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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Croatian Government Response

Croatia was not well prepared for managing the COVID-19 crisis. The Croatian Government opted for professionally-driven response. Numerous measures were designed and taken gradually, because a comprehensive, tailor-made plan for managing the COVID-19 crisis had not been prepared in advance. That led to cunctatorial epidemiological measures in the period before lockdown and caused some technical problems. Lockdown was declared on 20th March. Various public, legal and political concerns have been appeared. The most relevant governance challenges were coordination and public information. Governmental response was centralised, without any substantial role of local governments. The COVID-19 crisis has slowed down the economy and caused severe budgetary problems. The relaxing measures were introduced gradually after 27th April. Finally, the main body managing the crisis, the Civil Protection Headquarters, met the allegations of being politicised. Instead of serious evaluation, the Government announced early general election to be held on 5th July 2020.

the COVID-19 crisis ; Croatia ; centralised response ; relaxing measures ; budgetary problems ; politicisation

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