The Croatian Public Administration System I

Main parts• State administration• Local and regional self-government• Public services

The State Administration• 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

The Government

• 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 structure• 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

State administrative organizations• 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

Central State Offices• 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

• Local self-government units: municipalities and towns (429 municipalities – rural areas and 126 towns – urban areas)• Municipality: a unit of local self-government which has

been established for an area with several communities that together represent a natural, economic and social whole and are linked by common interests of their residents

Towns• 126 towns• Town – a unit of local self-government where the seat of the

county is located, as well as any other community with more than 10,000 residents

• The town may include suburban communities

Regional self-government• 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

Public services• Centrally financed public services: education, health service,

social security service and science

• Locally financed: pre-school education, libraries and museums, utility services

Institutions• Institutions which perform public services are autonomous• Financed through the central state budget or the budgets of

local and regional self-government units• Allowed to partially charge for their services

Civil servants• Four categories according to employment:• 1. State administration• 2. Local and regional self-government units• 3. Centrally financed public services• 4. Locally financed public services

Translate the following:• Tijela državne uprave su ministarstva, državni uredi, državne

upravne organizacije i uredi državne uprave u županijama.Ministarstva, državni uredi i državne upravne organizacije su središnja tijela državne uprave.Uredi državne uprave u županijama su prvostupanjska tijela državne uprave. Uredi državne uprave u županijama obavljaju poslove državne uprave na području županije u kojoj su osnovani. U svakoj županiji osnovan je jedan ured državne uprave.

Vocabulary• Local and regional self-government – mjesna i područna

samouprava• Central state office – središnji državni ured• County – županija• Municipality – općina• Utility services – komunalne službe

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