In 2022, our AmCham Croatia family continued to promote bilateral relationships between the US and Croatian business circles and was actively engaged in an open and constructive dialogue with representatives of Croatian leadership. We are confident this dialogue has helped, and will continue to help, define drivers of development and improve the business climate, particularly in times as challenging as the ones we are witnessing.
In our continued activities as an organization, we are led by efforts to be a reliable and predictable partner to our stakeholders and society, as well as an incubator of ideas and initiatives that drive recovery and economic development. In support of that, this year we published 16 position papers. The topics included, to mention a few: AmCham’s solidarity with the people of Ukraine, recommendations for tax system reform, survey of the business environment, and amendments to the civil procedure act. We also organized multiple events where we discussed the future of healthcare, tax policy in challenging times, digital Croatia 2030, and business sustainability with ESG principles. Our activities resulted in key policy accomplishments – enabling electronic submission of documentation for proposals and amendments to the list of medicines to CHIF, amendments to the Companies Act and Court Register Act, increase in non-taxable compensations, the introduction of deadlines for court proceedings, and holding court hearings via electronic means of communication.