Croatia

Support for Mine Action

Last updated: 26 October 2016

In 2015, the Republic of Croatia contributed €27.7 million (US$30.8 million) to its mine action program; 85% ($26.2 million) of which went to demining operations while the remaining 15% ($4.6 million) covered Croatian Mine Action Center (CROMAC) running costs.[1] A further €3.2 million ($3.5 million) came from Croatian companies and bodies.[2]

Mine action activities in Croatia have also been funded through the European Union Instrument for the Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), with €16.8 million ($18.5 million) allocated to clearance operations in 2015.[3]

Croatia also received $1.8 million in international contributions toward clearance activities and victim assistance from the United States through the International Trust Fund Enhancing Human Security (ITF).[4]

In 2015, Croatia’s contribution to mine action from its state budget accounted for 56% of total mine action budget, Croatian companies and administration bodies accounted for 6%, while 3% came from international donors, and 34% from EU/IPA funds.

Since 2011, international contributions to mine action activities in Croatia totaled some $6.7 million, and averaged of $1.3 million per year. Croatia’s own contributions to its mine action program amounted to more than $160 million or the equivalent of $32 million per year.

Summary of contributions: 2011–2015[5]

Year

National contributions ($)

International contributions ($)

Total contributions ($)

2015

30,768,997

1,768,840

32,537,837

2014

28,890,756

716,768

29,607,524

2013

14,851,401

100,000

14,951,401

2012

39,902,705

1,863,421

41,766,126

2011

45,972,300

2,277,360

48,249,660

Total

160,386,159

6,726,389

167,112,548

 



[1] Email from Miljenko Vahtaric, Assistant Director, CROMAC, 7 October 2016. Average exchange rate for 2015: €1=US$1.1096. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 4 January 2016.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Ibid. 

[4] ITF Enhancing Human Security, “Annual Report 2015,” April 2016, p. 22.

[5] See previous Monitor reports.