Meeting of representatives of bilateral chambers with Katica Prpić, State Secretary

Assistant Ministers, Mr. Željko Holik and Mr. Tomislav Mičetić participated in the meeting alongside Ms. Prpić. Topic of the meeting was the position paper ‘Business Environment Improvement Initiative – Proposed by Bilateral Chambers of Commerce in Croatia’.

Representatives of Chambers consider that administrative burdens are hindering the development of business environment and inflow of significant investments. Public administration should provide support to businesses and enable them to focus on their core activities by providing timely and predictable services and should be kept accountable. Adequate sanctions should be introduced for inefficiencies in carrying out legally prescribed duties by public servants, as well as rewards for those who exceed expectations. Chambers also call for digitalization of public institutions and services which would result in faster and more transparent public services. In addition, Chambers call for optimization of public institutions and the scope of their responsibilities. 

Representatives of the Ministry of Public Administration presented several projects currently being undertaken that are aimed to optimize and digitalize the work of public institutions. The Ministry is also working on identifying ways to properly evaluate the work of the public servants.

Initiative members include: the American Chamber of Commerce in Croatia, the Association of Italian Entrepreneurs in Croatia, the Austrian Trade Commission, the Canadian-Croatian Business Network, the German-Croatian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Nordic Chamber of Commerce in Croatia.