Digitalization of public administration in the Republic of Croatia with the special attention to the local and regional self government units

Rad donosi prikaz razvoja procesa digitalizacije u javnoj upravi u Republici Hrvatskoj s naglaskom na jedinice lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave u Republici Hrvatskoj. S obzirom na to da je u Republici Hrvatskoj trenutačno ustrojeno 576 jedinica lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave zanimljivo je sagledati njihov put razvoja digitalizacije, jer je u većini zemalja Europske unije uočeno da se slabije razvijene i manje jedinice teže prilagođavaju digitalizaciji. Kroz dugogodišnji rad vlada Republike Hrvatske uloženo je mnogo sredstava i napora za mnoge danas primjećenije i pohvaljene aplikacije koje su pomogle u razvoju digitalizacije društva u cjelini kao što su e-savjetovanje, e-novorođenče i e-građani o kojima će se detaljnije raspravljati u tekstu. Sve su navedene aplikacije doprinijele većem pristupu građana informacijama, omogućile im brže i jednostavnije korištenje državnih usluga, te uštedu vremena i novca što je i temeljni cilj samog procesa digitalizacije. Rad će nastojati prikazati jesu li i u koliko mjeri jedinice zaista provela digitalizaciju, ali i njihovo mišljenje kao i probleme na koje nailaze u samom procesu.The paper provides a overview of the development of digitization processes in the public administration in the Republic of Croatia with an emphasis on local and regional self-government units in the Republic of Croatia. Given that there are currently 576 units of local and regional self-government in the Republic of Croatia, it is interesting to observe their path of digitalization, as in most EU countries it has been noted that less developed and smaller units are more difficult to adapt to digitalization. Throughout the long years of work, the Government of the Republic of Croatia has invested a lot of resources and efforts on many of today's remarks and praise of applications that have helped in the digitalization of society as a whole, such as e-counseling, e-infants and e-citizens, discussed in more detail in the text . All of these applications have contributed to a greater citizen access to information, facilitating faster and easier access to government services, and saving time and money, which is also the underlying goal of the digitalization process itself. The paper will try to show whether and to what extent the units actually carried out digitization, but also their opinion as well as the problems they face in the process itself