Country CROATIA
RTI law score 126/150 – see also the legal analysis section
What were we looking for? Information regarding Catholic Church tax exemption, oil exploitation in the Artic and meetings with bank representatives.
We found proactively published… 21,4% of information
We managed to get via FOI requests… 52,2% of information
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CROATIA’S

MAIN FINDINGS

Minutes of meetings

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Minutes of meetings

There is a lack of record keeping when it comes to minutes of meetings.

Lobby contacts

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Lobby contacts

There is no access to the name of companies or lobbyists who participate in decision-making processes.

Response time

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Response time

It took an average of 24 days to get responses to the access to information requests.

WAS THE INFORMATION WE LOOKED FOR PROACTIVELY PUBLISHED?

WAS THE INFORMATION WE REQUESTED DISCLOSED?

IN DETAIL:

WHAT WE FOUND PROACTIVELY PUBLISHED

Appointments diaries of public officials Minutes of meetings (including meetings within government or between government and outside interests) Document justifying the particular decision taken Documents submitted by lobbyists and external interest groups Documents submitted to a public consultation (if held)
Exemption of the Catholic Church from provisions of the new act on Non-profits
Act and international tender related to Exploitation of Oil in the Adriatic
Conversion of citizens’ credits in francs to euro NOT HELD
Table key:

Information proactively published
Information partially published or not clear
Information not proactivelly published
NOT HELDCases in which public consultation was not held

IN DETAIL:

WHAT WAS DISCLOSED VIA REQUESTS

List of meetings Dates of meetings Minutes of meetings Third-party documents (including correspondence) Public officials in charge Public officials names Name of companies Name of lobbyists
Government meeting with bankers (2013)
Miniter of Finance meeting with Catholic Church (2014/15) NOT REQUESTED
Minister of Economy meeting with oil industry (mandate) NOT REQUESTED NOT REQUESTED NOT REQUESTED NOT REQUESTED NOT REQUESTED NOT REQUESTED NOT REQUESTED
Minister of Economy meeting with bank representatives (mandate) NOT REQUESTED
Table key:

Information disclosed
Information denied
Information not held
NOT REQUESTED Topics which were not included in the request