Where the money is committed
The agreement splits this allocation across several programme areas. Because it spans more than one, its projects cannot be attributed to any single area.
Programme· HR-JUSTICE · 2014–2021
Justice and Home Affairs
Strengthened rule of law
Programme objective, as agreed.
Allocation
€15m
Allocation by financial mechanism: Norway Grants 100%.
- EEA Grants None
- Norway Grants €15m
Funded by Norway Grants
€16m 112% of allocation
Contracted in signed projects
4
Projects signed
1
Donor programme partners
1
Documents published
| Programme area | Allocation | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Correctional Services and Pre-trial Detention PA19 | €1.5m | 10.1% |
| Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Judicial System, Strengthening Rule of Law PA21 | €13m | 89.9% |
Who runs it
Responsible bodies
- Programme operator
- Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation
- National focal point
- Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds
- Short name
- HR-JUSTICE
- Type
- Programme Agreement
Donor programme partners
Institutions from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway working on this programme.
Bilateral ambitions
shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme.
Conditions in the programme agreement
6 concerns were recorded against this programme when it was agreed.
- A pre-defined project regarding the setting up of a mediation centre in Zagreb shall be explored when developing the concept note.
- No more than 66% of the total eligible expenditure of the programme shall be available for infrastructure (hard measures).
- Possibilities for cross-border cooperation shall be explored when developing the concept note.
- The Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service (KDI) shall be actively involved regarding activities related to probation when developing the concept note.
- The programme shall include measures on training of judicial officials and other judicial personnel.
- The programme shall include measures to strengthen the probation system, and to improve the evaluation system for judges, and the mediation system.
The 4 projects
€16m of awarded grant.
Signed per year
- 4 2020
- Smallest grant
- €400k
- Median
- €1.7m
- Largest
- €13m
| Largest projects | Signed | Grant |
|---|---|---|
| Reconstruction of the Municipal court building in Split and promotion of e-services Sector for Judicial Infrastructure within the Directorate for Strategic Development, Information and Capital Investments in Judiciary | 7 February 2020 | €13m |
| Strengthening human rights protection and public safety through improving capacities of the Croatian Probation Service Directorate for Prison System and Probation | 7 February 2020 | €1.7m |
| Reinforcing the system of court-annexed mediation Directorate for Civil, Trade and Administrative Law of the Ministry of Justice | 7 February 2020 | €1.5m |
| Revising the methodology of the evaluation of the judges’ performance Directorate for Organisation of Judiciary of the Ministry of Justice | 7 February 2020 | €400k |
Implementation status is not published for this funding period, so projects are shown by awarded grant and signature date rather than by progress.
Documents and calls
Published against this programme.
| Type | Document | Version date | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programme Agreement | Programme agreement HR-JUSTICE | 4 February 2025 | 16.0 |