The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) provides tailor-made technical expertise to EU Member States to design and to implement reforms, in a wide range of areas such as revenue administration and public financial management, public administration and governance, growth and business environment, labour market, education and social services, migration, and financial market and access to finance. The TSI has been also supporting the preparation and implementation of Recovery and Resilience Plans.
Initiated in 2021, the TSI is the successor of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP). Since 2017, both programmes have helped design, develop and implement over 2000 reform projects in 27 Member States. Those reforms support Member States address their reform agenda, in line with the EU priorities and the country specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester.
COMPLETED AND ONGOING REFORM PROJECTS IN CROATIA*
* The above data include all projects completed and ongoing at the time of the announcement of the annual TSI financing decision. During their execution, projects can be further split or aggregated, cancelled or withdrawn. Therefore, figures related to the approved reform support projects can slightly differ.
Reform projects approved under the Technical Support Instrument
The Technical Support Instrument annual cycle is launched every year during the dedicated TSI Annual Conference. The conference also starts the discussion with Member States on potential multi-country projects, geared at addressing common issues among Member States thereby emphasizing the EU added-value of the instrument. The event is also the opportunity to present the new "Flagship" projects, supporting reforms which are largely needed across Member States and are in line with the EU key political priorities.
For 2025, the Commission approved the following 17 reform support projects for Croatia:
- Improvement of the spending review methodological framework in Croatia
- GOAL - Guidance in Achieving Learning and Increasing HE Completion
- Establishment of Strategic, Legislative and Institutional framework for demographic revitalization in Croatia
- Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) – Support for improvements of the policy framework and planning of project
Multi-country projects:
- Strengthening Supervisory Capacity in Innovative Digital Finance
- Improving Sustainability Reporting for Businesses
- Supporting Digital Transformation in Competition Law Enforcement
- Implementation of the DGA: Support for the competent body and analysis of the challenges of public sector bodies
- EU Public Leadership Program
- Implementing Effective Green Budgeting Practices
- Enhancing customs controls to prevent circumvention of international sanctions
- Improving capacity in Member States to effectively implement the Pillar 2 Directive (Directive 2022/2523)
- Development of an enabling policy and financing environment for the social economy in Croatia
- Support to the development of the National Restoration Plans of Croatia, the Netherlands and Poland
- Implementation of the National Housing Policy Plan with a focus on Affordable Housing Models
- EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy - Hanfa
- PACE - The Audit Learning Hub: Strengthening the skills of internal auditors to conduct audits of the core activities of central banks and national competent authorities (Croatia)
For 2024, the Commission approved the following 13 reform support projects for Croatia:
- Improving the assessment of the remaining work capacity of persons with disabilities for the purpose of their inclusion in the labour market
- Improving the use of financial services through enhanced digital financial literacy
- Modernization of accounting and state budget execution processes in Croatia
- Support for the policy framework of the offshore wind in Croatia
- Support to Introduction of Paperless Commercial Courts in Croatia
- Support to the System for Combatting Irregularities and Fraud related to EU Funds in Croatia
- Water loss reduction – Phase 2
Multi-country projects:
- Capacity enhancement for CCPs authorisation, supervision, recovery, and resolution
- Fighting bid rigging in public procurement: improving compliance and competition for public contracts
- Promoting the mental health of youth by addressing the risks of online gambling and gaming
- Enhancing the quality and use of tax information exchanged between Member States in the context of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC) in Croatia
- Support to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the National Action Plan for the European Child Guarantee in Croatia (NAP CG)
- Social Climate Plan for Croatia and implementation of the EU Emission Trading System
For 2023, the Commission approved the following 11 reform support projects for Croatia:
- Implementing the Barnahus model in Croatia
- Strengthening the application of ex-post evaluation in Croatia
- Reform of Civil Status Registries in Croatia using advanced technological solutions as a Precondition for a Modern and Agile Public Service
- Towards a strengthened Information Security Policy and the use of Artificial Intelligence and Business Intelligence in Croatian Customs
- State - owned property management optimization programme - 2nd Phase
Multi-country projects:
- PACE - Capacity building in preparation, management and monitoring of twinning and public technical cooperation instruments
- ESG risk management framework for the financial sector
- Integrated Firefighting Plan
- Improve the quality of multi-level governance and strenghtening the resilience of island economies of Croatia, Greece and Sweden
- Measuring Citizen’s Satisfaction with Key Government Services for Better Performance and Enhanced Trust
- EU Survey of Central Government Public Servants: Strengthening Evidence-based People Management Policies and Reforms
In 2022, the Commission approved 19 reform projects for Croatia:
- Supporting implementation of Innovation procurement in Croatia
- Implementation of Better Regulation policy based on the economic performance monitoring Strategy and digital SME Impact Assessment Test (C1.1.1.)
- Development of resilient, innovative, and human-centric digital government services Administrative burden reduction
- Advancing the strategic framework for the promotion of private investment
- Support to the tourism ecosystem: towards a more sustainable, resilient and digital tourism
- Digital by default - optimisation of efficiency and quality of judicial services and transparency of judicial decisions
- Development of National Loss Reduction Plan and capacity building among water suppliers
- Implementation of market conduct regulation and supervisory practices
- Support to the Implementation of the Just Transition
- Establishing a validation system of prior non-formal and informal learning in Croatia
- Support to establishment of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) in Croatia
- Enhancing fiscal sustainability of the healthcare system in Croatia
- Institutionalising high data quality management of business statistics in Croatian Customs
- Strengthening the monitoring and evaluation of social policies
Multi-country projects:
- Integration of Third Country Nationals in Croatia
- EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy - Croatian National Bank
- EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy - Hanfa
- Support to REPowerEU
- Bridging the climate financing gap with public policy instruments
More information can be found in the 2022 Country Factsheets.
In 2021, the Commission approved the following 14 reform projects for Croatia:
- Technical support to collect, produce and disseminate accurate and complete macroeconomic statistics
- Assessing the digital readiness of Croatian Higher Education Institutions
- State property management optimization programme
- Data collection on performance of procedures concerning restructuring, insolvency and discharge of debt
- Development of the Coordination Mechanism to Support e- Governance Policy Coherence
- Development of the structural macroeconomic model for the Croatian economy
- Simplification and reduction of the administrative and financial burden on taxpayers
- Expanding and improving the utilization of telemedicine services
- Reorient Croatian development bank's (HBOR) operations towards sustainable financing and green transition
- Rule of law and fundamental rights promotion & modernisation of judicial processes
- Risk based supervision of anti-money laundering and financing of terrorism
- Strengthening the implementation of regulatory impact assessment
- Support for implementation of green transition measures under Croatia’s NRRP in the area of the reconstruction of buildings damaged by earthquakes
Multi-country projects:
- REFORM – Green Budgeting Framework Training Programme
More information can be found in the 2021 Country Factsheets.
Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) projects (2017-2020)
The TSI expands on the experience of the SRSP programme in building capacity in Member States. You can find the full list of SRSP projects here.
Highlighted projects
The Commission supported the establishment a comprehensive Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) across Croatia, enhancing the efficiency and availability of emergency medical care, particularly in remote and isolated areas.
The European Commission supported this flagship technical support project targeted at EU Member States wishing to build a more sustainable, resilient and digital tourism ecosystem.
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