Justice for Business Project

Abstract*

The objective of the Justice for Business Project is to improve the business regulatory procedures and justice service standards for businesses and citizens. The project has two components. Component one is a results-based component that supports implementation of interventions which are expected to reduce the administrative burden for businesses in their interaction with government. Component two combines results-based financing to support improvements... Show More

Development Objective

The Project Development Objective is to improve the business regulatory procedures and justice service standards for businesses andcitizens.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P167247
Status
Active
Team Leader
Pedro Arizti , Francisco Campos, Srdjan Svircev
Borrower 2
Republic of Croatia

Country
Croatia
Disclosure Date
June 27, 2019
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
March 31, 2020
Effective Date
June 29, 2020

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 112.51 million
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets (MoPPCSA),Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (MoESD),Ministry of Justice and Public Administration (MoJPA)
Region
Europe and Central Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2020

Commitment Amount
US$ 110.30 million
Environmental Category
N/A
Last Update Date
December 10, 2023
Closing Date
June 30, 2025

Consultant Services required
No
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Environment and Natural Resource Management

FY17 - Climate change12%
- FY17 - Adaptation6%
- FY17 - Mitigation6%

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Gender100%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Business Enabling Environment28%
- FY17 - Investment and Business Climate28%
FY17 - ICT100%
- FY17 - ICT Solutions100%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Public Administration100%
- FY17 - E-Government, incl. e-services100%
- FY17 - Public Assets and Investment Management75%
- FY17 - Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance28%
FY17 - Rule of Law75%
- FY17 - Judicial and other Dispute Resolution Mechanisms75%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Inclusion72%
- FY17 - Participation and Civic Engagement72%

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Borrower/Recipient	2.21
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	110.30

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	110.30
IDA Commitment	N/A
IBRD + IDA Commitment	110.30

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	112.51

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of March 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Nov 15, 2022	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	24,014.77
Nov 8, 2022	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	3,931,455.20
Dec 7, 2022	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	6,640,170.00
Apr 4, 2023	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	5,460,250.00
May 15, 2023	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	430,905.88
May 15, 2023	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	95,936.14
May 15, 2023	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	77.71
May 15, 2023	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	205.11
Jan 19, 2023	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	4,640,467.50
Jul 12, 2023	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	5,506,227.00
Aug 24, 2020	IBRD-90570	Fee Charges	295,800.00
May 15, 2021	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	149,519.97
Nov 15, 2020	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	124,315.01
Mar 31, 2021	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	1,760,025.00
Mar 31, 2020	IBRD-90570	Loan Commitment	110,300,000.00
Nov 14, 2023	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	3,665,169.80
Nov 15, 2023	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	16,047.04
Nov 15, 2023	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	73,400.99
Nov 15, 2023	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	1,525.70
Nov 15, 2023	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	1,076,719.20
Jun 26, 2023	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	11,179,865.00
Jul 27, 2022	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	3,969,499.00
May 15, 2022	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	119,912.11
May 15, 2022	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	655.28
Jun 15, 2022	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	4,193,000.00
May 15, 2022	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	109.70
May 15, 2022	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	791.97
Nov 15, 2021	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	107.35
Nov 15, 2021	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	422.06
Nov 15, 2021	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	140,733.27
Nov 15, 2021	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	263.37
Oct 15, 2021	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	4,746,781.00
May 15, 2024	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	1,363,996.50
May 15, 2024	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	62,330.75
May 15, 2024	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	404.40
May 15, 2024	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	25.35
Mar 14, 2022	IBRD-90570	Loan Disb	2,192,100.00
Nov 15, 2022	IBRD-90570	Int Charges	113,607.39

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Project Management	Satisfactory	2025-03-18
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2025-03-18
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2025-03-18
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-03-18
Procurement	Satisfactory	2025-03-18
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-03-18

COMPLETION RATINGS

No data available.

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

No data available.

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Time and number of procedures to register an LLC	Value	19.5 days and 7 procedures to start an LLC	9 days and a single procedure to start an LLC.	Additional 20% reduction (30% of baseline) in the
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 1, 2023	June 30, 2025
	Comment

Disposition time for the issuance of judicial decisions in cases before commercial courts (DLI 6)	Value	320 days	245 days	240 days (25% reduction)
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2023
	Comment

Percentage of licenses with information on licensing requirements published online	Value	0 percent licensed activities with online informat	4 percent (7 out of 159) licensed activities with	75%
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 1, 2023	June 30, 2025
	Comment

Court users’ and stakeholders’ satisfaction with respect to service delivery in the four selected courts (citizen engagement indicator)	Value	TBD (The baseline will be set by the results of a	Terms of Reference for Court Users' Survey were fi	20% increase in user and stakeholder satisfaction
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2024
	Comment

Number of procedures to obtain a construction and a use permit	Value	22 procedures to obtain a construction permit and	36% reduction (14 procedures) in the number of pro	Additional 20% reduction (35% from the baseline) i
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 1, 2023	June 30, 2025
	Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Increased uptake of e-Justice tools: a) First instance courts (misdemeanor depts. within municipal and administrative courts) that are integrated in ICMS; b) Courts using e-communication system (DLI4)	Value	Misdemeanor departments within municipal courts an	(I milestone): 19 municipal courts use e-communica	Four Administrative Courts and High Administrative
	Date	December 31, 2019	November 25, 2022	December 31, 2021
	Comment

Reduction of court backlog of cases older than 10 years (DLI 5) Value 9131 cases 7909 cases 30% reduction with respect to the baseline
Date December 31, 2019 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Comment

Rollout of the investment and facility management application for the judiciary	Value	Investment and facility management application for	The Government decided to implement this facility	Investment and facility management application for
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2023
	Comment

Implementation of a single digital window for LLCs (DLI 1)	Value	The single digital window for LLCs is not operatio	A single digital window that offers online busines	A single digital window, which can be accessed fro
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 1, 2023	December 29, 2023
	Comment

Simplifying construction permitting (DLI 3a)	Value	E-Dozvola platform is not operational in the city	E-Dozvola platform reflects simplified constructio	E-Dozvola platform reflects simplified constructio
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 1, 2023	December 31, 2022
	Comment

Number of outreach events organized (citizen engagement indicator) Value 0.00 0.00 4.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2023
Comment

Percentage of e-briefs in total number of commercial courts briefs (communication of the courts with parties to the proceedings)	Value	2.59	54.00	45.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 13, 2022	December 31, 2024
	Comment

Simplifying requirements for the provision of professional services in the construction sector (DLI 3b)	Value	0 requirements are simplified in the provision of	One (1) requirement (mandatory professional chambe	At least one requirement for each of the 4 additio
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 1, 2023	December 29, 2023
	Comment

Improvement in energy efficiency certificate grade	Value	Zagreb - Energy Efficiency Certificate: F Varazd	Zagreb - Energy Efficiency Certificate: F Varazd	Zagreb – Energy Efficiency Certificate: CVarazdi
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2024
	Comment

Percentage of cases older than 10 years against the total number of unresolved/pending cases Value 2.55 2.03 1.50
Date December 31, 2019 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment

Number of changes for LLCs that are digitalized through the single digital window (e.g. change in address, name, directors, voluntary liquidation)	Value	0.00	0.00	5.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 1, 2023	June 30, 2025
	Comment

Percentage of new LLCs disaggregated by gender Value 0.00 0.00 100.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 1, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment

Beneficiary satisfaction with business registration services offered through single digital window(citizen engagement indicator)	Value	0.00	0.00	60.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 1, 2023	June 30, 2025
	Comment

User satisfaction with the witness and victims vulnerable user-friendly spaces in the Zagreb Municipal Court	Value	TBD (A baseline survey will be carried out after e	Terms of Reference for Court Users' Survey have be	30% increase in user satisfaction from the baselin
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2024
	Comment

Beneficiary satisfaction with the online information licensing platform (citizen engagement indicator) Value 0.00 0.00 60.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 1, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment

Licensing requirements are published online, and selected licenses are digitalized (DLI 2)	Value	There is no online informational licensing portal;	There are 7 licenses with information online about	An online informational portal with licensing requ
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 1, 2023	December 29, 2023
	Comment

Reduction of court backlog of cases older than 10 years (DLI 5)	Value	9131 cases	7909 cases	30% reduction with respect to the baseline
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
	Comment

Percentage of cases older than 10 years against the total number of unresolved/pending cases	Value	2.55	2.03	1.50
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2024
	Comment

Justice for Business Project

Abstract*

Development Objective

Key Details

Project Details

Sectors

Themes

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Project Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of March 31, 2025

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS