European Union projects

In the context of the European Union pre-accession assistance, the Central Harmonisation Unit has been actively involved since December 2003 in the implementation of the projects funded by the European Union.

In line with the development of financial management and control and internal audit, the Central Harmonisation Unit so far implemented 7 projects in total in cooperation with the Contracting Authorities from EU member states. The projects are contracted with the aim of providing support to further development of the PIFC system, and exchanging experience of Croatia and EU member states related to implementation of financial management and control and internal audit in the public sector.

European Union has provided assistance in development of the Public Internal Financial Control system in Croatia through the following projects: 

  • CARDS 2002 „Development of Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC) and Internal Audit“,
  • CARDS 2004 "Strengthening the Public Internal Financial Control Structure in the Republic of Croatia“,
  • IPA 2007 "Further strengthening and enhancement of Croatian Public Internal Financial Control“,
  • IPA 2008 "Raising public awareness on the importance of the Public Internal Financial Control system in the Republic of Croatia".
  • IPA 2010 “Strengthening the competence of public internal auditors in the Republic of Croatia in auditing Cohesion and Structural Funds in line with the best EU practice”
  • Transition Facility ‘‘Further development of internal control system and work methodology’’ (CRO INTERCON)

Besides the European Union assistance, Croatia also gained assistance via other programmes, especially those of the Kingdom of the Netherlands through 2 projects of Matraflex programme:

  • "Technical assistance to the financial management and control system development in Croatia“
  • "Support to the Ministry of Finance Internal Audit Service for the EU funds Internal Audit“

The assistance has been also provided through the project implemented with the Dutch partners from the Constituency Facility Support: 

  • „Further development of organizational units competent for finance and budget and further strengthening of their coordination role in internal financial control system development"
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