1. Dialogue, learning and collaborative technical assistance in a multi-stakeholder initiative that includes independent budget experts and civil society organizations
By joining Ministry of Finace in the global initatives Croatia boosts its transparancy and participation at the national level
Part of Open Government Partnership initiative from 2011
Part of International Budget Partnership - Open Budget Survey
Part of the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) and GIFT steward from 2017
Being a part of these networks gives opportunity to MoF of Croatia to learn more about budget transparency and public participation from other countries ministries, international organizations (OECD, IBP,…) and the most important learning from others experiences and good practises
Open Government Partnership - new action plan was sent to the Government few weeks ago
special attention is given to strengthening fiscal transparency
almost 80 percent of the activities is being caried out by the Ministry of Finance (responsible for fiscal transparency), Ministry of Administration (responsible for access to information and the use of information technology) and Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs (responsible for initiatives dealing with citizens and citizen participation)
International Budget Partnership - Open Budget Survey
Ministry of Finance as part of the research process is invited to provide comments on the draft Open Budget Questionnaire that our civil society partners have completed
we see this as a unique opportunity for the MoF to express comments and provide additional evidence to support the answers to the questions included in the Survey, before the responses are finalized and the Survey results are published
The results of the Open Budget Survey influence the layout of the Budget and in that way directly the work of the MoF
Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT)
Gift steward from 2017 – active participation in drafting GIFTs Principles of Public Participation in Fiscal Policy and Guide on Principles and Mechanisams of Public Participation in Fiscal Policy
GIFT pilote for the Open Fiscal Data Package (OFDP) – data sets of State Budget for the period are accessible via OpenSpending platform