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Meeting with the State Secretary Nataša Mikuš Žigman
June 1, 2022

Meeting with the State Secretary Nataša Mikuš Žigman

AmCham representatives met with Ms. Nataša Mikuš Žigman, State Secretary and Ms. Nina Čulina, Head of the Directorate for Trade and Public Procurement Policy in the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

The topic of the meeting was AmCham's position paper „Improving the Authority of the Institutions in the Public Procurement System“.

Regarding the Directorate for Trade and Public Procurement Policy it AmCham proposes that the capacities of the Directorate for Trade and Public Procurement Policy are strengthened by including the Directorate or a part of its employees into the System of management and control in the announced amendments to the institutional framework for the use of EU funds under shared management starting from the financial period 2021-2027 based on the fact that the EU funds are used whether in public procurement procedures or according to the Rules for the non-purchasing organizations in public procurement, which would provide stimulative work conditions to existing and future employees of the Directorate.

Ms. Mikuž Žigman and Ms. Čulina welcomed the recommendations and emphasized that in this case the communication of all bodies mentioned in the position paper is very important. Ms. Mikuš Žigman additionally proposed the organization of a joint workshop for representatives of AmCham and institutions responsible for public procurement in Croatia.

AmCham representatives included Andrea Doko Jelušić, Executive Director, Saša Jovičić, Chair of the Public Procurement Committee, Kristina Singer, member of the Public Procurement Committee and Dražen Malbašić, Policy Manager.

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