On the basis of the Public tender for financing the projects of authorized associations and legal clinics for the provision of primary legal assistance and the Decision on the allocation of financial resources for financing the projects of authorized associations and law faculties for the work of legal clinics for the provision of primary legal assistance from the funds of the State Budget of the Republic of Croatia for the year 2023, the Ministry of Justice and Administration is financing the project “Legal Counseling Center of the Croatian Law Centre – Free Legal assistance” from funds provided in the State Budget of the Republic of Croatia.

The duration of the project implementation is 3 years, from January 1st 2023 to December 31st 2025. The Ministry and the Croatian Law Centre are signing contracts on an annual basis, and funds for the implementation of the project are also approved on an annual basis.

The general goal of the project is primarily to contribute to the protection of human rights of sensitive/vulnerable groups of people.

The specific goals of the Project are:

– to provide primary legal assistance to the citizens of the Republic of Croatia and other persons in need;

– to contribute to a more effective application of the Law on Free Legal Aid.

Achieving the aforementioned goals should lead to an increase of the standard of human rights protection and a better realization of the right of access to the court and other public law authorities under equal conditions.

In the project period, the Croatian Law Centre will carry out the following main activities:

i) Provision of primary legal assistance,

ii) Keeping records of beneficiaries and cases in the Legal counseling center,

iii) Internal expert working meetings,

iv) Continuous education of the project team,

v) Informing the target group about the project of providing primary legal assistance.