Croatia adopted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in late 2003 as a result of NGO coalition “Citizens have a right to know” advocacy campaign. However, implementation of FOIA in Croatia was questionable due to insufficient experience, education as well as inadequate capacity of administrative staff responsible for enforcement. Croatia adopted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)…
Month: August 2008
Public Benefit Organizations (PBOs)
According to the Action Plan of National Strategy for Inciting Development of Civil Society, working group created a platforme which aim is to define criteria for acquiering PBO status, based on the fact that civil society in Croatia is developed enough to diferentiate between organizations established for member purposes only and those established for promoting…
Code of good practice for consultations of state and civil society in adopting legislation and other general acts
Representative of GONG participated in drafting this Code of Good Practice during 2007 and 2008 organized by Government‘s Office for NGOs. Drafting of this Code is one of the priority measures of the Action Plan of National Strategy for Inciting Development of Civil Society. Representative of GONG participated in drafting this Code of Good Practice…
Monitoring of implementation of national strategy for inciting development of civil society and action plan
GONG constantly monitors implementation of parts of National Strategy and its Action Plan. In addition, GONG representatives occasionally participate in working groups for implementing measures from the Action Plan. GONG constantly monitors implementation of parts of National Strategy and its Action Plan. In addition, GONG representatives occasionally participate in working groups for implementing measures from…