In accordance with the requirements of fiscal transparency and accountability and openness of the public authorities, on this site we would like to inform you on the budget of the Office for Cooperation with NGOs. In addition to the information on the planned revenues and expenditures, the citizens and the public in this way are also provided with an insight into all transactions from the budget of the Office.
The budget of the Office for Cooperation with NGOs, as part of the budget item of the Croatian Government, fits into the strategic priorities of the Government to support the creation of enabling environment for civil society development.
Since the establishment of the Office in 1998, the budget of the Office is continuously changed, taking into account the new circumstances in which civil society organizations operate, but also in view of the change in the system of financing of projects and programs from the State Budget, as well as new possibilities for financing projects and programs of civil society organizations from EU funds.
The budget of the Office for Cooperation with NGOs consists of four types of income:
- Revenues from the State Budget,
- Income from revenues of lottery games,
- Revenues from pre-accession assistance of the European Union,
- EU assistance for the work Contact Points for the Europe for Citizens program.
The Office for Cooperation with NGOs announced only public calls for co-financing EU projects of civil society organizations. The rest of the revenues from the lottery games are transferred from the Office to the National Foundation for Civil Society Development on a monthly basis. The National Foundation announces calls and tenders in accordance with the annual plan adopted by the Board of Directors of the Foundation.
STRUCTURE OF THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE FOR COOPERATION WITH NGOs FOR 2014
State Budget (12,23 % ) - 15.683.840,00 HRK
- The principal activities and programs of the Office for Cooperation with NGOs and national (budget) co-financing of EU projects
Income from revenues of lottery games (40,49%) - 51.909.692,00 HRK
- National Foundation for Civil Society Development - Support of associations for community development -(90,45%) – 46.954.703,00 HRK and
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Office for Cooperation with NGOs - co-financing of EU projects, for civil society organizations (9,55%) – 4.954.989,00 HRK
Union Programmes - Europe for Citizens - (0,11%) – 150.000,00 HRK
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support of the European Commission for work of the Office for Cooperation with NGOs as a contact point for the Europe for Citizens Programme in Croatia
Total – 128.196.652,00 HRK