgeting
local level - more developed
Some of the cities developt online games to help citizens better understand the annual city budget and actively paticipate in creation and planning of yearly budgets – citizens act as executive authority
At the microlevel there are tools that provide representatives of the citizens to choose the projects they would like to be realized in their community – low fiscal impact but very effective in making people feel good about deciding on the allocation of “their” money
state level - does not involve citizens directly in the budgetary process but:
open discussion during the law making process (public consultation, public discussion – accessible online)
external experts in the Finance and Central Budget Committee and pre-budget consultation throught the Commission on Fiscal Policy
meetings organized by MoF with macroeconomic experts outside the public sector (during the budgetary proces)

4. Participating actively in development of the GIFT tools
OUR GIFT TO “GIFT”
Except our good looks ;)
Providing feedback and participating regularly in the general stewards’ meetings or work meetings
Participating actively in development of the GIFT tools
Promoting GIFT in other networks and organizations that we are part of
PEMPAL network
PULSAR programme (World Bank Group)
OECD SEE regional meetings …