GONG Report on Parliamentary Election 2007

Zagreb, 14.04.2013 - U Hrvatskoj su u sedam sati otvorena birališta na kojima æe biraèi glasovati za izbor 12 èlanova u Europski parlament (EP) koji æe Hrvatsku u tom tijelu predstavljati od ulaska Hrvatske u Europsku uniju, 1. srpnja, do redovitih izbora za èlanove EP-a na razini cijele Unije, iduæe godine. Arhivska fotografija od 25.11.2007. godine prikazuje graðane dok glasuju. foto FaH/ Dario GRZELJ /ds

The election of representatives to the Croatian Parliament in the Republic of Croatia took place on Sunday, November 25, 2007, at 6,707 polling stations. Croatian citizens were also able to vote abroad at 265 polling stations set up in 53 countries on Saturday and Sunday, November 24 and 25, 2007. The election of representatives to…

Past initiatives

Zagreb, 14.4.2013.- Izborni dan do 17,30 sati u Hrvatskoj i inozemstvu protjeèe bez dojava GONG-u o veæim nepravilnostima tijekom prvih hrvatskih izbora za Europski parlament, sudeæi prema pozivima graðana u GONG koji dojavljuju manja kršenja izborne šutnje ili probleme biraèa bez valjanih osobnih iskaznica koji nisu upisani u popis biraèa. Na arhivskoj fotografiji izvršni direktor GONG-a Dragan Zeliæ tijekom konferencije za novinare u Zagrebu 2.10.2012. godine. foto FaH/ Lana SLIVAR DOMINIÆ/ ua

GONG past initiatives related to civil society and its development Strategy for Development of Civil Society Due to increased demands for development of civil society, it was necessary to create a Strategy for Civil Society Development. Therefore, the Government of Croatia has formed a working group to draft the document. GONGs’ representatives were invited to…

Croatian Parliament

Zagreb, 09.04.2013 - Hrvatski sabor sutra poèinje 8. sjednicu u sedmom sazivu, na kojoj se oèekuje donošenje rebalansa ovogodišnjeg državnog proraèuna. Na arhivskoj fotografiji zastupnici tijekom sjednice Hrvatskog sabora 14.12.2012. godine. foto FaH/ Lana SLIVAR DOMINIÆ/ ds

During the 1990s the Croatian Parliament was closed to citizens, despite the fact that the Parliament is intended to represent the citizenry. GONG has therefore decided to open the Parliament through different projects and programs, which resulted in the implementation of our Parliament program and the Open Parliament project. During the 1990s the Croatian Parliament…

Croatian Government

epa03644359 Peter Leonardy, initiator of the so-called 'Zeitgeist Forum' examines the large hands of a clock made around 1900 by the company Benedikt Schneider and sons in Karlsruhe, Germany, 29 March 2013.During the night of the 30 March 2013 the time is switched to summer time. Clocks will 'spring forward' by one hour EPA/ULI DECK

GONG has written several complaints to the Government warning against the bad practice of publishing only the session agenda on their web site without publishing the actual materials which are to be decided upon during the session. GONG has written several complaints to the Government warning against the bad practice of publishing only the session…

Enforcement of the Freedom of Information Act

During autumn 2005, GONG has developed a methodology and an action plan in order to explore the enforcement of the right to information access. 22 citizen applicants were chosen as well as 105 public institutions to which requests for information were sent. During autumn 2005, GONG has developed a methodology and an action plan in…

Law on Data Secrecy and Law on Informational Security

During 2006 Croatian Office for National Security issued Dana Secrecy Act proposal which was adopted by Croatian Government and sent to parliamentary procedure. During 2006 Croatian Office for National Security issued Dana Secrecy Act proposal which was adopted by Croatian Government and sent to parliamentary procedure. GONG has protested against the proposal because of several…