In November 2009 The Croatian Government adopted the
Code of Practice on Consultation with the interested public in the process of adopting laws, other regulations and policies (OG 140/2009) and obliged Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs (GOfNGOs) to design a systematic training programme for appointed consultation coordinators in state administration bodies and Government offices, as well as on the Code of Consultation implementation regular monitoring.
In Accordance with the Regulation of the Office for Legislation (OG 63/19), Regulation on internal structure of the Central State Office for Digital Society (OG 63/19), as well as the Regulation on Amending Regulation on the GOfNGOs (OG 63/19), the GOfNGOs is no longer responsible for administrative support to work of the e-Consultation portal and coordination of state administration bodies regarding the implementation of the consultation with interested public.
According to the afore mentioned documents, the activities related to the consultation with public in process of adopting laws, other regulations and policies are took over by the Croatian Government Office for Legislation, namely:
- Coordination, control and state administration bodies supervision of work in the field of consultation with public in procedures of adopting laws, other regulations and policies in cooperation with the Croatian Government President Office and the state administration body relevant for the digital society development
- Development and improvement the content of the central state internet portal for consultation with the public (e-Consultation) content in cooperation with the state administration body responsible for the digital society development
- Preparation coordination and preparation of the Annual Report on the consultation implementation in the procedures for adopting laws, other regulations and acts
