Databases operated by governmental institutions

www.uprava.hr

Ministry of Public Administration maintains several on-line registries of various types of CSOs, as presented in the following table.

Their registration is regulated by different laws, so that the collection of data depends on the specific type of CSO. The data are entered by the staff of public administration bodies at different levels (for association this is mostly at the level of county). While this can be considered the most comprehensive database (t.i. databases), there are problems with regular updating of data and with establishing an accurate number of active organizations (there are estimates that out of some thirty-eight thousand associations at most one third is active).

www.mfin.hr
Ministry of Finance is in the process of establishing a Registry of not-for-profit organizations; it is not available on-line yet.

Three DBs maintained by the Government’s Office for Cooperation with NGOs:

1. Review of financial support to associations provided by foreign donors (including EU funds) and public administration bodies at all levels since the year 2004. Searchable according to the type of donors, level of government, name of organizations, name of the project or program and the name of the project leader. Available at: link

2. DB of European CSOs (based on the EC Register of interest representatives), searchable by area of operation and the organization’s name, has a purpose of assisting Croatian CSOs in establishing partnerships and networking with EU-based organizations. Available at: link

3. DB of civil society organizations representatives with the state institutions and consultative bodies. Searchable by state institutions, consultative bodies and representatives’ names. Available at: link

Databases operated by CSO service organisations

www.udruge.hr
Database of associations maintained by the Regional Youth Info Center (founded by Youth Association Step Forward form Rijeka) is based on the data available from the Central Office of Public Administration (as of July 2009 this is the Ministry of Public Administration). The introductory note states that the data are not necessarily accurate. The database can be searched according to the counties and according to the area of work, same as the on-line Registry book available on the Ministry of Public administration Web site. The current number of entries is 36,282, which is less than the number of entries in the official Registry book (39,064 on November 10, 2009). In difference to the official Registry, there is an option for associations to comment on the database and to report changes in their status. It is not clear, however, whether the entries are updated. Also, there is an option to search for active associations in Primorsko-Goranska County (where the Regional Youth Info Center is based).

www.udruga-mi.hr
www.programstep.info
“Little Database of Associations” is maintained by Association MI, regional support centre from Split. The current number of entries is 674, whereas more than one third are from Split-Dalmatia County (273). Associations can register themselves by fulfilling an on-line questionnaire. DB is searchable according to the areas of work, counties and towns.

www.udrugazora.hr
Database of human rights groups (including women’s rights groups), maintained by the Association Zora from Čakovec, provides detailed information for 31 NGO committed to the advancement of women’s rights and human rights in general. The entries are sorted out by counties and currently, due to the small number of entries, there are no special search options. Data are collected via questionnaire available for download on the Web site.

zaklada.civilnodrustvo.hr
DB maintained by the National Foundation for Development of Civil Society provides an overview of financial support to CSOs since 2004. Searchable according to the year, name of the organization, name of the project, name of the person responsible for the project and the seat of the organizations. Available at: link