Transparency and Openness in Local Governance: A Case of Croatian Cities

Transparency and openness are a key concern in contem-porary democracies, at both the national and subnational level. Dissemination of public information is a prerequisite for citizens to exercise their individual and political rights. Transparency is also a prerequisite for accountability. The openness of public authorities to a dialogue with the citi-zenry has become a key ingredient of the democratic pro-cess. Citizens are able to take part in a shared responsibilit