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The Council for the Development of Civil Society is an advisory and expert body of the Republic of Croatia whose job is to develop the implementation and efficiency of the Programme of Cooperation between the Croatian Government and Non-governmental Non-profit sector, in the process of implementation of the National Strategy for the Creation of an Enabling Environment for the Development of Civil Society , development f philanthropy, social capital, partner relations and cooperation among sectors.
The Council's tasks are continuous monitoring and analyses of public politics, reports from the Croatian Government on the drafted regulations referring to civil society development and organizing the inclusion of civil society organizations into debates, cooperation in planning the priorities of the national programmes for awarding grants from the state budget funds to projects and programmes of civil society organizations, gathering and analysis of annual reports from state administrative bodies on awarded grants and cooperation in programming and establishing priorities in the use of EU pre-accession programmes and funds.
The Council has 23 members including: 10 representatives of relevant state administrative bodies and the Croatian Government offices, 10 representatives of non-governmental, non-profit organizations and 3 civil society experts in the areas of international co-operation, cross-sectoral co-operation and the European integration accession process. The Council has a President elected among its members – representatives of NGOs, and other non-governmental, non-profit legal persons and civil society experts. The President and the members of the Council are nominated for 3 years with the possibility of re-election.
The Council's work is based on the Decision on the Establishment of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and the Appointment of Chairperson and Members of the Council, adopted in 2002, and it is regulated by its Rules of Procedure. Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs performs expert and administrative tasks of the Council.
Decision on the establishment of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and the Appointment of Chairperson and Members of the Council:
Official Gazette no. 26/2002
Decision on Amendments to the Decision on the Establishment of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and the Appointment of Chairperson and Members of the Council.
Official Gazette no. 111/2003
Decision Amending the Decision on the Establishment of the Council for the Development of Civil Society:
Official Gazette no. 34/2004
Decision Amending the Decision on the Establishment of the Council for the Development of Civil Society:
Official Gazette no. 11/2007
Rules of Procedure of the Council for the Development of Civil Society
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