Croatia – Support to Improve Poverty and Social Policies Monitoring – Part 2

Commissioned by: The World Bank Group 
Project duration: September 4, 2023 - June 30, 2024
Project manager: Ivica Rubil

Summary: 
The WBG supported the Ministry of Labor, Pension System, Family and Social Policy in Croatia to develop: (i) a methodology for a poverty and social exclusion database system based on administrative data, which included the development of a geo-referenced database for tracking poverty and social exclusion indicators, a list of stakeholders, a proposal of bilateral legal agreements between the MLPSFSP and relevant agencies, an institutional and administrative setup of an implementation unit, standardized protocols, and guidelines for data analysis and reporting; and (ii) a methodology for a social policies monitoring information system to track the implementation progress of five national strategic plans with a focus on the engagements of the stakeholders responsible for the implementation of the national strategic plans.
 

RESEARCH AREA: Inequality, poverty and social policy